meet-in-the-channel business
Means "hey if we meet in a bar, we get drunk and sleep together but we can't date"
When Cisco entered the hyperconverged product area with its SpringPath software-powered HyperFlex system, it had already invested money in SpringPath and gained board-level representation. Cisco VP for world-wide Data Center and Virtualization, Frank Palumbo, revealed this at a Data Centre partner meeting in Rome. The amount …
And "dating" on integrated solutions with Cisco's other data center offerings - hyper-converged as an additive business to its converged systems, such as Vblocks, FlexPods can be an expensive experience over time compared to "meet in the bar" and have fun with similar "Open" working solutions