SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : Network Appliance -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: riposte who wrote (10189)5/21/2002 4:01:38 PM
From: Cooters  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10934
 
BMC's Patrol software framework is the jewel EMC is in pursuit of in its merger talks with BMC, the source said.

Well that is interesting. Patrol is a midrange systems monitoring and automation tool. In the implementation I am familiar with, it was used to bring together a large enterprise's midrange(Sun, HP, AS400, etc) systems so they could be centrally monitored. I guess conceptually this is similar to what a SAN does from the storage side.

Edit: It is a rather loose analogy, as I understand you cannot share processing via Patrol the way a SAN is designed to share storage amongst systems.

Cooters



To: riposte who wrote (10189)5/21/2002 4:24:26 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 10934
 
Thanks. Interesting article. This is EMC's attempt to find some other ground to stand on, some other turf to own. And, the article is right, most attempts like this, fail. Mostly, companies are good (if they're good at anything) at what they've done before, what they've grown up doing.


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News