Pat,

you express my fears very well!

Ciao Mauro

> Yuck.  Granted, it might be better than being part of Lotus, but
> still...  Hope this doesn't mean that they're going to crap up
> the command-line interface (or worse yet, do away with it).  I've
> managed to avoid Tivoli for years, and am not wild about the
> prospect of having to deal with them now.
>
> Former HESC (academic) sites are going to wonder what this means
> for them, too...
>
> Pat Wilson
> paw AT dartmouth DOT edu
>
> >       ___Tivoli Inherits IBM Storage Application___
> >       IBM says it plans to transfer its Adstar Distributed Storage
Manager
> >       application from its storage systems division to its Tivoli
Systems
> >       Inc. subsidiary on Jan. 1.
> >
> >       The move is intended to allow Tivoli to integrate ADSM into its
> >       systems-management software--and to promise enterprise
customers a
> >       single platform from which they can better manage networked
systems
> >       and storage devices. ADSM handles enterprisewide network
backup,
> >       archiving, storage management, and disaster-recovery planning.
> >
> >       The move also demonstrates IBM's seriousness about infiltrating
the
> >       fast-growing storage market. The company says Tivoli will make
new
> >       investments in storage solutions, including storage area
networks.
>