2013 Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities

 ...Uniquely Designed by Storage Developers for Storage Developers

This is the “must-participate” event of the year. SDC brings together solution-seeking developers, engineers, architects, product/program managers, and technical marketing managers. It will also provide managers, directors, and C-level executives the opportunity to meet the industry’s leading experts and solution-providing vendors.

AUDIENCE AND CONFERENCE FOCUS

The audience for this conference (expected to be nearly 400 participating in over 50 sessions in multiple tracks) comprises the IT storage development community — primarily storage software and hardware developers, storage product and solution architects, storage software engineers, product managers, storage product quality assurance engineers, product line CTOs, storage product customer support engineers, and in-house IT development staff. In addition to software and hardware vendors, end user IT managers/directors and staff will find the expertise required to select, implement, and then support storage and information management applications. 

Sponsoring companies will present their most contemporary and technologically innovative solutions to this qualified audience of “decision-influencers” and “decision-makers.”  Sponsors will have the opportunity to engage this audience with product introductions, demonstrations, and in many cases, presentations (including “Mainstage” for Platinum sponsors) as part of the conference agenda. Sponsors have the exclusive right to participate in the Sponsor Showcase and access to the attendee list for additional “lead-development” and post-event follow-up. 

Sponsorship entitlements vary by level.  Please consult the Sponsorship Brochure for details.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM AGENDA

The SDC agenda offers world-class industry updates and education. The content addresses the technical and knowledge needs of our targeted audience—delivered and demonstrated at SDC—in order to equip attendees from IT vendors and users, to large enterprises and organizations, to small and medium businesses with the insight and expertise they require to do their jobs efficiently.

The following is an example of topics that will be addressed:   

• Big Data Storage and Management
• New Fundamental Data, Storage and Device Technologies
• Storage Workloads Generated by Apps/Hypervisors/Operating Systems
• Solid State Storage
• Storage for Virtual Platforms
• Cloud Storage
• File and Block access protocols:
  • CIFS/SMB/SMB2, NFS
  • iSCSI, FC/FCoE, InfiniBand
• File Systems
• Long Term Preservation
• Green and Energy Efficient IT Technologies
• High Speed, Low Latency Interconnects
• Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI–S)
• Data Deduplication
• Data Backup and Archiving
• Storage Security and Identity Management
• Scalable and Distributed Storage Systems
• Development Techniques and Tools
• Leveraging Open Source in Storage Development
• Getting the Most from Collaboration Tools
• Professional Development for Engineers
• Experiences and Ideas on Rapid Development

CO-LOCATED PLUGFESTS

Vendors seeking product interoperability validation will want to participate in a Plugfest—once again a featured program and opportunity of SDC. Serious and long hours of real work are accomplished in our Plugfests (which are open for several hours for other event attendees). The CIFS/SMB/SMB2 Plugfest is planned to be co-located with SDC and again expected to be underwritten by Microsoft. Plugfests provide the information and know-how to further advance your company’s solutions with features that shorten time to market for a developed solution, increase acceptability and interoperability in production environments, and help you understand where storage technologies are heading.

Companies, organizations, and associations interested in hosting a plugfest at this year’s SDC, please contact Leo Leger, SNIA Executive Director, at 978-203-0442 or email leo.leger@snia.org.

CONFERENCE PRODUCER

The Storage Developer Conference is produced by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), the leading association for education, interoperability, and standards programs for the storage networking industry.

The conference program agenda is developed in conjunction with the SNIA Technical Council – senior CTO office, strategy department, and product management representatives from the leading industry vendors -- all experts and all savvy on the needs of our audience.

The event is also supported by several industry leading trade publications, associations, and strategic partners.

Sponsor Now!

For detailed information regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact Lisa Mercurio, Membership Services Manager, at 781.293.9860 or email lisa.mercurio@snia.org or Marty Foltyn, SNIA Business Development Representative, at 858-720-9780 or email marty.foltyn@snia.org.