Upcoming Events

As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries, the demands on storage systems are evolving at an unprecedented pace. Join STA for a dynamic roundtable discussion featuring industry experts, including Patrick Kennedy of ServeTheHome, J Metz, Chair of SNIA, and STA board member Jeremiah Tussey. Together, they’ll explore the trends and technologies shaping the future of storage in an AI-driven world and how organizations can prepare for these changes.

In today's world of AI/ML, high-performance computing, and data centers, RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) is essential due to its ability to provide high-speed, low-latency data transfer. This technology enhances scalability, reduces CPU overhead, and ensures efficient handling of massive data volumes, making it crucial for modern computing environments. But how does it actually work?

In this session, we'll define RDMA, explore its historical development, and its significant benefits. In addition, we’ll provide an in-depth look at RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) and InfiniBand (IB), cover the fundamental objects, Verbs API, and wire protocol.

SNIA Vice Chair, Richelle Ahlvers, will be speaking at the 2025 DMTF APTS face-to-face event.

The SNIA SMB3 Interoperability (IO) Lab will take place Tuesday, April 8 through Thursday, April 10,2025, co-located with the SambaXP 2025 event in Goettingen, Germany.  The purpose of the IO Lab is for vendors to bring their implementations of SMB3 to test, identify, and fix bugs in a collaborative setting with the goal of providing a forum in which companies can develop interoperable products. SNIA provides and supports networks and infrastructure for the IO Lab, creating a collaborative framework for testing.  The participants of the IO Lab work together to define the testing process, assuring that objectives are accomplished. There are several new features that have recently been added to the SMB3 protocol.

SNIA’s Storage Management Initiative (SMI) will host a SNIA Swordfish® Plugfest the week of April 28-May 2, 2025 in conjunction with SNIA’s Regional SDC Denver event.

The collaborative event targeted at client users will include hands-on access to Redfish and Swordfish systems in the SNIA Innovations Lab. Attendees will be able to participate in interactive sessions for consuming the Swordfish API.

The Cloud Object Storage Plugfest is a unique, one-of-a-kind open forum opportunity for industry innovators to collaborate and enhance interoperability among private and public cloud object storage solutions. Join this multi-vendor community to address cloud object storage incompatibilities.

The objective of this meeting is to foster collaboration and innovation by bringing together leading academics, industry professionals, and startups in the fields of DNA data storage and compute. The conference will serve as a platform to exchange ideas, discuss recent advancements, and explore potential synergies across research and commercial applications, driving the development of next-generation data storage and computational solutions.

Join SNIA in Santa Clara, CA for SDC'25. The the annual conference FOR developers BY developers. It's the destination for expert technical discussions and education on the latest technologies and standards.