Jiro Technology Adoption Grows, Bringing Industry Closer to Truly Open Storage Networks
StorageTek and QLogic Join Sun Microsystems and Other Industry Leaders Working Toward Ending the Complexity and Limitation of SANs
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) today announced that Storage Technology Corporation's Horizon Library Observer 1.0 and QLogic Corporation's SANbox switches have achieved Jiro(TM) Enabled Certification. StorageTek and QLogic join the ranks of companies including Sun, VERITAS Software, Crossroads Systems and BMC Software, that are leading the trend toward open storage integration with Jiro technology-enabled products.
Sun also announced today that it plans to make the new Jiro Technology 1.5 release available on March 30. Based on the Java(TM) 2 platform, Jiro technology is an open, freely available set of APIs that helps provide developers with an infrastructure for building interoperable end-to-end storage management solutions for complex distributed environments.
``The growing adoption of Jiro technology is moving customers closer to realizing the full potential of storage area networks (SANs),'' said Denise Shiffman, vice president of marketing for Sun Network Storage. ``Jiro technology provides the open storage management architecture needed to move the SAN market beyond today's proprietary offerings. The technology's increasing industry momentum supports Sun's strategy of delivering open storage networks that are seamlessly scalable, easily managed and continuously available.''
``The introduction of open standards is only the first step. Implementation of those standards is a critical second step toward market adoption,'' said John Webster, senior analyst of Illuminata, Inc. ``The increasing number of key network storage industry players announcing Jiro Enabled Certification signifies that Jiro technology is taking hold in the industry as an open standard for next generation storage networks.''
StorageTek Adds Tape To Growing List of Jiro Technology Enabled Products
StorageTek's Horizon Library Observer, the industry's first Jiro technology-enabled tape product, provides monitoring capabilities for the StorageTek family of tape libraries. The StorageTek Jiro technology management facade, which is based on the SNIA Storage Media Library model, enables StorageTek libraries to interoperate with other Jiro technology-enabled devices and applications.
``StorageTek is pleased to join Sun and other industry leaders in setting the stage for truly open SANs through Jiro technology,'' said Gary Francis, StorageTek vice president and general manager, Automated Tape Solutions. ``The Jiro technology-enabled Horizon Library Observer enables customers to easily monitor StorageTek's tape library products within end-to-end SAN solutions, and we plan to extend full Jiro technology-enabled library management in the near future.''
QLogic Delivers Industry's First Jiro Technology-enabled Switches
Jiro technology enables QLogic's Fibre Channel SANbox switches to integrate quickly and easily into Jiro technology-enabled environments. It also allows Jiro technology-enabled management applications to configure and monitor the performance of QLogic SANbox switches in real time.
``QLogic is pleased to be shipping the industry's first Jiro technology-enabled switch products,'' said Mark Edwards, QLogic senior vice president. ``Our Jiro technology-enabled SANbox switches will help simplify the SAN infrastructure through the open standards, intelligent connectivity and easy manageability that Jiro technology cultivates.''
Independent Software Vendors Can Access Jiro Technology-certified Products
For Development
The Jiro Enabled Certification Program provides a forum for consistent auditing of devices and software applications for Jiro Enabled Certification. This allows developers and end users to easily determine if a product can operate in the Jiro Runtime Environment. The Jiro Enabled logo alerts developers to specific products for which they can write policy-driven management applications.
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who want to use the Jiro Technology Management Facades to develop automated management software can go to jiro.com for a list of vendors that have Jiro Enabled products. In addition, developers who want to enter products into the Jiro Enabled Certification Program can get more information at sun.com .
Robust New Jiro Technology 1.5 Release Available To Developers March 30
Sun's new Jiro Technology 1.5 release includes a number of enhancements, which increase the robustness of the development environment. New installation and administration tools help system administrators set up, run and manage Jiro technology domains. New programming tools help developers create Jiro technology dynamic management services, which are also known as FederatedBeans(TM) components. Sun plans to make the release freely available for download under the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) beginning March 30 at jiro.com .
About Jiro Technology
Jiro technology was developed through an industry-wide initiative and through an open forum in the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP) program. Its mission is to deliver an innovative framework for intelligent resource management that overcomes the challenges of administering complex, distributed networks. Jiro technology provides developers with an open environment for creating and deploying storage management services and controlling, monitoring and configuring related data services. For more information, please visit www.sun.com/jiro.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network Is The Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to take their businesses to the nth. With $19.2 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com .
NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Jiro, Java, Java Community Process, FederatedBeans, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
CONTACT: Suzanne Eaton of Sun Microsystems, Inc., 510-574-9747, or suzanne.eaton@ebay.sun.com; or Corey Oiesen of Dovetail Public Relations, 408-395-3600, or corey@dovetailpr.com, for Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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