Software Technology VS Hardware Technology

In the Enterprise environment Hardware design & implementation was happening at never before pace. each hardware vendors (IBM, HP, Intel, AMD, SUN, Dell, EMC2, NetApp & 1000's of many more small & big enterprises) tried to come up with highly competitive technologies & they did succeeded in their achievements to a larger extent.
The Hardware innovations continue to evolve as it is happening from past few decades with even higher pace. the advancement in the multiple-core processor technologies being implemented by Intel & other vendors will continue to boast other hardware (servers, Switches, routers, storage appliances etc.) innovations in future.
But another interesting point i like to make here is about "Enterprise Software Technology". in the recent decade, Enterprise Software does not mean just Operating System (OS), it is more than just OS, we have seen enterprise Management software, Network management software, Telecom network management software, Wireless management software to name a few.
very recently, VMWARE's virtualization software success has taken the Enterprise industries by surprise & it has resulted in "Software Enterprise Technology" showdown by some of the biggest software players such as Microsoft, Xensource,SUN, IBM, HP etc. this is interesting as the enterprise software fever is catching up like wild fire, more & more competitors are born every day.
Software being easy and cost effective Technology to design & implement, there is going to be Enterprise software Revolution in the cards. one of the first sign was Virtualization software of VMware & now Microsoft windows 2008 OS.
very recently, in the just concluded VMware's VMWorld conference in Las vegas, USA. VMware announced that it is building nothing less than a "virtual datacenter OS" -- VDC OS for short -- that will eventually make traditional operating systems "all but disappear."
This is the next sign of Enterprise Software Revolution that i am talking about.

If you like to know more details of it, check out http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2008/09/vmware_proposes.html

IBM Storage Products

NOTE: IBM has comprehensive range of storage hardware & software products such as servers, SAN, NAS, Switch, Tape libraries, switches & SAN arrays, NAS devices etc. so here am listing only few storage specific products.

IBM Disk storage subsystems
Enterprise systems - DS6000 and DS8000 family
DS6000 series
DS8000 series
DCS9550

Mid-range systems - DS4000 family
DS5000
DS4800
DS4700 Express
DS4200

Entry level systems - DS3000 family
DS3200
DS3300
DS3400

Enterprise SAN directors [High end switches]
For highest availability and scalability enterprise solutions.
IBM System Storage SAN768B
IBM TotalStorage SAN256B
IBM TotalStorage SAN140M
IBM TotalStorage SAN256M

Mid-range SAN switches
For scalable, affordable SMB and enterprise solutions.
IBM System Storage SAN80B-4
IBM System Storage SAN64B-2
IBM System Storage SAN40B-4
IBM System Storage SAN32B-3

Entry SAN switches
For simple, affordable small and medium business (SMB) solutions.
IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express
IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2

IBM Express Model SAN switches
For affordable, simple-to-use small and medium business (SMB) solutions.
IBM System Storage SAN24B-4
IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2

Tivoli Storage Manager
Manage risk through complete storage management with enhanced performance and access for Sequential Disk. Manage complexity with encryption key management. used by more than 21,000 customers.

OEM Storage Management softwares
Basically OEM storage product software marketed with IBM logo.

IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center
Identify, evaluate, control and predict the growth of data through its lifecycle to meet storage service levels.

IBM System Storage Virtualization
Designed to help simplify storage infrastructure, optimize storage utilization, and enable business to adapt quickly and dynamically to variable environments