Enterprise storage operations: Unifying storage management

With the overwhelming and increasing complexity of data center operations, the need for centralized, robust management has never been greater. Storage is no exception! Complex storage systems with out-of-control management costs have created an intense need for better enterprise storage management (ESM). Out of this need, a new category of ESM has emerged, which Strategic Research defines as enterprise storage operations — a unifying storage management architecture. (April 9, 2002)