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The Storage Networking Industry Association. Your Connection is Here.Welcome to the SNIA, advancing IT technologies, standards, and education programs for all IT professionals. Made up of some 400 member companies spanning the global storage market, the SNIA connects the IT industry with end-to-end storage and information management solutions. As a not-for-profit association, the SNIA enables our members to develop robust solutions for storing and managing the massive volumes of information generated by today’s businesses. For more than a decade we have worked to bring recognition of storage issues to the IT world, making storage less complicated for the end user. As a result, the SNIA has adopted the role of industry catalyst for the development of storage solution specifications and technologies, global standards, and storage education. From vendors, to channel partners, to end-users, SNIA members are dedicated to providing the industry with a high level of knowledge exchange and thought-leadership. Our members also share a common goal: To promote acceptance, deployment, and confidence in storage-related architectures, systems, services, and technologies, across IT and business communities. What's NewNew SNIA Authorized e-Course! SNIA has announced it has partnered with FMJO, LLC to bring the SNIA Storage Network Foundations courseware to a worldwide audience via a new electronic offering This e-Course provides students with the same content as the instructor-led four-day SNIA Storage Networking Foundations Course. The e-Course is a compendium of 18 separate learning modules. Content has been developed using ten years of vendor-neutral storage expertise and is the only SNIA authorized e-learning material available to prepare for the SNIA Storage Network Foundations Exam (S10-101). See a preview of the e-Course. Read full press release. In MemoriamSNIA and the Storage Industry Lose a Colleague - Tom Clark
Tom will be missed by his many SNIA and industry colleagues and friends. Our sincere condolences to his family from whom we have heard that there is no memorial service planned at Tom’s request. Instead, the family suggests that tributes and memories be shared at http://wtomclark.blogspot.com/. In lieu of flowers or other organized donations, Tom’s family is recommending that contributions be made to one of his favorite causes - to local food banks. |
The SNIA has learned of the passing on Saturday, February 13th of longtime association and industry contributor, Tom Clark of Brocade. Tom had served many terms as a member of the SNIA Board of Directors and was active in such key programs as the Interoperability Committee (and Interoperability Lab "champion"), the End User Council, and most recently the Green Storage Initiative. A world-wide recognized expert, Tom was a frequent speaker and noted author of publications on storage industry topics.