70 Understanding the IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family
Why open standards?
Products that adhere to open standards offer significantly more benefits than
using proprietary ones. The history of the information technology industry has
shown essentially open systems offer three key benefits:
Better solutions at a lower price: By harnessing the resources of multiple
companies, more development resources are brought to bear on common
customer requirements, such as ease of management.
Improved interoperability: Without open standards, every vendor needs to
work with every other vendor to develop interfaces for interoperability. The
result is a range of very complex products whose interdependencies make
them difficult for customers to install, ...