"We are already well into the joint development of this tighter integration," he says, adding that since both use J2EE and JBoss, the integration should be relatively simple.
This functionality will replace HP's OpenView Storage Area Manager, which will be phased out, though support will continue for three years, Escott says.
IBM is offering IBM Director, which manages all of the company's key server platforms, including xSeries, iSeries, pSeries and even some zSeries (mainframe) systems, says Rob Sauerwalt, IBM's global brand manager.
In addition, a new release of IBM Director (5.1), due out next quarter, will support the management of server and storage systems and is the most substantial effort under development in this space, according to Sauerwalt.
"This is probably the most significant feature set or code set that we are making," he says.
Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer for Juniper Networks, explains how the advanced technology is transforming operations.
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