or... the hardware becomes a comoditized compute bedrock of low cost servers and switches rented from a datacenter in central Texas and the software now demands the lions share of Capex as it does what you just described.
Benioff approached Cisco last October so this is old news. Given the Webex deal was done in 10 days and that they are now pitching Oracle it doesn't look good for a Cisco/Salesforce marriage
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