SNW Spring is less than one month away. Here is a quick reference for the DMF developed SNIA Tutorials that will be delivered throughout the week of April 6–9 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando Florida.

Monday April 6 Tutorials

9:20 am Introduction to Data Protection: Backup to Tape, Disk and Beyond —with Jason Iehl, NetApp
10:15 am Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies —with Michael Fishman, EMC
11:10 am Understanding Data Deduplication —with Daniel Budiansky, Data Domain and Larry Freeman, NetApp

Special Event Monday from 5:30 to 7:00pm
A Tasting of the SNIA Forums and Initiatives. You are invited to sample some of your favorite beverages while touring eight technology activity areas of the SNIA.

Wednesday April 8 Tutorials

2:20 pm In the Face of Litigation: Best Practices for Retention, Discovery and Deletion —with Michael Peterson, Chief Strategy Advocate, SNIA DMF
4:00 pm Storage Considerations and Requirements for Database Archiving —with Gary Zasman, NetApp and Julie Lockner, Data Management Consulting Services

If you haven’t signed up yet, there is still time. Register for SNW today.

See you in Orlando!

The DMF is pleased to welcome our newest member company, FalconStor Software. FalconStor provides innovative, scalable, and open network storage solutions designed to optimize the storage, protection, efficiency, and availability of enterprise data and applications.

FalconStor is looking forward to participating in the DMF, specifically the DPI and DDSR SIG where they believe their data protection and storage optimization expertise, and technology, provide unique value to address today’s IT challenges.

Click here for more information about FalconStor software.

The February issue of InfoStor, featured an article by DMF DDSR SIG members Mike Dutch (EMC) and Larry Freeman (NetApp) titled “Understanding Data Deduplication Ratios.”

This article explores the significance of data deduplication space savings ratios, and outlines several approaches to achieving positive capacity optimization results.

Continue to read full article

Watch for these informative emails about twice a month with news on Data Management Forum activities and events. Comments, topic suggestions and questions are always welcome by emailing ebull@snia.org.