IBM's exec sees 'tidal wave of data' coming

IBM's exec sees 'tidal wave of data' coming
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Andrew Monshaw, general manager of IBM's Storage Systems and Technology Group for the past year, spoke with Computerworld Wednesday about a variety of storage issues. He said he sees no end in sight for tape storage because of its value proposition, feels that virtualization is king and is still unsure where Microsoft's venture into storage is headed. Monshaw also said the open-source software development group Aperi, formed in October with eight other vendors, should produce the first version of a common storage management platform by mid-2006. That platform is designed to allow users to manage storage systems from multiple vendors through a single interface.
Excerpts from that interview follow:

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