NEW YORK, Jan 13, 2026, 21:17 EST — Market closed.
- Cisco shares gained 2% Tuesday, bucking the broader market’s weakness.
- Cisco, Pure Storage, and Nutanix announced that FlashStack with Nutanix is now generally available.
- Investors have their eyes on shareholder meetings and earnings reports set for later this month and February.
Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) climbed 1.97%, ending Tuesday at $75.47, defying the broader U.S. stock slump. Despite the gain, the share price still sits roughly 6.6% under its 52-week peak. Trading volume lagged the 50-day average, MarketWatch reported. 1
Cisco took the opportunity to highlight a new angle on data centers. FlashStack with Nutanix is now generally available, offering an expanded converged-infrastructure bundle — combining servers, storage, and software into a single, pre-tested system. This package pairs Nutanix’s Cloud Platform with Cisco UCS hardware and Pure Storage arrays. Nutanix’s Saveen Pakala emphasized that customers seek “freedom to modernize at their own pace,” while Pure Storage’s Maciej Kranz stressed the value of infrastructure that “performs reliably, operates simply.” 2
The offer arrives amid ongoing turbulence in the virtualization space following Broadcom’s shake-up of VMware pricing and licensing, which has driven some clients to explore alternatives. SDxCentral reported that the trio positions the bundle as a migration route for VMware customers, citing a William Blair note that highlighted buyer frustration over those shifts. 3
Cisco shareholders have a clear takeaway: selling more packaged “stacks” boosts demand for the company’s servers and networking gear as customers opt for standardized builds instead of standalone devices. It also ensures Cisco stays involved as enterprises reshape their hybrid cloud strategies, workload by workload.
Cisco is set to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share on Jan. 21, as outlined in its latest earnings release. 4
Cisco plans to roll out its revamped Cisco 360 Partner Program on Jan. 25. The company says this update aims to better align partner rewards throughout the entire customer lifecycle. 5
Product bundles don’t necessarily deliver fast revenue, and the market’s packed. Customers might stick with VMware or opt for integrated stacks from other server and storage players. Plus, any widespread slowdown in enterprise hardware spending would weigh on order flow.
Traders will be watching closely to see if Tuesday’s gains hold when markets reopen Wednesday, particularly if data-center stocks continue reacting to news on AI infrastructure spending and changing trends in virtualization software.
Cisco’s next major milestone is its quarterly earnings report, due Feb. 11 after the market closes. Investors will be tuning in for clues on data-center demand, the timing of deals, and how quickly orders are flowing through its partner network. 6
