Become a Member

Develop Your Career While Advancing Your Profession

SNIA is committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will continue to propel storage networking solutions into the broader information technology market. As a member of the SNIA, you will be part of this exciting and far-reaching set of activities and initiatives. Membership in the SNIA has tremendous benefits. SNIA is the point of cohesion for vendors, resellers, and consumers of data storage networking products and services, making membership a key to success in the storage industry.

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Member Testimonial

"My work with SNIA has provided invaluable experiences for my career development, including access to a broad range of equipment, networking with other engineers in the storage industry, and enhancing my education on storage devices and technologies."

Kevin Webster, Software Engineer, IBM

Benefits of SNIA Membership

Benefits vary by class and category

Of fundamental benefit to all members: The SNIA is the place where members have real time, hands-on input into the development and marketing of the technology and standards that drive the future of the storage industry. This in turn puts members on the cutting edge of the data storage global business marketplace.

Joining the SNIA provides an opportunity to:

Participate in Technical Work Groups that further storage technologies and standards and provide a tremendous resource for expansion of your technical knowledge
Understand and anticipate future market requirements for SNIA Conformance Testing Program against current SNIA standards, as well as those under development
Network with other members and gain access to your peers from across the storage ecosystem
Provide your sales and marketing departments with access to the storage industry's leading media and analysts
Gain access to the SNIA's collection of publications, presentations, tutorials, and technical papers
Participate in SNIA's SMI-Lab Program, an industry-wide collaborative program that helps companies accelerate the development and implementation of SMI-S based Client and Provider products from SNIA member companies
Participate in members-only symposia for Technical Work Groups, Committees, and Forums
Receive members-only discounts for SNIA-sponsored training and events
Interact with end-users, including the End-User Council (EUC)
Access end-user surveys and receive a strategic marketing advantage
Drive development of specifications, architecture, and standards
Post corporate press releases on the SNIA Web site
Leverage members-only reduced lab rates at the SNIA Technology Center in Colorado Springs
Achieve professional certification through the SNIA Storage Networking Certification Program
Receive members-only discounts to host meetings and events at the SNIA Technology Center

**RIGHTS, BENEFITS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
	VENDOR AND CHANNEL		Company Customer, Individual, Non-profit Institution
	Voting	Non-voting	Non-voting
Eligible for Board, Tech Council seat	Yes	No	No
Eligible for Chair of Work Group, Committee	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vote in Board, Tech Council elections and Annual Meeting	Yes	No	No
Vote for SNIA Architectures	Yes	No	No
Vote in Work Groups, Committees	Yes	Yes	Yes
Participate in Work Groups, Committees	Yes	Yes	Yes
Right to use SNIA IP	Yes	Yes	Yes
Access to members-only Web site	Yes	Yes	Yes
Register for email-reflectors	Yes	Yes	Yes
Discount on SNIA-sponsored events	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hotlink to member company Web site	Yes	Yes	Customer Company only
Display member logo on SNIA Web site	Yes	No	No
Display SNIA logo on member Web site	Yes	Yes	Yes
Listed in SNIA annual report	Yes	Yes	Customer Company and Non-Profit only
Post company success stories on SNIA.org	Yes	Yes	No
Post company press releases on SNIA.org	Yes	Yes	No

General Membership

Vendor membership

Vendor members of the SNIA are industry leaders — driving specifications, architecture, and standards. Regardless of your company’s size, the SNIA has created an environment that encourages cross-company collaboration that enables real solutions.

Vendor membership is open to all storage industry vendors, including OEMs, software vendors, and professional services vendors. Each employee of a vendor company is eligible to participate in SNIA's members-only activities and programs and will receive a password to our members' only site.

Distributors, integrators, VARs, and resellers should see the Channel category of membership. For more information on vendor pricing information visit the pricing page.

Channel Membership - Building Value Across the Supply Chain

SNIA recognizes the role distributors, integrators, VARs, and resellers play in promoting the adoption of leading-edge storage technologies. And our vendor-neutral environment is the ideal place for channel companies to maximize efforts to provide cost-effective solutions to client's data storage and management needs.

Top Ten Reasons to Become a Channel Member

Become part of the leading storage ecosystem
Identify and reach profitable new markets through access to a network of leading storage vendors and end users
Gain professional recognition as a significant contributor within the storage community
Ensure that you offer the right technologies while expanding your customer base
Participate in our work groups and add to your technical expertise
Save money and time by testing your solutions before they go live by accessing the SNIA Technology
Preview the industry’s most exciting developments through involvement in Committees, Forums, and Initiatives
Stay informed and competitive with a subscription to SNIA’s online publication, FarSighted
Differentiate yourself and show value to vendors and end users by becoming a SNIA Certified Channel Professional
Learn first-hand what end users are demanding from their storage providers via face-to-face or electronic networking

As a Channel member, each employee of your company is eligible to participate in SNIA's member's-only activities and programs and receive a password to our member's-only site. For more information on channel membership pricing information, visit the pricing page.

"From Intervision's perspective, SNIA is very valuable. It gives us a level of credibility in the storage networking space that many of our customers all but require. Additionally, the industry standard certifications provide us with a method to educate our internal staff at all levels. Finally, the methodologies and initiatives promoted by SNIA help to improve the quality and effectiveness of the solutions and service we provide our customers."

John Wade
Systems Engineer
Intervision Systems Technologies Inc.
SNIA Channel Member

Individual Membership

SNIA's individual members stay current, connected, and marketable. Working alongside industry leaders, individual members have the opportunity to sharpen their professional skills, gaining both technical or marketing knowledge that otherwise could take years of on-the-job training.

Individual Membership is open to anyone who supports the mission and objectives of the SNIA. Individual membership entitles an individual to participate in Technical Work Groups (TWG) and Committee meetings and access the members-only portion of the SNIA Web site. For more information on membership and on dues please visit our pricing page.

Non-Profit Institutional

SNIA non-profit memberships are open to qualified universities, teaching hospitals, federal/state/local government agencies, and military organizations. This category of membership entitles faculty and students to attend Technical Work Group meetings, access the "Groups at Work" portion of our Web site, and receive special member rates for conferences. Applications MUST be submitted by a verifiable official of the institution. Student applications are not accepted. Annual Membership dues are complimentary.