IBM had been unusually outspoken against EMC's WideSky strategy, seeing it as a bid by EMC to control the storage management stack (see IBM Leaks Storage Tank Details). Recently, EMC executives have said they are dropping WideSky in favor of SNIA's SMI-S (see EMC Puts WideSky on Ice).
Hollis notes that the agreement doesn't mean EMC and IBM are best buddies now.
"We'll continue to compete vigorously in the market," he says. "The nice thing, from my perspective, is that now the products can compete on their merits instead of various other externalities."
Todd Spangler, US Editor, Byte and Switch
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