25 Years of SNIA

• •SNIA founded by network storage visionaries.
• <br /> •Network storage emerges in reaction to customer demands(1Gb/s Fibre Channel).

• •Organize grows to 98 members.
• <br /> •Fibre channel networks adapted in data centers.

• •SNIA technical council created.
• <br /> •SNIA partners with IDG’s computerworld to co-own Storage Networking World(SNW).
• <br /> •1st CIM-based resource management demonstrations.
• <br /> •1st Fibre Channel switch (1Gb/s).

• •1st interoperability demonstrations held at SNW.
• <br /> •SNIA Shared Storage Model introduced.
• <br /> •1st standard for fabric interoperability emerge.
• <br /> •SNIA Dictionary launched.

• •SNIA expands its international outreach with the launch of Regional Forums in Europe and Japan.
• <br /> •SNIA Technology Center opens in Colorado Springs.
• <br /> •IP Storage emerges as an alternative to Fibre Channel.
• <br /> •SNIA Tutorial Program launched.

• •SMI-S program launched based on the Bluefin contribution.
• <br /> •Storage Security and Storage Management forums created.
• <br /> •Storage Virtualization emerges as a new technology.

• •Data Management forum launched.
• <br /> •SNIA Certification Program begins.
• <br /> •Emergence of disk-based backup/restore solutions.

• •SMI-S Conformance testing Program launched at the SNIA Technology Center.
• <br /> •10Gb/s inter-switch links for Fibre Channel.
• <br /> •Storage Developer Conference launched.

• •eXtensible Access Method (XAM) Architecture comes to SNIA.
• <br /> •Information Lifecycle Management emerges in response to data management challenges.

• •Software development enabling the adoption of standardized architectures is added as a major activity of SNIA<br /> •10Gb/s Ethernet emerges.

• •SMI-S Receives ISO/IEC Approval-SNIA’s first ISO Standards.
• <br /> •XAM and Green Storage Initiatives launched.
• <br /> •For its 10th anniversary, SNIA rebrands with new logo an d new website.
• <br /> •IT Industry begins focusing on power and cooling costs: the “Greening” of IT.

• •New SNIA Groups form for Long-Term retention(LTR) and Data Deduplication and Space Reduction (DDSR).
• <br /> •SNIA End-User Council launches.
• <br /> •Storage Technology Online Community (StorTOC).
• <br /> •Solid State Storage Initiative(SSSI) formed.
• <br /> •SNIA Brazil formed.

• •SNIA creates Software Developer Kits (SDKs).
• <br /> •SNIA Malaysia formed.
• <br /> •New qualification test developed for Data Protection and Virtualization.

• •SNIA relocates Technology Center within LSI Facility in Colorado Springs.

• •Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Launched.
• <br /> •SNIA Emerald program launched.
• <br /> •Analytics Emerald program launched.

• •New Certification exam in conjunction with CompTIA launched.
• <br /> •Storage Developer Conference exceeds 400 attendees.
• <br /> •New Technical Work Group with Non-volatile Memory (NVM) and Linear Tape File System (LTFS) launched.

• •SNIA closes HQ office in San Francisco and opens new Headquarters and Technology center in Colorado Springs.
• <br /> •The Non-Volatile Memory Technical Work Group launches a well-attended summit.
• <br /> •SNIA Emerald advances cross-industry planning with national bodies including the EPA for Energy efficient programs that •include SNIA-hosted training.

• •Data Storage Innovation Conference (DSI) launched.
• <br /> •SNIA Emerald launches Recognized Tester Program.
• <br /> •KMIP Test Program launched, meeting the demand for encryption key management conformance testing.

• •Scalable Storage Management (SSM) TWG formed.
• <br /> •SNIA Foundation Certification re-launched.
• <br /> •Data Storage Security Summit launched.

• •First Working draft and technical positions of SNIA Swordfish Specification published.
• <br /> •SNIA absorbed the organizational stewardship o the SFF Technology Affiliate.
• <br /> •SNIA Certification Program names “ Top Storage Certification for IT Pros” by Network World.

• •Launched 100-year Archive Survey.
• <br /> •20th anniversary celebrated at SDC September.

• •Computational Storage Technical Work Group Launched.
• <br /> •SDC grows as a global brand, with conferences in Tel Aviv and Bangalore.
• <br /> •Server System Infrastructure Forum (SSI) assigned specification copyright to SNIA.

• •Persistent Memory Summit grows to over 300 attendees.
• <br /> •SNIA Educational Library launched with over 2,300 vendor-neutral assets.
• <br /> •SNIA online Dictionary is relaunched with improved search capabilities.

• •SNIA Certification Program discontinued.
• <br /> •IOTTA Technical Working Group announce the deployment of a new mirror site in South Korea.
• <br /> •Geek out on Storage campaign starts.

• •SNIA Marketing Alliance formed with SODA.
• <br /> •SNIA forms Zoned Storage TWG.
• <br /> •DNA Data Storage Technology Alliance joins SNIA as a Technology Affiliate to jumpstart standards development around DNA Data Storage.