Cisco snuffs Hyperflex development, hands hyperconverged infrastructure future to Nutanix

When Cisco and Nutanix partnered in August, the writing was on the wall: future development of Cisco’s Hyperflex platform was on the rocks.

The other shoe dropped this week as Cisco said it would end development of the hyperconverged (HCI) system, saying it would “end-of-life” the HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) and the last day to order any products related to the system would be September 11, 2024. The last day to renew to an existing subscription is February 28, 2029 though active customers will be able to continue receiving Cisco support as…