Drivel:  This is quite a cool concept and should prove to be a nice carrot for everyone else to chase.  This is IBM leveraging its software expertise in a space that is rapidly moving toward software for answers to difficult problems, such as true virtualization.  It will be interesting to see the responses from Sun, EMC, Hitachi, and Network Appliance.

##IBM outlines storage strategy. Future projects include virtualization engine, 'IceCube' modular storage system [InfoWorld: Top News]