Mission FAQ

Develop and promote architectures, standards, and education through vendor-neutral collaboration of experts on data technologies that lead the industry worldwide.

Why is SNIA updating its mission?

A. SNIA’s core values, to develop standards and provide vendor-neutral education through the collaborative efforts of our expert members, have not changed. As the proliferation of data accelerates, all technologies related to data are within SNIA’s scope. This mission update better reflects the work our members have been doing for several years.

What are the new areas of focus?

A. The new Focus Areas are:

Acclerate

Move processing to the data

Format

Different formats to access stored data

Transport

Move data between physical locations

Store

Representation of data on storage media

Protect

Secure and protect data

Optimize how data environments are configured