EMC Outlines Path To CIM/Bluefin Compatibility.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. Fall 2002 HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2002 Integration With 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. Technology Gives Partners and Customers Head Start; EMC Demonstrates CIM/Bluefin-Enabled Hardware and Software at Storage Networking World 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. today outlined its plans to empower developer partners and customers with the tools to drive standards-compliant, open storage management solutions into real-world environments. These plans build on EMC's continuing work with the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ) and its member companies to further develop and speed finalization Writing the table of contents (TOC) on a recordable CD or DVD disc. The finalization process ensures that the disc can be played back on most CD and DVD players. See disc-at-once. of the Storage Management Initiative (SMI (1) (Storage Management Initiative) The initiative developed by the SNIA in 2003 to create a single standard interface for storage management technologies used by multiple vendors and networking communities. ) (previously known as CIM/Bluefin) specification and expands on EMC's announcement last month that all of EMC's hardware and software will be SMI compliant with initial product implementation starting next year. Major activities highlighted in today's announcement include: -- EMC will incorporate the emerging SMI specification into the EMC WideSky Developers Suite, allowing developers to quickly and securely create applications that can manage SMI-compliant devices. EMC will release SMI-enabled WideSky Software Developer Kits (SDKs) in 2003. -- Demonstrating its commitment to deliver SMI capabilities, EMC will feature fully functional versions of EMC hardware and software products that leverage the SMI specification through WideSky storage management middleware at next week's Storage Networking World Conference in Orlando. -- To further encourage storage hardware and software vendors to incorporate SMI technologies into their products, EMC will sponsor the first SNIA Storage Management Summit at the SNIA Technology Center in Colorado Springs between December 3rd and 5th. In addition to these announcements, EMC also today unveiled the expansion of the WideSky Developers Suite to include new and enhanced interfaces that offer broad heterogeneous device support and increased functionality for managing platform-, connectivity-, and server-based storage resources (see separate release). Charles King Charles King may refer to:
Mark Lewis, EMC Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of New Ventures, said, "Industry leaders have a responsibility to further the acceptance and implementation of standards into robust, customer-friendly applications. But at the same time, we also have a responsibility to provide developers with the capabilities to create solutions that reach across the universe of storage infrastructures and protect customer investments in existing technologies. By incorporating the SMI specification into the WideSky framework, EMC is creating a development tool that is greater than the sum of its parts, paving the way for the scores of our developer partners to easily and quickly offer next generation solutions." By taking today's action, the industry's broadest array of storage application development technologies will be able to leverage these specifications currently in development. Through this, any WideSky-enabled products offered by EMC or its developer partners will feature SMI compliance, resulting in an immediate extension of SMI into a delivery vehicle that currently address nearly 80 percent of the storage market. Furthermore, by incorporating the specifications into WideSky, any combination of SMI-compliant and non-compliant applications will be able to manage any combination of SMI-compliant and non-compliant devices, simultaneously. Demonstration of EMC SMI-Enabled Technology In showing its support for the adoption and implementation of SMI, EMC will demonstrate early versions of SMI-compliant hardware and software in the CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. SAN-1 interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. environment at the Storage Networking World Conference in Orlando on October 26-28. At this event, EMC will feature working versions of EMC ControlCenter, EMC VisualSAN and 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. products that leverage both the CIM Provider and CIM Client specifications through WideSky. SNIA Storage Management Summit In its efforts to further the adoption of open industry standards in the marketplace, EMC will be sponsoring the first SNIA Storage Management Summit at the SNIA Technology Center in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. between December 3rd and 5th. This event will focus on educating application developers on the emerging SMI (CIM/Bluefin)specification technologies, and will serve as a collaborative technical forum for developers to learn about how to incorporate these technologies into their products. For more information about this event, visit www.snia.org. About EMC EMC Corporation is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. More information on today's announcements is available on www.EMC.com. EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks, and WideSky, ControlCenter, and VisualSAN 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) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) declines in revenues; (iv) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory Obsolete Inventory Term that refers to inventory that is at the end of its product life cycle and has not seen any sales or usage for a set period of time usually determined by the industry. This type of inventory has to be written down and can cause large losses for a company. ; (v) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures; (vi) component quality and availability; (vii) rapid technological and market change, the transition to new products and the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings; (viii) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (x) 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; (xi) risks associated with strategic investments and acquisitions; and (xii) 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. |
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