The SNIA Announces its 2008 Board of Directors

Dallas, TX (October 15, 2007) - The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is pleased to announce its 2008 Board of Directors responsible for the SNIA worldwide. The SNIA's membership elected the Board of Directors, and the Board elected their Executive Committee officers and appointed one At-Large member to serve a one-year term at the Storage Networking World Fall 2007 conference being held in Dallas, Texas.

“As we celebrate the SNIA's 10-year anniversary and an expansion of our mission and vision to empower organizations in the management of information, we have established a very strong Board of Directors to help execute on these new activities," said Vincent Franceschini, Chairman of the SNIA. "While we have made strong progress, this Board is looking ahead to build upon our success and help provide the education, technology, best practices and industry leadership that all members of the industry can benefit from.”

The 2008 SNIA Board of Directors and their roles are:

• Vincent Franceschini (Hitachi Data Systems), Chairman
• David Dale (NetApp), Vice Chairman
• Phillip Mills (IBM), Secretary
• Wayne M. Adams (EMC), Treasurer
• Tom Clark (Brocade), Member
• Ray Dunn (Sun Microsystems), Member
• Norio Hasegawa (HP), Member
• Skip Jones (QLogic), Member
• Leo Leger (SNIA), Non-Voting Member
• Gary Phillips (Symantec), Member At Large
• Julie Ryan (LSI Logic), Member
• Dave Thiel (HP), Non-voting Member & Chairman of the Technical Council
• SW Worth (Microsoft), Member

The SNIA Board is charged with oversight of the association's vision and mission and ensuring that tangible value accrues to member companies. Board members address issues such as strategic planning, membership development, marketing and public relations, technical output, operational planning, and provide oversight and leadership to the SNIA's many technical forums, committees, and work groups.

Please visit www.snia.org for additional information on each Board member.

About the SNIA

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of some 400 member companies and 7,000 individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA's mission is to lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organizations in the management of information. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For additional information, visit the SNIA web site at www.snia.org