The SNIA Hosts the Industry's Top Events in the US

As the Fall season gets underway, the SNIA continues to be a top provider of storage events. The next industry-leading conference to be hosted by the SNIA is the 2007 Storage Developer Conference, being held September 10-13, 2007, at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA. Developed by the professionals at the SNIA Technical Council, this event features an outstanding program of 10 Tutorials, 2 Keynotes, 36 Education Sessions, and 4 General Sessions with distinguished speakers. In addition, the Storage Developer Conference will feature the 11th Annual CIFS Plugfest and the 3rd Annual ISCSI Plugfest. Created by the storage industry for the storage industry, the customer stories presented will be told personally by the individuals who architected and built the successful systems. Attendees will learn industry best practices, the latest updates about new standards and technology, what to know about using open source software in projects, and much more. To register for the Storage Developer Conference, visit http://www.storage-developer.org/events/storage-developer2007/pricing/.

Also on the horizon is Storage Networking World, the world's largest and foremost storage networking event, being held October 15-18, 2007, at the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. As at past SNWs, the SNIA will be providing its unparalleled tutorial education sessions - approximately 55 in number - on today's most relevant storage topics. In another popular SNW feature, the SNIA will once again host the Hands-on-Lab, which is organized with guidance by the SNIA End User Council in conjunction with participating sponsors. Make your plans now to join us at the premier storage event - register for SNW at http://snwusa.com/registeronline.html.

In addition to the upcoming events, the SNIA successfully concluded the second annual Enterprise Information World event, held August 7-9, 2007, in San Francisco. With a focus on the tools, technologies and strategies essential for safeguarding corporate assets, attendees learned about information management practices, data protection strategies and the preservation of digital information for the long-term, all while reducing business, legal and compliance risk.

Another recent event was the SNIA Summer Symposium, which helped set the direction for our Committees, Workgroups and Forums. With over 60 separate meetings, the Symposium continued its long history of bringing together SNIA members in a face-to-face setting to work on technical, educational and marketing projects. Meetings were held on eXtensible Access Method (XAM), Fixed Content Aware Storage (FCAS), Object-based Storage Device (OSD), Disk Data Format (DDF), Policy-based Storage Management (PSM), Information Lifecycle Mgmt (ILM), File Area Networks (FAN), Security, the SNIA Grid Taskforce and much more. Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions were held on the Data Integrity Initiative (DII) and Green Storage. By driving these critical programs and projects, the Symposium helps SNIA members to advance the core strategic goals of the SNIA.

Stay tuned for more details on SNIA's upcoming events!

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