Aperi, the IBM-founded open-source storage consortium, took an important step forward Tuesday as SuSE Linux vendor Novell joined up.In addition, Aperi will apply to the Eclipse Foundation to become an Eclipse project, and IBM will donate 1 million-plus lines of code from its TotalStorage Productivity Center to Aperi.Aperi is the IBM-founded open-source consortium intending to produce a storage management platform. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Novell’s entry lends open-source credibility to Aperi and that, together with Eclipse adoption, should lessen perceptions of Aperi being IBM-led and dominated. Aperi would be Eclipse’s storage management project, fully compliant with SMI-S, the storage networking industry association’s (SNIA) developing storage management standard.IBM VP Laura Sanders said Aperi is: “re-announcing its commitment to the storage networking industry association.” Regarding any SNIA constitution changes to enable code production, Sanders said: “We’re happy to keep working that.” “The IT industry will benefit from Aperi helping to drive SMI-S implementations, storage technologies and open standards,” said SNIA chair Wayne M. Adams, smoothening out any SNIA divisions.Potential storage management product customers can expect Aperi and the anti-Aperi group to be in a race to deliver the most complete, functional and SMI-S-compliant products to them.-Chris Mellor, Techworld.com (London)Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion The changing face of cybersecurity threats in 2023 Cybersecurity has always been a cat-and-mouse game, but the mice keep getting bigger and are becoming increasingly harder to hunt. By Dipti Parmar Sep 29, 2023 8 mins Cybercrime Security brandpost Should finance organizations bank on Generative AI? Finance and banking organizations are looking at generative AI to support employees and customers across a range of text and numerically-based use cases. By Jay Limbasiya, Global AI, Analytics, & Data Management Business Development, Unstructured Data Solutions, Dell Technologies Sep 29, 2023 5 mins Artificial Intelligence brandpost Embrace the Generative AI revolution: a guide to integrating Generative AI into your operations The CTO of SAP shares his experiences and learnings to provide actionable insights on navigating the GenAI revolution. By Juergen Mueller Sep 29, 2023 4 mins Artificial Intelligence feature 10 most in-demand generative AI skills Gen AI is booming, and companies are scrambling to fill skills gaps by hiring freelancers to make the most of the technology. These are the 10 most sought-after generative AI skills on the market right now. By Sarah K. White Sep 29, 2023 8 mins Hiring Generative AI IT Skills Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe