Technology Communities

The Technology Initiatives have been established by the Board of Directors in order to implement education programmes in key areas of technology and solutions development. They work with the programme committees and maintain a liasion to the SNIA technology forums in the US, where standards and best practices in these areas are being developed.

SNIA Forums and Initiatives primarily focus on technology promotion and technical marketing activities. Forums do not develop technologies or specifications, though Initiatives can.

SNIA's Forums and Initiatives include:

• Analytics and Big Data Committee
• Cloud Storage Initiative
• Data Protection and Capacity Optimization Committee
• Ethernet Storage Forum
• Green Storage Initiative
• Storage Management Initiative
• Solid State Storage Initiative
• Storage Security Industry Forum

Their primary goals include the following:

• Promote adoption of the technology
• Publish information and educate customers and consultants
• Identify and document customer requirements
• Prioritize requirements for work in SNIA technical working groups or other formal standards bodies
• Establish supplier and customer contacts
• Conduct events and demonstrations
• Issue press releases, web postings and other communications