Instead of having several interfaces for each of its NT-based management tools as Microsoft has in the past, with Windows 2000 the company will offer a single, unified interface across all management tools, called the Microsoft Management Console.

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Shalom says one of the main attractions of Cisco UCS is that it comes with an application programming interface (API) that gives the GigaSpaces Extreme Application Platform (XAP) management console direct access to the hardware.

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