October, 2011 Blog: Windows Server 8: Standards-Based Storage Management. Jeffrey Snover, Distinguished Engineer and Lead Architect for Windows Server, describes how "SCVMM 2012 uses SMI-S to interoperate with a large number of arrays..."
May, 2011 Microsoft hopes storage spec gets a boost under SCVMM 2012. "System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 will use the (SMI-S) standard for integration with data storage infrastructure in private clouds."
October, 2010 SMI-S: Managing storage through a single console, an independent assessment by Alan Radding, Technology Writer.
May 17, 2010 Enhanced Online News PMC-Sierra Introduces Industry’s First Multi-Core, Multi-Threaded RAID Platform for x86 Servers "Management utilities conform to current SNIA, SMI-S and DMTF industry standards."
April 12, 2010 InfoStor.com SNIA enhances SMI-S CTP for users. Read about user-friendly enhancements to the SMI-S Conformance Testing Program.
September, 2009 ComputerWeekly.com: SMI-S storage standard breaks supplier lock-in. Read how "the Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S) standard promises best-of-breed storage systems" and is delivering on that promise.
SMI-Related News
Standards news
SMI-S V.1.1 was published as an ISO/IEC standard in February, 2011: ISO/IEC 24775:2011.
SMI-S v1.3 was designated an ANSI standard in February, 2011: INCITS 388-2011.
SMI-Lab has scheduled five plugfests for 2011 and six plugfests for 2012.
October 13, 2009 SNIA Announces SMI-S Conformance Test Enhancements in Version 1.4. Read how "Enhancements Help End Users Better Evaluate Storage Options." Also, 2010 Plugfests announced.
SMI-S V1.1.1 was accepted as an ANSI standard, ANSI INCITS 388-2008, Information Technology - Storage Management.
SMI-Related Events
Future events
► SMI-Lab Plugfests at the SNIA Technology Center USA in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
SMI-Lab 12 Plugfest Dates for 2012:
For more information on SMI-related events, please contact Tom Mancuso, Senior Program Manager, SMI.
Past events
► Technical Symposiums
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SNIA Winter Symposium. January 23-25, 2012. Sainte Claire Hotel, San Jose, California
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SNIA Winter Symposium, SMI-S Track, January 24-27, 2011, St. Claire Hotel, San Jose, California.
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DMTF Alliance Partner Technical Symposium, SMI-S Track, May 16 - 19, 2011, Hotel Boulderado, Boulder, Colorado.
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SMI-S Track at SNIA Technical Symposium, Chicago, IL, July 18-19, 2011
► SMI-Lab 11 Plugfests held in 2011 (with reports)
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Plugfest #1 January 31-February 3, 2011
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Plugfest #2 March 28-31, 2011
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Plugfest #3 May 23-26, 2011
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Plugfest #4 August 8-11, 2011
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Plugfest #5 October 17-20, 2011
► SMI-Lab 10 Plugfests held in 2010 (with reports):
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Plugfest #1 February 22–26, 2010
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Plugfest #2 May 24–28, 2010
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Plugfest #3 August 16–20, 2010
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Plugfest #4 October 25–29, 2010.
► Conferences