December 11, 2007 Issue # 27 Your source for the latest Data Management Forum News and Events

News from the SNIA Data Management Initiative (DMI), Europe:

The Data Management Initiative committee works in conjunction with the Data Management Forum in the US to educate the market about three key areas of data management: Data Protection, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Long Term Archive and Compliance Storage Initiative (L-TACSI). Interested in joining DMI Europe? Send an email to: euroinfo@snia.org

And the Leaders Are...

Thank you to everyone who participated in voting for the new slate of DMF Initiative leaders. We look forward to for advancing the work of the DMF under the leadership of the following individuals in 2008:

Long-Term Archive & Compliance Storage Initiative (LTACSI) Chair: Gary Zasman, NetApp
LTACSI Standards and Practices Committee: Simona Cohen, IBM
LTACSI Reference Guide Committee: Peter Mojica, AXS-One

Data Protection Initiative (DPI) Co-Chairs: Jason Iehl, NetApp and Devin Hamilton, Data Domain
Data De-Duplication & Storage Reduction SIG Co-Chairs: Larry Freeman, NetApp and Sheila Childs, EMC

Information Lifecycle Management Initiative (ILMI) Chair: Edgar St. Pierre, EMC

Mark your Calendar for SNIA Winter Symposium

DMF Initiative Meetings - January 29th
DMF Leadership Meetings - January 30th

Wyndham Hotel - San Jose, CA

Happy Holidays!

As 2007 winds down, please take a few minutes to reflect on what we have accomplished on behalf of SNIA this year. The DMF took on many meaningful projects and continued to return value to member companies and the industry as a whole. I would be remiss if I didn't mention just a few accomplishments here,

The completion of the 100 Year Archive Task Force Business and IT Requirements study
The formation of the Data De-Duplication and Space Reduction SIG
Publication of the 2nd edition DPI Buyers Guide
Development and contribution of four Half-day Workshops in support of SNIA Enterprise Information World
Publication of numerous SNIA tutorials and Contributed Articles ...and much more....

Have a safe and happy holiday season. I look forward to another exciting year in 2008!

Jeff Porter
Chair, Data Management Forum

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