ZDNet UK: IBM Plans Open-Source Storage Strategy

“To encourage the broadest possible support for its forthcoming
‘Storage Tank’ technology, IBM will release an open-source version
of the software needed to let servers tap into the next-generation
storage system.

“Big Blue is working with an undisclosed open-source group on
the software and will release the code when the product is
generally available in 2003, said David Pease, manager of storage
software at IBM’s Almaden Research Center and leader of the
5-year-old Storage Tank project. In addition, IBM plans to publish
the communication method fundamental to the next-generation storage
project.

“The collaborative approach is the most recent example of IBM
trying to capitalise on the momentum of the open-source
movement…”

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