SNIA in the Clouds

The SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) and Technical Work Group (TWG) have delivered on the promises made in 2010, and are continuing this momentum into 2011.

As a practical step toward standards adoption, SNIA Cloud Storage Technical Working Group (TWG) released the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) specification last year, and an accompanying CDMI Reference Implementation (CDMI RI) of the CDMI specification has also been released. CDMI is more than just a data path to the cloud – it also includes the ability to manage service levels that data receives when it is stored in the cloud. The CDMI enables a common interoperable data exchange format for securely moving data and its associated data requirements from cloud to cloud.

Building on these deliverables, 2011 activities include Webcasts available online. In addition, CSI recently published a www.snia.org/cloud or get involved in the conversation at www.twitter.com/SNIACloud and http://groups.google.com/group/cloudstorage.