In an effort to fuse the variety of different diagnostic mechanisms used in today’s increasingly complex network infrastructures, IBM and Cisco have announced a partnership to develop open software and standards to “help the network help itself.” As a show of commitment to open standards — consistent with Big Blue’s push for “autonomic computing,” also known as “self-healing” — the two companies said they are integrating the technologies into their software, servers and services.
IBM, Cisco Team on Standard for Self-Healing Networks
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 10, 2003 10:38 AMIn an effort to fuse the variety of different diagnostic mechanisms used in today’s increasingly complex network infrastructures, IBM and Cisco have announced a partnership to develop open software and standards to “help the network help itself.” As a show of commitment to open standards — consistent with Big Blue’s push for “autonomic computing,” also known as “self-healing” — the two companies said they are integrating the technologies into their software, servers and services.