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February 27, 2017
SNIA Swordfish™ is Swimming Fast - Catch Up Now!
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May 23, 2024
Three Truths About Hard Drives and SSDs
An examination of the claim that flash will replace hard drives in the
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April 26, 2024
Storage Trends: Your Questions Answered
At our recent SNIA SCSI Trade Association Forum webinar, “
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February 12, 2024
Throughput, IOPs, and Latency Q&A
Throughput, IOPs, and latency are three terms often referred to as sto
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February 12, 2024
Throughput, IOPs, and Latency Q&A
Throughput, IOPs, and latency are three terms often referred to as sto
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January 9, 2024
Here’s Everything You Wanted to Know About Throughput, IOPs, and Latency
Any discussion about storage systems is incomplete without the mention
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January 9, 2024
Here’s Everything You Wanted to Know About Throughput, IOPs, and Latency
Any discussion about storage systems is incomplete without the mention
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June 16, 2023
Considerations and Options for NVMe/TCP Deployment
NVMe®/TCP has gained a lot of attention over the last several years du
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June 16, 2023
Considerations and Options for NVMe/TCP Deployment
NVMe®/TCP has gained a lot of attention over the last several years du
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April 19, 2023
Scaling Management of Storage and Fabrics
Composable disaggregated infrastructures (CDI) provide a promising
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April 19, 2023
Scaling Management of Storage and Fabrics
Composable disaggregated infrastructures (CDI) provide a promising sol
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June 9, 2022
Keeping Edge Data Secure Q&A
The complex and changeable structure of edge
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June 9, 2022
Keeping Edge Data Secure Q&A
The complex and changeable structure of edge computing, together with
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March 25, 2022
Experts Discuss Key Edge Storage Security Challenges
The complex and changeable structure of edge
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March 25, 2022
Experts Discuss Key Edge Storage Security Challenges
The complex and changeable structure of edge computing, together with
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March 2, 2022
Understanding How Data Privacy, Data Governance, and Data Security Differ
Ever wonder what’s the difference between data privacy, data governanc
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February 16, 2022
Using SNIA Swordfish™ to Manage Storage on Your Network
Consider how we charge our phones: we can plug them into a computer
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February 16, 2022
Using SNIA Swordfish™ to Manage Storage on Your Network
Consider how we charge our phones: we can plug them into a computer’s
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December 20, 2021
Storage Life on the Edge
Cloud to Edge infrastructures are rapidly gro
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December 20, 2021
Storage Life on the Edge
Cloud to Edge infrastructures are rapidly growing. It is expecte
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October 25, 2021
Fibre Channel SAN Hosts and Targets Q&A
At our recent SNI
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September 14, 2021
Next-generation Interconnects: The Critical Importance of Connectors and Cables
Modern data centers consist of hundreds of su
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September 14, 2021
Next-generation Interconnects: The Critical Importance of Connectors and Cables
Modern data centers consist of hundreds of subsystems connected with o
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July 28, 2021
Q&A: Security of Data on NVMe-oF
Ensuring the security of data on NVMe® over F
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July 28, 2021
Q&A: Security of Data on NVMe-oF
Ensuring the security of data on NVMe over Fabrics was the topic of ou
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June 7, 2021
Storage Technologies & Practices Ripe for Refresh – Part 2
So much of what we discuss in SNIA is the latest emerging technologies
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June 2, 2021
How SNIA Swordfish™ Expanded with NVMe® and NVMe-oF™
The SNIA Swordfish™ specification and ecosystem are growing in scop
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June 2, 2021
How SNIA Swordfish™ Expanded with NVMe® and NVMe-oF™
The SNIA Swordfish
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April 27, 2021
Protecting NVMe over Fabrics Data from Day One, The Armored Truck Way
With ever increasing threat vectors both inside and outside the data c
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April 27, 2021
Protecting NVMe over Fabrics Data from Day One, The Armored Truck Way
With ever increasing threat vectors both insi
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February 24, 2021
SMI-S Storage Management Quick Start Guide Series Kicks-Off
Twenty-year SNIA veteran Mike Walker has created a series of videos
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February 24, 2021
SMI-S Storage Management Quick Start Guide Series Kicks-Off
Twenty-year SNIA veteran Mike Walker has created a series of videos ti
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February 22, 2021
Does this Look Outdated to You?
Last month, the S
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February 22, 2021
Does this Look Outdated to You?
Last month, the
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January 14, 2021
Is the Sun Setting on Some of Your Technologies?
So much of what we discuss within SNIA is the latest emerging technolo
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December 9, 2020
Questions on Securing Data in Transit Answered
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November 9, 2020
NVMe Key-Value Standard Q&A
Last month, Bill Martin, SNIA Technical Council Co-Chair, presented a
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October 20, 2020
Data Compression Q&A
Everyone is looking to squeeze more efficiency from storage. That’s wh
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October 12, 2020
How Can You Keep Data in Transit Secure?
It’s well known that data is often considered less secure while in mot
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October 12, 2020
How Can You Keep Data in Transit Secure?
It's well known that data is often considered
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September 24, 2020
Security & Privacy Regulations: An Expert Q&A
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September 23, 2020
Non-Cryptic Answers to Common Cryptography Questions
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August 17, 2020
Understanding the NVMe Key-Value Standard
The storage industry has many applications that rely on storing data a
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August 12, 2020
Compression Puts the Squeeze on Storage
Everyone knows data volumes are exploding faster than IT budgets. 
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July 28, 2020
A Q&A on Protecting Data-at-Rest
One of the most important aspects of security is how to protect the da
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July 15, 2020
Applied Cryptography Techniques and Use Cases
The rapid growth in infrastructure to support real time and continuous
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July 14, 2020
Notable Questions on NVMe-oF 1.1
At our recent SNI
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July 14, 2020
Notable Questions on NVMe-oF 1.1
At our recent
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July 10, 2020
Ready for a Lesson on Security & Privacy Regulations?
Worldwide, regulations are being promulgated and aggressively enforced
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July 10, 2020
Ready for a Lesson on Security & Privacy Regulations?
Worldwide, regulations are being promulgated
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June 25, 2020
Understanding the Power of SNIA’s Storage Management Initiative
By Don Deel, SNIA SMI Governing Board Chair
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June 18, 2020
Key Management FAQ
Key management focuses on protecting cryptogr
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May 27, 2020
Encryption Q&A
Ever wonder how encryption actually works?
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May 27, 2020
Encryption Q&A
Ever wonder how encryption actually works?
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May 12, 2020
Key Management 101
There’s a lot that goes into effective key management.
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May 12, 2020
Key Management 101
There's a lot that goes into effective key ma
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April 20, 2020
Encryption 101: Keeping Secrets Secret
Encryption has been used through the ages to protect information, auth
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April 20, 2020
Encryption 101: Keeping Secrets Secret
Encryption has been used through the ages to
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March 13, 2020
Storage Networking Security Series: Protecting Data at Rest
Contrary to popular belief, securing “data at rest” does not simply me
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February 18, 2020
Wish You Knew More About Storage? Geek Out with SNIA
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February 17, 2020
Take the Leap to SMI-S Version 1.8.0
If you’re a storage equipment or management software vendor that us
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February 17, 2020
Take the Leap to SMI-S Version 1.8.0
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November 1, 2019
A Q&A to Better Understand Storage Security
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September 3, 2019
Introducing the Storage Networking Security Webcast Series
This series of webcasts, hosted by the
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September 3, 2019
Introducing the Storage Networking Security Webcast Series
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August 30, 2019
It’s a Wrap for SNIA and the Solid State Storage Initiative at Flash Memory Summit 2019
A Best of Show award, over 12 hours of content, three days of demos, a
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August 30, 2019
It’s a Wrap for SNIA and the Solid State Storage Initiative at Flash Memory Summit 2019
A Best of Show award, over 12 hours of content, three days of demo
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July 9, 2019
SNIA’s Self-contained Information Retention Format (SIRF) v1.0 Published as an ISO Standard
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June 4, 2019
Storage Management – Standards Matter
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June 3, 2019
What Secure Data Deletion Means
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May 15, 2019
Security Watch
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April 10, 2019
Join the Conversation at the Open Infrastructure Summit
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April 10, 2019
Join the Conversation at the Open Infrastructure Summit
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April 10, 2019
Join the Conversation at the Open Infrastructure Summit
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April 10, 2019
Join the Conversation at the Open Infrastructure Summit
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April 1, 2019
Trends in Media and Entertainment Storage – Your Questions Answered from Our Webcast
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January 3, 2019
Understanding Composable Infrastructure
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December 11, 2018
Take the Leap to SMI-S 1.8 v3 for Streamlined Storage Management
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December 11, 2018
Take the Leap to SMI-S 1.8 v3 for Streamlined Storage Management
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December 11, 2018
Take the Leap to SMI-S 1.8 v3 for Streamlined Storage Management
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December 11, 2018
Take the Leap to SMI-S 1.8 v3 for Streamlined Storage Management
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November 14, 2018
RDMA for Persistent Memory over Fabrics – FAQ
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October 1, 2018
An Introduction: What is Swordfish?
To understand Swordfish, let’s start with the basics to examine how
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October 1, 2018
An Introduction: What is Swordfish?
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October 1, 2018
An Introduction: What is Swordfish?
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August 3, 2018
SNIA Swordfish™ - Your Questions Answered
The Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA’s) Storage Mana
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August 3, 2018
SNIA Swordfish™ – Your Questions Answered
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August 3, 2018
SNIA Swordfish™ – Your Questions Answered
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August 3, 2018
SNIA Swordfish™ - Your Questions Answered
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June 26, 2018
Accelerating the Adoption of Next-Generation Storage Technologies
Introduction to the Storage Networking Industry Association
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June 4, 2018
Storage Controllers – Your Questions Answered
The term controller is used constantly, but often has very different m
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May 16, 2018
Security GDPR, SNIA and You
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April 18, 2018
Data Security is an Integral Part of any Business Endeavor
In the wake of all the
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April 10, 2018
Benchmarking Workload Storage Performance – An Expert Q&A
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April 5, 2018
Storage Controllers – Are You Too Proud to Ask?
Are you a control freak?
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March 16, 2018
File vs. Block vs. Object Storage – Are Worlds Colliding?
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March 7, 2018
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI – The Great Debate Generates Questions Galore
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum recently hosted the first of our “Grea
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January 3, 2018
Storage Performance Benchmarking: Workloads
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum is very pleased to announce that the h
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January 3, 2018
Storage Performance Benchmarking: Workloads
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum is very pleased to announce that the h
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November 19, 2017
Why is Blockchain Storage Different?
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF), specifically ESF Vice Chair, Al
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October 26, 2017
A Q&A on Storage Management – These Folks Weren’t Too Proud to Ask!
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series “
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October 26, 2017
A Q&A on Storage Management – These Folks Weren’t Too Proud to Ask!
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series “
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October 26, 2017
A Q&A on Storage Management – These Folks Weren't Too Proud to Ask!
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series "
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October 26, 2017
A Q&A on Storage Management – These Folks Weren’t Too Proud to Ask!
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series “
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October 5, 2017
It's a Wrap! SNIA’s 20th Storage Developer Conference a Success!
Reviews are in for the 20th Storage Developer Conference (S
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October 5, 2017
Storage for Transactional Systems: From Banking to Facebook
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September 19, 2017
Take the 2017 Archive Requirements Survey!
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August 18, 2017
Does Your World Include Storage? Don't Miss SDC!
Whether storage is already a main focus of your career or may be&
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August 18, 2017
A Q&A on Containers and Persistent Memory
The SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative recently hosted a live webcast “
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August 11, 2017
Too Proud to Ask Webcast Series Opens Pandora’s Box – Storage Management
Storage can be something of a “black box,” a monolithic entity that is
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July 18, 2017
Q&A – When Compute, Networking and Storage Intersect
In Part Vermillion of our SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) “Everythin
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June 8, 2017
SNIA Highlights Persistent Memory and Scalable Storage Management at Storage Field Day 13
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May 31, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem Part Two
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May 31, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem Part Two
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May 31, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem Part Two
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May 31, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem Part Two
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May 24, 2017
IP-Based Object Drives Q&A
At our recent SNIA Cloud Storage webcast “
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May 23, 2017
An FAQ to Make Your Storage System Hum
In our most recent “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But We
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May 18, 2017
What if Programming and Networking Had a Storage Baby? Say What?
The colorful “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But Were Too
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May 4, 2017
Too Proud to Ask Webcast Series Continues – Getting from Here to There Pod
As part of the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum’s successful “Everything Yo
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April 17, 2017
Storage Expert Takes on Hyperconverged Questions
Last month, we were fortunate enough to have Greg Schulz, analyst and
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April 12, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem
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April 12, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem
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April 12, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem
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April 12, 2017
Managing Your Computing Ecosystem
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March 29, 2017
SNIA Ranked #2 for Storage Certifications - and Now You Can Take Exams at 900 Locations Worldwide
The SNIA Storage Networking Certification Program (SNCP) provides a st
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February 27, 2017
SNIA Swordfish is Swimming Fast - Catch Up Now!
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February 23, 2017
Rock n’ Roll with SMB3
Server Message Block (SMB) is the core file-transfer protocol of Wi
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January 18, 2017
Buffers, Queues, and Caches, Oh My!
Buffers and Queues are part of every data center architecture, and
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January 12, 2017
Clearing Up Confusion on Common Storage Networking Terms
Do you ever feel a bit confused about common storage networking ter
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December 19, 2016
Containers, Docker and Storage – An Expert Q&A
Containers continue to be a hot topic today as is evidenced by the
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December 6, 2016
Storage Training Your Way - Education for 21st Century Professional Development
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November 29, 2016
No Shortage of Container Storage Questions
We covered a lot of ground in out recent SNIA Ethernet Storage Foru
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October 25, 2016
The Next Step for Containers: Best Practices and Data Management Services
In our first SNIA Cloud webcast on containers, we provided a solid
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October 25, 2016
The Current State of Storage in the Container World
It seems like everyone is talking about containers these days, but
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October 13, 2016
SNIA Storage Developer Conference-The Knowledge Continues
SNIA's 18th Storage Developer Conference is officially a success, with
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October 11, 2016
The Everything You Want To Know About Storage Is On Again With Part Mauve – The Architecture Pod
The first installment of our “colorful” Webcast series, “
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September 19, 2016
New SNIA Swordfish™ Specification Enables Scalable Storage Management - A Conversation with the SNIA Technical Work Group Development Team
A new SNIA specification offers a unified approach to managing stor
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August 3, 2016
The Changing World of SNIA Technical Work - A Conversation with Technical Council Chair Mark Carlson
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July 21, 2016
Securing Fibre Channel Storage
by Eric Hibbard, SNIA Storage Security TWG Chair, and SNIA Storage
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July 18, 2016
Everything You Wanted to Know about Storage, but were too Proud to Ask
Many times we know things without even realizing it, or remembering
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June 9, 2016
Linear Tape File System Now an International Standard
By David Pease, Co-Chair SNIA Linear Tape File System Technical Wo
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May 26, 2016
Podcasts Bring the Sounds of SNIA's Storage Developer Conference to Your Car, Boat, Train, or Plane!
SNIA's Storage Developer Conference (SDC) offers exactly what a develo
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May 24, 2016
Open Source Software-Only Storage – Really.
Virtually any storage solution is more parts software than hardware
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April 21, 2016
A Q&A on Storage Performance Benchmarking: Block Components
For the third time, our storage performance benchmarking experts, K
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January 22, 2016
Storage Performance Benchmarking Webcast Series Continues
Attendees cannot get enough of the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum’s St
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January 22, 2016
Storage Performance Benchmarking Webcast Series Continues
Attendees cannot get enough of the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum's Stora
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January 18, 2016
Hitachi Data Systems' Hu Yoshida Featured in Keynote at SNIA Annual Members Symposium
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Annual Members Symp
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December 16, 2015
Storage Performance Benchmarking Q&A – Take 2
Our recent Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast, “
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November 27, 2015
Life of a Storage Packet (Walk): Q&A
We got a lot of great questions at our recent Ethernet Storage Foru
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November 10, 2015
New Webcast: The Life of a Storage Packet (Walk)
Wonder how storage really
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October 7, 2015
Storage Performance Benchmarking – The Sequel
We at the Ethernet Storage Forum heard you loud and clear.
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September 16, 2015
Security is Strategic to Storage Developers - and a Prime Focus at SDC and SNIA Data Storage Security Summit
Posted by Marty Foltyn Security is critical in the storage d
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September 9, 2015
A Deep Dive into the SNIA Storage Developer Conference - The File Systems Track
SNIA Storage Developer Conference (SDC) 2015 is two weeks away, and th
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August 12, 2015
Storage Performance Benchmarking Q&A
Our recent SNIA-ESF webcast, “
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July 24, 2015
New Webcast: Storage Performance Benchmarking 101
There’s an art to making sense of storage performance benchmarks.
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July 5, 2015
The Life of a Storage Packet
Keeping storage as close to the application as possible and reasona
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December 5, 2013
SNIA’s Events Strategy Today and Tomorrow
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October 3, 2012
Flash Webcast Q&A
Our recent Webcast: Flash – Plan for the Disruption was very well r
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September 12, 2012
Flash Webcast – Are You Ready for the Disruption?
There’s no doubt that flash is a game changer.
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November 11, 2011
Quick PTS Implementation
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July 29, 2011
Trends in Data Protection
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July 29, 2011
Trends in Data Protection
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