SMI Tutorial > Benefits of SMI for Vendors
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Benefits of SMI for Vendors |
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Time and Cost Reduction |
Accelerates Development |
Creates New Opportunities
With common models and common protocols for storage management, SMI delivers more value to Vendors and End Users. When SMI is adopted by component developers, SMI will reduce the time and cost of delivering management API's to application developers. The Storage Management Initiative (SMI) helps reduce the time required for new devices and new functionality to be supported. Some of the features of the Common Information Model (CIM) and Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) that help reduce the time-to-market include:
- Time and Cost Reduction
- Accelerated Development
- New Opportunities
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