SNIA is a not-for-profit organization that develops international standards and specifications

SNIA promotes technologies related to the storage, transport, optimization of infrastructure, acceleration, format, and protection of data.

Vision

Be the global experts and trusted authority for technologies related to handling and optimizing data.

Mission

Develop and promote architectures, standards, and education through vendor-neutral collaboration of experts on data technologies that lead the industry worldwide.

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How we consume, process, and protect data is intricate and involved. SNIA is at the core of the entire IT ecosystem, helping the world advance and standardize both established and emerging technologies to facilitate and improve all technologies related to data.

Dr. J Metz,

Chair, SNIA Board of Directors

Technical
Standards

SNIA is recognized and trusted for its leadership, standards, and expertise. SNIA's technical activities are overseen by its Technical Council (TC), which is composed of industry experts who provide strategic direction and steer SNIA's technical efforts. SNIA has published over 120 vendor-neutral standards, many of which have been ratified as international standards.

SNIA Technical Work

25+years

Of developing and prompting standards.

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The SNIA
Community

SNIA members collaborate to develop and promote vendor-neutral architectures, standards, and education.

200

Industry leading
organizations

2,000

Active contributing
members

50,000

IT end users & storage
pros worldwide

Value of Participation

SNIA members collaborate to develop and promote vendor-neutral architectures, standards, and education.

SNIA Technical Work Groups (TWGs) share a common goal to advance and standardize both established and emerging technologies that facilitate and improve data movement, security, management, storage, and performance. This goal is achieved through work in member-driven groups dedicated to a wide range of technology interests.