Cisco vs Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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 Cisco Based on 446 reviews. |  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Based on 865 reviews. |
| Overview | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers. | The Hewlett-Packard Company is an American global information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. It develops and provides a wide variety of hardware components as well as software and related services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William "Bill" Redington Hewlett and David "Dave" Packard starting with a line of electronic test equipment. HP was the world's leading PC manufacturer from 2007 to Q2 2013, after which Lenovo remained ranked ahead of HP. It specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors. HP also has services and consulting business around its products and partner products. |
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Cisco Piston Enterprise OS: Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cisco CloudCenter: NTT, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), CollabNet, Pratt & Miller, PZFlex Cisco UCS Director: Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge Cisco Sourcefire Firewalls: Aegean Motorway, EllisDon Corporation, Linz AG, Cisco ASA: There are more than one million Adaptive Security Appliances deployed globally. Top customers include First American Financial Corp., Genzyme, Frankfurt Airport, Hansgrohe SE, Rio Olympics, The French Laundry, Rackspace, and City of Tomorrow. Meraki MX Firewalls: Hyatt, ONS Cisco Firepower NGFW: Rackspace, The French Laundry, Downer Group, Lewisville School District, Shawnee Mission School District, Lower Austria Firefighters Administration, Oxford Hospital, SugarCreek, Westfield Cisco ASAv: Bluelock Cisco IOS Security: Arup Group, Brunel University London, City of Biel, Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha, K&L Gates , New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Offshore Northern Seas, Transplace Cisco UCS B-Series: Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Anonymous Banking Group, Artoni Transporti, Bellevue, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Hertz, Houston Methodist, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG, Outscale, Sony Corporation, Talbots Cisco UCS E-Series Servers: Navaho, MiroNet AG, Columbia Sportswear Cisco Catalyst Switches: Afni, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Baylor Scott & White Health, Beachbody, Bellevue, Del Papa Distributing, Explorer Pipeline, Mindtree, Omaha World Herald, Radio 538, Sony Corporation, Telecom Italia, Telenor Arena Cisco FabricPath: Bellevue, Calligaris, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Management Science Associates, Multi-Customer, Oediv, Roper St. Francis, SNAM Cisco Nexus: Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins Cisco Communications Outsourcing: Allied Irish Banks, Came Group, Erickson Living, IDEALondon, Instituto Zaldivar, London Hydro, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Park Nicollet, Pentana Solutions Australia, Portugal Ministry, Raiffeisen Bank Cisco Enterprise Routers: Aegean Motorway, Boingo, Chartwell School, Children's Hospital of Orange County , Department of Justice, Explorer Pipeline, Linz AG, National Rugby League, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Telecom Italia, Transwestern Cisco Cloud Services Router: Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe Cisco Ethernet Switches: Linz AG Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches: Linz AG Meraki MS Switches: Cisco Live Milan, Hyatt Cisco Wireless WAN: Aegean Motorway, Baylor Scott & White Health, Beachbody, Bellevue, Brunel University London, Bucks County Intermediate Unit , Chartwell School, Children's Hospital Colorado, Cisco Live Milan, City of Biel, City of Mississauga, Dundee Precious Metals, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Erickson Living, Goldcorp, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS) Cisco MDS Series: National Rugby League Cisco MDS 9500 Series [EOL]: Republic Bank & Trust Company Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers: Advanced Medical Transport, Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Artoni Transporti, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, City of Mississauga, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Kind en Gezin, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Nationwide, Quest, Talbots, University of St. Gallen Springpath [EOL]: Sigma Designs, Superior Document Solutions Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series: BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Ready Pac Foods, Bryant University, Bellevue Group, KPIT Technologies, City Harvest Cisco Cariden: Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG Meraki SD-WAN: École Jeannine Manuel Cisco UCS Manager: Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals | HPE ProCurve: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School, DY 4 Systems, EdgeWing, Edmonton Public Schools District, Halton Catholic District School Board, Hartwick College, Hatch Associates, Huntingdon College, Roseville Joint Union High School District, Saddleback Valley Unified School District, One Superior Place HPE BladeSystem: EMIS Health SGI Rackable Systems [EOL]: DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG), Tagged HPE Integrity: Home Credit Bank HPE Integrity NonStop: Pella, Octo Telematics HPE Superdome X: Pella HPE NonStop : Bankart, Capital Securities Corporation HPE Synergy: HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United HPE SN6000: Damm, Bank Simpanan Nasional, Weta Digital HPE Wireless WAN: Bell Canada 3Com H3C Firewall: Distinctive Software Solutions HPE Enterprise Routers: Transdanubian Regional Waterworks Corporation (DRV) HPE Ethernet Switches: Emirates Palace Hotel 3Com H3C Switches: British Columbia Assessment Authority, DreamWorks, DRV HPE Eucalyptus: Mosaik Solutions, Nava Solutions Cloud Cruiser: Enterprises mid-to-large across any vertical. Microsoft, HP and Cisco are all partners in addition to customers. HPE Communications Outsourcing: Avea, Vodacom, NBrIX, Bajaj Allianz, SharePoint HPE A-Series: SEED Infotech, Weta Digital, BlueShore Financial SimpliVity: Red Bull Racing, Mandarin Oriental, Brigham Young University, UCLA, Merlin Entertainments, Sasa Cosmetics, Travelport, St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Princess House HPE Hyper Converged: North Lindsey College, FireWhat?, HudsonAlpha HPE ProLiant DL Servers: AmeriPride Services, iSource, Bolagsverket, BlueShore Financial, British Columbia Assessment Authority, National Stock Exchange, Cardlytics HPE Apollo: Weta Digital HPE Moonshot: iSource, Cerise Group, Panasonic HPE SDN: UBM Tech, The Via Group HPE OneView: Asante, ITS Nordics, Columbus Communications, Mansfield Oil HPE StoreVirtual: NBrIX, WIND Telecom, Netrics HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity: Capgemini Finland Infrastructure Services, Sogeti BeLux, Accenture |
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 79 reviews 31 reviews 24 reviews |  115 reviews 52 reviews 40 reviews |
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 Compared 33% of the time.  Compared 17% of the time. Compared 24% of the time. |  Compared 49% of the time.  Compared 61% of the time. Compared 28% of the time. |
| Top Industries | |
18% 15% 9% 6% | 19% 11% 9% 7% |
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