As we ramp up for the largest enterprise launch in Microsoft history, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, this is a great time to share some additional big news.
In August of 2007, when Microsoft and Cisco made an announcement that we were committed to working together, there was already some tangible work on interoperability between our companies, including NAC/NAP integration and several interoperability initiatives with our respective unified communications products. Today, we are announcing that we are expanding our collaboration into the branch office market.
Microsoft and Cisco are announcing that Cisco will offer Windows Server 2008 as part of their Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) appliances. Let’s start by looking at what Cisco WAAS is and then we’ll look at how Windows Server 2008 fits in.