Hadoop is rising to prominence in an era of ubiquitous cloudcomputing and proven models for Software-as-a-Service, which dilute the power of some of the traditional models for commercializing open source.
Cisco executives said that a shift to cloudcomputing would help to create better business models for customers and increase the operating efficiency of the network.
In addition, it is arriving at a time in which some of the traditional advantages of open source-based business models have eroded because of cloudcomputing and other developments.