Computer Associates and EMC Form Key SAN Management Alliance.Business/Technology Editors ISLANDIA Islandia could refer to:
Industry Leaders to Develop Next Generation Storage Area Network (SAN) Management Tools and Security Enhancements for the Connected Economy Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA), the world's leading provider of eBusiness solutions, and EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , the world leader in information storage, today announced an alliance to offer customers enhanced enterprise storage area network (SAN) management and security solutions. Under the alliance, the two companies are cooperating on a number of initiatives, including joint integration of their respective storage software products. This integration will extend across CA's broad range of eBusiness solutions, enhancing the value of solutions from CA and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. with world-class enterprise management, security and predictive analysis technologies. CA has joined the EMC E-Infostructure Developers Program(TM) (EIDP EIDP End-Item Data Package (government contracting) EIDP Early Intervention Developmental Profile EIDP European Institute for Democratic Participation EIDP E I DuPont de Nemours Company ), which facilitates the integration of independent software solutions with EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. (R) Enterprise Storage systems and software through a range of EMC application programming interfaces (APIs). EMC will continue its support of CA's SANITI initiative. Both companies will collaborate to develop open SAN standards and software APIs for storage and SAN management. As part of this alliance, CA and EMC will host joint educational seminars and technology initiatives in early 2001 that will underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the breadth and scope of these new offerings. Among the first set of integrated solutions resulting from this relationship is CA-Vantage. As a premier, storage resource management solution, CA-Vantage now supports EMC Symmetrix. This storage resource management solution provides continuous availability of information through industry-leading monitoring and automation functions. "This exciting collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. between CA and EMC will provide even greater value to our many mutual clients, who are facing major eBusiness storage challenges as the volume of data they have to secure, protect and manage continues to scale exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. ," said Russell M. Artzt, CA's Executive Vice President of strategic business alliances. "These clients include many of the largest and most technologically aggressive corporations who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an integrated best-of-class infrastructure and management of that infrastructure. We see EMC as an ideal partner to work with on advanced SAN management and security." These integrated solutions extend across the entire spectrum of CA's storage offerings, impacting all key storage areas including storage resource management, data security and protection as well as high-availability of eBusiness servers. "As the deployment of SANs becomes more prevalent in business enterprises, offering integrated tools for optimal management and security is imperative," said Don Swatik, EMC's Vice President of global alliances. "CA, which offers security solution leadership, and EMC are working together through EMC's E-Infostructure Developers Program to provide customers with the tools they need to manage their current and emerging e-Business storage requirements." EMC E-Infostructure Developers Program The EMC EIDP is part of EMC's overall E-Infostructure initiative that helps customers build storage-based solutions that place information at the center of their businesses. The Developer Program specifically enables the integration of EMC software with program participants' storage management solutions via EMC APIs with EMC's Symmetrix products. The open EMC architecture is one of the key criteria that enable large-scale customers to build supportable and flexible information infrastructures. About SANITI and SANITI Framework SANITI (Storage Area Network Integrated Technology Initiative) is a CA initiative to deliver open SAN management platform based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced . SANITI aims at delivering standards based platform that will enable easy integration of multi-vendor solutions, necessary to drive the evolution of SAN's and enable customers to build enterprise class storage solutions. CA's SANITI Framework is a scalable, multi-vendor SAN management solution that integrates SAN management with enterprise management capabilities. About Computer Associates Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) the world's leading business software company, delivers the end-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. infrastructure to enable eBusiness through innovative technology, services and education. CA has 19,000 employees worldwide and had revenue in excess of $6 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. For more information, visit http://ca.com. About EMC EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com. EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and EMC E-Infostructure Developers Program, and TimeFinder are trademarks of EMC Corporation. This release contains "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) component quality and availability; (ii) delays in the development of new technology and the transition to new products; (iii) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, in the computer storage and server markets; (iv) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines; (v) economic trends in various geographic markets and fluctuating fluc·tu·ate v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates v.intr. 1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing. 2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate. v. currency exchange rates; (vi) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (vii) deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion n. The process or condition of becoming worse. or termination of the agreements with certain of the Company's indirect channels; (viii) the uneven pattern of quarterly sales; (ix) risks associated with strategic investments and acquisitions; and (x) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (c)2000 Computer Associates International, Inc. One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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