NEWS RELEASE: EMC and IBM Extend Interoperability Licensing Agreement for IBM zEnterprise Mainframe System Storage Interfaces
EMC and IBM Extend Interoperability Licensing Agreement for IBM
zEnterprise Mainframe System Storage Interfaces
HOPKINTON, Mass and ARMONK, N.Y. – February 28, 2011 – EMC
Corporation and IBM Corporation today announced the extension of a
technology licensing agreement that enables customers to install and
utilize EMC and IBM products in heterogeneous IBM zEnterprise mainframe
server environments.
The multi-year agreement facilitates interoperability of EMC(R)
Symmetrix(R) DMX and VMAX™ storage systems with IBM Peer-to-Peer Remote
Copy and Extended Remote Copy (XRC) functions. The licensing agreement
also covers additional IBM interfaces, including FlashCopy, Multiple
Allegiance, Parallel Access Volumes (PAV), Dynamic PAV, and HyperPAV,
which are supported on EMC Symmetrix systems.
As part of the agreement, IBM will provide EMC with technical
specifications that will continue to enable compatibility between EMC
Symmetrix DMX and VMAX storage systems and the IBM zEnterprise System
running the current and future versions of the IBM z operating systems.
Financial terms are not being disclosed.
Mark Anzani, IBM Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, System z
said, “This extension agreement underscores IBM's commitment to
industry interoperability, by sharing information about IBM innovations
that bring value to clients who choose to deploy technologies from
multiple sources. By enabling choices in storage infrastructure from
vendors such as IBM and EMC, clients can confidently grow applications
and data onto the system z platform.”
Peter Conway, EMC Vice President, Symmetrix and Virtualization Product
Group, added, “This extension of our relationship with IBM will assure
the continuation of access to the benefits of EMC’s information
infrastructure solutions by IBM zEnterprise customers. Through efforts
such as this, EMC is furthering its commitment to providing zEnterprise
customers with industry-leading storage systems, software and
services.”
This is the latest in a series of licensing agreements and extensions
between IBM and EMC covering various technologies from both companies.
In October 2003, EMC and IBM first announced a licensing agreement that
provided EMC with access to a range of mainframe storage interfaces and
functionality for other IBM systems lines and also a mutual exchange of
open-standards-based interfaces for improved manageability and
interoperability. This agreement was extended in June of 2007. In June
2005, the two companies extended a cooperative support agreement which
remains in place today. It facilitates mutual response to joint customer
issues across various IBM Systems lines.
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