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| | CIM creeps ever closer |
 | | But he is, nevertheless, one of the few network professionals who can testify to CIM's strengths as an integration enabler for enterprise management. |
 | | Many desktop vendors, including 3Com, Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel and NEC, are writing CIM "providers" that take information from their existing management agents and send it to WMI. |
 | | Leading management platform vendors such as CA, HP and Tivoli are treating CIM as a complement or alternative to SNMP and DMI. |
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