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Gartner: Debunking the Myth of the Single-Vendor Network. Nov 2010. “…most organisations should consider a dual-vendor or multivendor solution as a viable approach to building their network, as significant cost savings are achievable with no increase in network complexity, while improving the focus on meeting business requirements.”
- Introducing a second networking vendor will reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) for most organisations by at least 15% to 25% over a five-year time frame
- (Gartner) did not encounter one example where operational cost savings would offset the equipment cost premium that Cisco generally charges
- Most organisations that introduced a second vendor report a lasting decrease in network complexity, compared with an all-Cisco network.
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