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Multivendor or single-vendor for the network—what’s better for the enterprise?

HPNetworking| December 21, 2011 - last edited December 22, 2011

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By Mary Gabra, Manager, Market and Competitive Intelligence, HP Networking

So, the multivendor vs. single-vendor network topic has been out there for some time now, with arguments coming from both sides. I think it’s time to have enterprises decide what works best for them, but remember that Gartner’s research includes talking to hundreds of large enterprise and they re-iterated that their “research found that not one organization needed to add staff or increase its labor budget to add the new vendor to the network.” The discussion continues here.