Vendors currently participating in the program include: BMC Software Inc. (NYSE: BMC), Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) (NYSE: CA), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), IBM Tivoli, InterSAN Inc., Tek-Tools Inc., and Veritas Software Corp. (Nasdaq: VRTS). All of these vendors say their SAN management packages will be capable of discovering and monitoring Cisco's Fibre Channel switches within the next three months.
Meanwhile, Cisco expects its switches to be compliant with the Common Information Model (CIM)-based specification being promoted by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) in the second half of 2003 (see The Common Code).
While not jaw-droppingly exciting, this announcement demonstrates Cisco's ability to execute, so far, on its strategy in this market. Now begins the hard part: It must sell the Andiamo Systems Inc. switches against tried and tested products from at least three formidable opponents -- Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD), McData Corp. (Nasdaq: MCDTA), and Inrange Technologies Corp.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
