CRN article: Dell Aims To Take A Bite Out Of Cisco With New Enterprise Talent

http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/300076393/dell-aims-to-take-a-bite-out-of-cisco-with-new-enterprise-talent.htm/pgno/0/1?itc=hp_ots

In a prepared statement after his appointment on March 23, Perez said he sees Dell's "best days" ahead. "It’s very clear the industry is moving towards software-defined data centers running on industry standard x86 servers, and Dell, with its strength in compute and storage, and growing networking portfolio, is poised to lead this transition," he said. "I am thrilled to be at the center of architecting and designing the solutions that enable customers to achieve this vision and to do so powered by Dell."

My bet is on history repeating itself for virtualization technology and software defined architecture, built on industry standard hardware.