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March 26, 2013 SNW Spring Begins Next Week Taking place on April 2–4 in Orlando, FL, SNW, the largest and most proven educational forum for IT End–Users involved in storage networking, enterprise infrastructure, and data center management, will feature track sessions including SNIA Tutorials, SNIA Certification Prep Sessions, a Hands–on–Lab, and a host of expert Keynote speakers. If you plan on being there, please stop by the SNIA booth and pick up the new 2013 SNIA Dictionary. Long Term Retention Technical Work Group Involved in New EU Project The SNIA LTR TWG is currently participating in a team of experts working on a newly launched EU project called ForgetIT: Concise Preservation by combining Managed Forgetting and Contextualized Remembering. This project addresses current challenges in the area of multimedia preservation, in the personal and organizational context, by introducing three new concepts: 1) Managed Forgetting, which is inspired by the important role of forgetting in human memory; 2) Synergetic Preservation, which crosses the chasm between active information use and preservation management; 3) Contextualized Remembering, which aims at keeping preserved content meaningful and useful along time. SNIA Cloud Archive and Preservation SIG Presenting at SNW The SNIA Cloud Archive and Preservation Special Interest Group (SIG) recently presented the Webcast “Big Data Meets Big Cloud Archives” and will be presenting a tutorial entitled “Digital Data Archive and Preservation in the Cloud — What To Do and What Not To Do” at SNW Spring in Orlando which will appeal to Storage Vendors, Datacenter Managers, Developers, and those seeking a basic understanding of how best to implement a Cloud Storage Digital Archive and Cloud Storage Digital Preservation service. SNIA e–Learning App Now Available SNIA has recently developed an app that will allow you to download SNIA Certification e–Courses to your iPad or iPhone. This will allow for even more flexibility when studying with SNIA e–Courses. These courses contain the same material that is presented in our face–to–face training courses, but saves you the cost of travel and tuition, and also allows you to study at your own pace. Three e–Courses are available and include Storage Networking Foundations (CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA), Storage Networking Standards — Management & Administration, and Storage Networking Sales Professional Training. View a free preview of these courses. Ethernet Storage Forum Expands Its Charter The Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) has adjusted its charter to better address trends in the market place by redefining its Special Interest Groups to focus on the broader use of file protocols in datacenter applications, and the continued push toward datacenter consolidation with the use of Ethernet as a storage network. The previously named NFS SIG was renamed the File Protocol SIG and will focus on promoting not only NFS, but also SMB / CIFS solutions and protocols. The iSCSI SIG was renamed to the Storage over Ethernet SIG and will focus on promoting data center convergence topics with Ethernet networks, including the use of block and file protocols, such as NFS, SMB, FCoE, and iSCSI, over the same wire. Storage Management Initiative Plugfest Updates SMI plugfests are held several times a year, usually at the SNIA US Technology Center in Colorado Springs, to test interoperability across SMI–S implementations, validate CTP test updates, and create proof–of–concept implementations of proposals for inclusion in the SMI–S standard. In addition, plugfests provide an opportunity to meet with peer developers and folks supporting commonly used CIMOMs. SMI–Lab has already had two plugfest events so far this year. The January plugfest was held at the Tech Center in Colorado Springs CO, and the March plugfest was held at Microsoft in Redmond WA and was particularly well attended. |
In This Issue Long Term Retention Technical Work Group Involved in New EU Project SNIA Cloud Archive and Preservation SIG Presenting at SNW SNIA e–Learning App Now Available Ethernet Storage Forum Expands Its Charter Storage Management Initiative Plugfest Updates
SNIA Plugfests and Education Webcast: The Business Case for Cloud April 9, 2013 This presentation will cover popular use cases for cloud including storage clouds and enterprise or application specific clouds. Multi–tenancy, private, and hybrid clouds are of interest to IT professionals, and this tutorial explores various cloud options and scenarios, along with options and recommendations for building your business case. Webcast: Expand Your Cloud Storage Options: CDMI Use Cases Examined April 18, 2013 Join storage experts from Cisco, EMC, and NetApp as they discuss the impact of the ISO standard: Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) on cloud storage. They’ll share real–world, vendor–agnostic use cases that demonstrate innovative ways to leverage cloud storage. Attend this webcast to get fresh insight on cloud storage. Attend Live Certification Training for the CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA Exam April 22–26, 2013 This fast–paced course will give you a sound foundation in Storage Networking Technologies and will prepare you to take the CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA Certification exam. May 20–23, 2013 SMI Plugfests test interoperability across SMI–S implementations, validate CTP test updates, and create proof–of–concept implementations of proposals for inclusion in the SMI–S standard. Find SNIA at these Events:
April 2 – 4, 2013 SNW is the world’s largest independently produced conference series focused on the evolution of architecture for a new world of mobility, Big Data and business agility. Produced by Computerworld — and co–owned by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) — SNW remains unbiased and vendor agnostic.
April 8 – 12, 2013 The Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) brings together the brightest IT professionals from around the world to increase their technical expertise through deep hands-on training, best-practice sharing, and interaction with innovators in desktop, device, and datacenter management, as well as cloud technologies.
May 22–23, 2013 Glue is a conference devoted to solving the web application integration problem–set. People that should attend Glue include the architects, developers, administrators and integrators that and are facing the real–world challenges of what “stove–piped” web applications mean for their overall strategy.
June 10–12, 2013 Storage Plumbing and Data Engineering Conference (SPDEcon) is targeted for “hardcore” storage development and data engineering experts whose positions may involve configuring, integrating, and supporting storage and data management solutions – often referred to as the “storage plumbing.”
June 17–18, 2013 This second-annual conference for global IT managers and services and solutions providers to come together to discuss cloud adoption based on ODCA requirements.
September 16 – 19, 2013 Celebrating its tenth year, the Storage Developer Conference (SDC) continues to be the only event created by storage developers for storage developers.Click here for more information. Connect with SNIA
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