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December 12, 2023
Namespace Management Q&A
The SNIA Cloud Storage Tech
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February 9, 2021
Understanding CDMI and S3 Together
How does the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI
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November 17, 2017
Evaluator Group to Share Hybrid Cloud Research
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May 22, 2017
Security and Privacy in the Cloud
When it comes to the cloud, security is always a topic for discussion.
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November 21, 2016
Learn How to Develop Interoperable Cloud Encryption and Access Control
SNIA Cloud is hosting a live webcast on December 20th, “
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October 13, 2016
SNIA Storage Developer Conference-The Knowledge Continues
SNIA's 18th Storage Developer Conference is officially a success, with
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August 30, 2016
Cloud Object Storage – You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
The SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative hosted a live Webcast “
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June 27, 2016
Cloud Storage: Solving Interoperability Challenges
Cloud storage has transformed the storage industry, however interop
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February 12, 2016
On-Demand Cloud Storage Webcasts Worth Watching
As the SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) starts our 2016 with a n
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January 12, 2016
Data Protection in the Cloud FAQ
SNIA recently hosted a multi-vendor discussion on leveraging the cl
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January 11, 2016
Mobile and Secure Healthcare: Encrypted Objects and Access Control Delegation
Healthcare privacy and data protection regulations are among the mo
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November 24, 2015
Come See SNIA at the Software-Defined Infrastructure Summit
Demand for software-defined infrastructure (SDI) is on the rise, an
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October 13, 2015
Moving Data Protection to the Cloud: Key Considerations
Leveraging the cloud for data protection can be an advantageous and
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October 6, 2015
See SNIA at OpenStack Summit Tokyo
Are you headed to the
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September 16, 2015
Security is Strategic to Storage Developers - and a Prime Focus at SDC and SNIA Data Storage Security Summit
Posted by Marty Foltyn Security is critical in the storage d
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July 27, 2015
Cloud Storage Development Challenges – An SDC Preview
This year’s
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June 8, 2015
Upcoming Webcast: Hybrid Clouds Part 2
On June 10, 2015, sniacloud_com will be hosting a live Webcast “
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May 13, 2015
Swift, S3 or CDMI – Your Questions Answered
Last week’s live SNIA Cloud Webcast “
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April 21, 2015
Securely Sharing Health Care Data across Different Cloud Services
As more and more health care providers leverage the efficiencies of
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November 17, 2014
What’s New in the CDMI 1.1 Cloud Storage Standard
On December 2, 2014, the CSI is hosting a Developer Tutorial Webcas
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November 13, 2014
Implementing Multiple Cloud Storage APIs
OpenStack Summit Paris
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October 21, 2014
Join SNIA-CSI at the OpenStack Summit
Get the tips needed when implementing multiple cloud storage APIs.
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September 9, 2014
What the CSI is Up to at SDC
What the Cloud Storage Initiative Is Doing At SDC
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May 21, 2014
Getting Started with the CDMI Conformance Test Program
Together with our partner,
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January 14, 2013
Object Storage is a Big Deal (and Ethernet Matters)
A significant challenge in managing large amounts of data (or
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April 14, 2012
New Cloud Storage Meme – “Enterprise DropBox”
In a number of recent presentations on cloud storage recently, I ha
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April 12, 2012
Validating CDMI Features – Metadata Search
Here we go again with an announcement of a cloud offering that agai
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December 28, 2011
Validating CDMI features – Object Expiration
Validating yet another feature of the CDMI standard (see
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October 5, 2011
Validating CDMI features – Server Side Encryption
One of the features of many storage systems and even disk drives is
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January 6, 2011
Join the Cloud Storage Movement at SNIA’s Winter Symposium 2011
Every year the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has a
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November 24, 2010
Why not pick one of the “open” APIs instead of CDMI?
There is a
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July 9, 2010
SNIA Cloud Activities for 2010
Given that it’s the middle of summer it may be hot where you are, b
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May 10, 2010
Gluecon Cloud Conference
As the “cloud” becomes a common platform, web applications still li
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April 11, 2010
Enabling Cloud Service Brokerage
One of the most interesting use-cases for the pending SNIA CDMI Cloud
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April 8, 2010
Cloud Data Management Interface Overview
Lots of people are wondering what CDMI offers, but don't have time to
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March 13, 2010
Draft 1.0 Cloud Storage Specification Available
The SNIA has released a final working draft of the Cloud Data Manageme
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March 13, 2010
SNIA Release new draft of Cloud Storage Standard
The SNIA announced that ve
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March 13, 2010
Cloud Storage Standards are looking up
The SNIA has released early drafts
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