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Cisco kills Azure Local offering over Microsoft hardware lock-in
Cisco has discontinued its Azure Local product after Microsoft changed hardware requirements to only allow locked-down, jointly supported systems. Cisco declined to comply, effectively exiting the on-prem hyperconverged cloud market with Microsoft. The move highlights growing tension between hardware vendors and cloud platform providers over control of the stack.
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Cisco's exit underscores how cloud giants are squeezing hardware partners by dictating the full stack, leaving OEMs with a choice between compliance or irrelevance.
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