Did you notice? SNIA Matters has replaced SNIA’s former newsletter, FarSighted. We hope you like this new format and that you feel it is helpful in keeping you up to date on the work that SNIA has been doing. Your feedback also matters and we would love to hear from you! Email [email protected].
Analytics and Big Data Committee Launched
The SNIA Analytics and Big Data Committee (ABDC) is a new committee that is dedicated to fostering the growth and success of the market in Analytics and Big Data, and more generally, the use of data storage resources and services by analytics and big data applications and toolsets. If your company is a SNIA member, there is no set fee to join and participate! Download a SNIA Tutorial on Big Data. Read a Big Data and Analytics article. Learn more about ABDC.
Save the Date – The Analytics and Big Data Summit will follow SDC 2012 on September 20, 2012 in Santa Clara, CA.
Submit Your Proposal for SNIA Tutorials at SNW Fall 2012 — Deadline is May 15
SNW is the largest and most proven educational forum for IT End–Users involved in storage networking, enterprise infrastructure and data center management. Produced by Computerworld and co–owned by Computerworld and SNIA, SNW (in Santa Clara, October 16–19, 2012) is the leading global event series focused on technologies. Review the SNIA Tutorial policy (FAQ for SNIA Tutorials). Submit your proposal for SNW Fall 2012 here.
New Online! Check out and download the latest SNIA presentations from SNW Spring 2012
New PCIe Taskforce Formed — Some 50 Companies Participating
The SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) has recently formed a new PCIe Taskforce whose goal is to provide guidance to the marketplace on PCIe SSDs and to coordinate with other industry organizations involved in PCIe SSD-related activities. The Taskforce is structured as an open industry forum for the initial 90 days of existence, and thereafter as a SSSI committee. Their first meeting was on April 9th. View an overview of the taskforce and see the results of the PCIe survey.
SDC Registration is Now Open — Agenda Coming Soon
Storage Developer Conference (SDC) 2012 will be held in Santa Clara on September 17 – 20, 2012. The SNIA Technical Council is currently reviewing the proposals for presentations, and we will soon be announcing the content for the featured speakers and break–out sessions in the agenda! Plan to attend and register today. Early–bird and special discounts are available. For more information, visit www.snia.org/events/storage-developer2012/registration.
DPCO Product Selection Guide Now Available
The Data Protection and Capacity Optimization Committee (DPCO) recently announced that the Data Protection and Capacity Optimization Product Selection Guide (PSG) is now available online to the storage and networking community as a convenient and easy–to–use product discovery tool. Visiting the PSG home page, you will find 3 categories of vendor Data Protection and Capacity Optimization products. These categories are Backup–Recovery, Capacity Optimized Storage and Replication Products. To learn more, visit http://www.snia.org/forums/dpco/psg.
SNIA Member Event Discount
Special Offer to SNIA members: You qualify for a 12% discount off full enrollment for IBM System Storage Technical University, known as Technical Edge at IBM Edge2012 when you use Promotion Code A2S to register. That’s a $275 savings! This is your opportunity to get 4.5 days of world–class training with more than 250 technical sessions, hands–on labs and on–site certification.
IBM is also offering a sweepstakes to win a conference pass to IBM System Storage Technical University, known as Technical Edge. The deadline for the sweepstakes closes on May 11. Click here for more details and to enter the raffle.
SNIA Chairman, Wayne M. Adams, will be a keynote speaker at the Data Storage Expo (DSE), Asia's largest expo featuring essential data storage solutions to manage and protect enormous volumes of information.
SNIA will be exhibiting at IBM Edge2012, a 4.5–day premier storage event that brings together innovative IBM technologies, world class training, leading industry experts, and compelling client success stories and best practices.
SNIA leaders and members of the SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) will be exhibiting at and participating in the NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop V, whose purpose is to provide a forum to share international government perspectives on Cloud Computing.
SNIA will be participating in the Cloud Initiatives Conference, a two–day conference that will present how forward-thinking CIOs are using the Cloud to enable their IT Function to become more nimble, more efficient and less costly.
SMI Plugfests are held several times a year at the SNIA US Technology Center in Colorado Springs to test interoperability across SMI–S implementations, validate CTP test updates, and create proof–of–concept implementations of proposals for inclusion in the SMI–S standard. In addition, plugfests provide an opportunity to meet with peer developers and folks supporting commonly used CIMOMs.
The increasing use of the cloud for data protection, including backup, disaster recovery, archiving and long term preservation, brings many benefits to IT shops and also some challenges. The webcast will consist of a presentation covering the current state of the industry and use cases related to data protection in the cloud. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with audience participation.
Want to avoid weekend travel and extra time away from family and work? Want to avoid an extra hotel night expense? Then this week is for you!
Class will begin Monday at 12:30pm MT (with a working lunch) and end Friday at 12:00pm MT. Lunch will be provided by SNIA on Monday and you will be responsible for your lunch the remainder of the week.
June 13–15, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 14–16, 2012, Chicago, US
June 15-17, 2012, Shenzhen, China
The Cloud Plugfest Series was originated by the OGF (Open Grid Forum) and SNIA in 2011. This event is the 5th plugfest in that series and is proudly co–sponsored by Cleversafe, Huawei, ETSI, OGF and SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative.
