SNIA 2010 Summer Symposium

July 19 - July 22, 2010
San Jose, California

Don't miss our Summer Symposium where you and your colleagues can join together for networking, working group meetings, informative keynote sessions, and other unique programs.

Registration Information

To register for the SNIA Summer Symposium click here.

View the Summer Symposium Guide for meeting details and more information.

Hotel Information

Sainte Claire Hotel
302 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
866-870-0726 or 408-295-2000

The Sainte Claire Hotel is located in the heart of downtown San Jose, just off of I-680 and I-880 and only three miles from the San Jose Mineta International Airport.The Sainte Claire is centrally located to nearby attractions like the Tech Museum of Innovation, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Center for Performing Arts, and some of downtown San Jose's finest restaurants and entertainment. Parking at the hotel will be $15 per day, and $21 for overnight parking with in/out privileges. Parking is handled by valet.

Rooms at the Sainte Claire Hotel are still available at a discounted SNIA rate of $129. Book a room via online reservation form or by calling 866-870-0726 or 408-295-2000 and referencing the SNIA Summer Symposium. The room block will remain open at the special group rate as long as there is availability..

2010 Summer Symposium Agenda

Monday, July 19, 2010
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Courtyard Atrium
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Ballroom Foyer
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	2010 Storage Developer Conference (SDC) Taskforce	Boardroom
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Education Committee	Boardroom
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Santa Vesta
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Suite 209
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	EPA-Green Storage Session: Storage Capacity Optimization Technologies, Spotlight on Deduplication	Saratoga
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Introducing the SNIA and the Symposium Experience: A Brief Orientation and Q&A	Ballroom
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	BoF - The OGF/SNIA Joint Cloud Standards Demo	Ballroom
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM	BoF: "DMTF update on Cloud Computing and the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Specification" Speakers: Winston Bumpus, President DMTF and co-Chair Cloud Working Group; Larry Lamers, DMTF Chair OVF Work Group	Ballroom
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Ballroom Foyer
8:15 AM - 9:20 AM	Welcome by Wayne Adams, SNIA Chairman KEYNOTE: Ben Woo, Program Vice President, Storage Systems, IDC	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	EPA ENERGY STAR® Data Center Storage Stakeholder Meeting	Sainte Claire
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Standards Committee	Boardroom
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Santa Vesta
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Suite 209
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM	SNIA Leadership Web Site Training on new Drupal based site	Saratoga
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Security TWG	Santa Cruz
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	LUNCH	Courtyard Atrium
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Object-based Storage Device (OSD) TWG	Boardroom
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Storage Security Industry Forum (SSIF)	Santa Cruz
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Solid State Storage (SSS) TWG	Saratoga
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	EPA-Green Storage Session: LSI Storage and Technology Trends	Sainte Claire
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG Sub-group Meetings	Ballroom
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments Available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	EPA-Green Storage Session: HP Servers and HP Storage, Technology Trends	Sainte Claire
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	EPA-Green Storage Session: Overview of GreenMark Program	Sainte Claire
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SNIA Reception	Courtyard Atrium
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Ballroom
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration	Ballroom Foyer
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM	KEYNOTE: Henry Baltazar, Senior Analyst, The 451 Group	Ballroom
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Santa Vesta
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Data Integrity TWG	Boardroom
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage TWG	Sainte Claire
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG)	Suite 209
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Solid State Storage TWG	Saratoga
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	LUNCH	Courtyard Atrium
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Data Protection and Capacity Optimization (DPCO) Committee	Santa Cruz
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	SNW Hands On Lab Planning Meeting	Courtyard Room
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Industry update on FCOE - Craig Carlson with QLogic	Ballroom
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	BoF: Active Archive Alliance	Sainte Claire
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	BoF: Data Center Bridging - Technical Opportunities for the SNIA?	Ballroom
Thursday, July 22, 2010
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Courtyard Atrium
7:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Registration	Ballroom Foyer
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	SNIA Cloud Activities: Mid-2010 Update	Ballroom
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Cloud Storage TWG	Santa Vesta
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Green Storage Initiative (GSI) Marketing	Sainte Claire
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Long Term Retention TWG	Saratoga
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Hypervisor Storage Interfaces (HSI) TWG	Santa Cruz
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Technology Center Committee	Boardroom
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	LUNCH	Courtyard Atrium
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	XAM Initiative	Saratoga
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI)	Santa Vesta
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Green Storage Initiative (GSI)	Sainte Claire
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs)	Sainte Claire Foyer
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	XAM Initiative & XAM ISVs	Saratoga

* NOTE: Thursday meetings may end before 5pm, depending on the group's individual agenda.

Key Programs