That's an understatement. IBM and Hitachi have defined nothing. They haven't disclosed how much each is investing into the joint development effort in terms of staff or dollars. My guess is either they don't know at this point, or it's too insignificant to talk about.
Furthermore, IBM is now playing down this supposed partnership. IBM's development on next-generation storage networking software "doesn't really relate to the Hitachi partnership at all, except to say that some of the work we do with Hitachi is going to include working on open standards for storage management software," said Chris Saul, storage systems product manager with IBM.
These are the most definitive details we have been able to extract about the IBM-Hitachi parntership:
There's one undeniably positive effect of the growing industry support for the standards-driven CIM initiative: It has given EMC no choice but to support it. Or, at least, give it lip service. As Jim Rothnie, EMC's CTO, said recently, "If we wait for standards, they'll be ready... in 20 years' time." If EMC had its way, maybe it would (see Standards Battle Still a Hot Potato).
But until we hear otherwise, the IBM-Hitachi partnership on storage networking boils down to this: They plan to cooperatively develop CIM-based management interfaces. That's a fine goal. But isn't that what happens during a standards-setting process anyway? Since when has collaborating on standards amounted to a strategic partnership?
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