I only just learned that AkkorI have come out of stealth mode with an “SRM appliance”
http://www.akorri.com/Default.aspx
Sounds like they’re aiming at one or two of the useful subsets of Storage Authority supposed functionality. Topology, and SPA and impact/hotspot analysis. I wonder if they will get it to work. Matrix and Northbridge behind them, and a couple of customers.
Most interestingly, their “Vice President of Channel and Alliance Development” is actually Lord Voldemort. That’s got to give them some kind of advantage.