Eric and others...

Maybe. Possibly. Probably? I really think Tivoli owes us all an immediate
press release (with a whole lot of substance to it) the describes what
their plans are for ADSM. Hopefully this will also entail what if any
changes are planned for product direction, etc. What staff changes are
planned for the ADSM group? Will they stay on in San Jose? Does SSD have
*any* financial stake in ADSM any more? What happens if Tivoli decides in a
year that "systems management" not "storage management" is its core
competency, and cutbacks are required? What does this mean for integration
of ADSM with other IBM products (like VSS or NSM)? I can tell you that even
as a reseller of ADSM we have received no more information than you have
about the consequences of this action, and that makes me very nervous.

Scott Waterhouse
Mainland Information Systems, Ltd.

At 02:24 PM 12/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Here we go again.  To boost sagging Tivoli sales, IBM will run a good
>product (ADSM) into the ground by letting Tivoli take over a product.
>Another great move....
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>Eric LEWIS <eric.lewis AT CCMAIL.ADP.WISC DOT EDU> on 12/03/98 01:13:27 PM
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>     ___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.
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