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Table of Contents
Platform-based Software
Our platform-based software generally controls and enables functions that take place within the EMC system, such as replication, optimization and data
movement. Examples of such software include TimeFinder, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), Navisphere, SnapView, MirrorView and Symmetrix
Optimizer. In 2002, we introduced enhancements to our Navisphere, SnapView and MirrorView software products. EMC is the leading supplier of platform-
based software in areas such as local and remote replication, which customers use to protect and share data.
We intend to continue to enhance our platform-based software with additional features and capabilities.
Open Software
Our open software strategy, AutoIS, focuses on the automation, simplification and openness of heterogeneous storage infrastructures. Our open
software provides management and other capabilities for multi-vendor storage infrastructures. These products are designed to operate either with or without
EMC storage systems.
During 2002, we introduced a new version of our ControlCenter family of intelligent supervision software and several new and enhanced software
products for management of EMC and third party storage systems and network devices. Automated Resource Manager is the first multi-vendor end-to-end
automated provisioning software, which currently automates the provisioning of storage for Symmetrix, CLARiiON and certain other storage systems.
Additional ControlCenter application enhancements in 2002 include those to our SAN Manager, StorageScope, Common Array Manager and Replication
Manager software. We also introduced PowerPath management software support for CLARiiON, expanding our comprehensive line of open software
products (i.e. StorageScope and SAN Manager) that support Symmetrix, CLARiiON and other third party storage systems.
As a result of our acquisition of Prisa, we offer the VisualSAN family of intelligent supervision software for management of EMC and third party
storage systems and networks devices, targeted primarily at the mid-tier market.
We intend to continue to enhance our open software with additional features and capabilities, introduce new open software products and broaden the
scope of our open software products to manage additional non-EMC products.
Interoperability
We actively participate in the development of standards through our work with and support for the Storage Network Industry Association ("SNIA") and
other organizations. In 2002, we announced our commitment to make all of our software and systems compliant with the emerging Storage Management
Initiative specifications through our work with SNIA. We also develop and offer a wide range of application programming interfaces ("APIs"), as well as
underlying software technologies, which are used to improve heterogeneous management of storage and networked resources in a networked storage
environment.
The EMC Developers Program makes many of our APIs available to third-parties to facilitate the development and sale of software optimized to
interoperate with EMC and third party storage systems and software. Customers are then able to select from a wider range of software tools when deploying
multivendor storage networks.
In 2002, we agreed to cross-license certain storage system APIs with Hewlett-Packard Company to facilitate each company's development of
management software. We also introduced three new APIs that support a wide range of EMC and third party storage systems and software. We also
introduced a new API to enable other vendors' software to use information managed by our StorageScope software regarding storage systems and
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