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Figure 1-8 Value of information and archive/retrieve management

Key products of IBM for archive management are:

򐂰 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager including IBM System Storage Archive Manager

򐂰 IBM DB2 Content Manager family of products

򐂰 IBM DB2 CommonStore family of products

For details o these products, see Chapter 4, “Product overview” on page 37.

1.4 Standards and organizations

The success and adoption of any new technology, and any improvement to existing

technology, is greatly influenced by standards. Standards are the basis for the interoperability

of hardware and software from different, and often rival, vendors. Although standards bodies

and organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), American National

Standards Institute (ANSI), and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) publish

these formal standards, other organizations and industry associations, such as the Storage

Networking Industry Association (SNIA), play a significant role in defining the standards and

market development and direction.

1.4.1 Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)

The Storage Networking Industry Association is an international computer system industry

forum of developers, integrators, and IT professionals who evolve and promote storage

networking technology and solutions. SNIA was formed to ensure that storage networks

become efficient, complete, and trusted solutions across the IT community. IBM is one of the

founding members of this organization. SNIA is uniquely committed to networking solutions

into a broader market. SNIA is using its Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and its Storage

Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) to create and promote adoption of a highly