Brian Fonseca and Dan Neel

Compaq Computer Corp. is pushing storage, thin client standardization, and the benefits of measured server usage as the next phase of its Computing on Demand initiative.

Network management vendors have begun staking out some ground in the storage space, with companies such as Tivoli Systems Inc. looking to lend their management expertise to a storage market that is quickly outgrowing traditional rules in the era of e-business.