IBM and Cisco have announced an initiative to simplify data storage with a network-hosted storage virtualization system. The two companies, which have collaborated extensively on storage area network (SAN) technology in the past, said IBM’s TotalStorage SAN software tailored for Cisco’s MDS 9500 network directors and MDS 9216 switches will help cut the complexity and cost of SANs by creating a single point of control and management for multiple storage subsystems.
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Cisco, IBM Collaborate on SAN Switches
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 23, 2003 10:16 AMIBM and Cisco have announced an initiative to simplify data storage with a network-hosted storage virtualization system. The two companies, which have collaborated extensively on storage area network (SAN) technology in the past, said IBM’s TotalStorage SAN software tailored for Cisco’s MDS 9500 network directors and MDS 9216 switches will help cut the complexity and cost of SANs by creating a single point of control and management for multiple storage subsystems.