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Cisco 'Jawbreaker': Refocused or retired?

06.04.2012
So with word circulating around the industry of a possible developing a cloudy switch for software-defined networking (SDN) and/or distributed data storage, what's the status of Cisco's "" fabric switching project?

Sources in the fabric and SDN industry say Jawbreaker, which was to be a merchant silicon-based response to Juniper's , has either been:

• Refocused toward the enterprise campus as a Catalyst switch adjunct;

• Repositioned into Insieme, the run by Cisco's top three engineers -- Mario Mazzola, Luca Cafiero and Prem Jain;

• Or killed entirely due to the with QFabric. QFabric's lengthy trial and ramp cycle no longer requires a competitive marketing response from Cisco, some sources believe.

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