This White Paper presents a very insightful report from Gartner "Debunking the Myth of the Single-Vendor Network" that presents a balanced and realistic view based on findings from customer interactions and detailed interviews.
Key Findings - Introducing a second vendor into the network infrastructure:
- Will have no long-term impact on operational costs
- Will reduce total cost of ownership for most organizations by at least 15% to 25% over a five-year time frame
- Report a lasting decrease in network complexity, compared with an all-Cisco network
