IBM, EMC Extend IBM zEnterprise Agreement
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EMC (NYSE: EMC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced the extension of a technology licensing agreement that lets customers install and utilize EMC and IBM products in heterogeneous IBM zEnterprise mainframe server environments. As reported on AME Info, IBM will provide EMC with technical specifications that will continue to enable compatibility between EMC Symmetrix DMX and VMAX storage systems and the IBM zEnterprise System running the current and future versions of the IBM z operating systems.
The technology licensing agreement lets customers utilize EMC and IBM products in zEnterprise mainframe server environments.
"This is the latest in a series of licensing agreements and extensions between IBM and EMC covering various technologies from both companies.
"In October 2003, EMC and IBM first announced a licensing agreement that provided EMC with access to a range of mainframe storage interfaces and functionality for other IBM systems lines and also a mutual exchange of open-standards based interfaces for improved manageability and interoperability. This agreement was extended in June of 2007."
