SAN Manager supports devices from vendors including Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD), EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq: ELX), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), and XIOtech Corp.
CA executives were unable to provide a full list of currently supported devices, but Pitcher assures us, "You name it, we basically support it." OK. How about Cisco Systems Inc.'s (Nasdaq: CSCO) Andiamo switches? No, not yet: SAN Manager will support Cisco's Fibre Channel switches in the second major release, due out by the end of 2003, he says.
The company first announced its plans for the SAN Manager in April 2002, when it outlined an overall roadmap for its storage management product lines (see CA Unveils Management Vision).
Developed by CA in-house, SAN Manager will compete with BMC Software Inc.'s (NYSE: BMC) Patrol Storage Network Manager, EMC ControlCenter, Fujitsu Software Technology Corp. (Softek) Storage Manager, IBM Tivoli's Storage Area Network Manager, McData Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MCDTA) SANavigator, and Veritas Software Corp.'s (Nasdaq: VRTS) SANPoint Control. Startups vying for customers in this space include AppIQ Corp., CreekPath Systems Inc., InterSAN Inc., Invio Software Inc. -- which last fall licensed its software to BMC -- and Netreon Inc. (see BMC OEMs From Invio, AppIQ Has a Clue, Services Firms Check Out InterSAN, CreekPath Inches Along, and Netreon Set Free).
Pitcher says that, while SAN Manager is a new product, it's based on common components from CA's other software families. "We think we can do very, very well in this environment since we're already managing enterprise environments. SANs are just another environment."
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