PHOENIX (Oct. 12, 2009) — The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today at Storage Networking World Fall 2009, the formation of the Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI), which will serve to foster the growth and success of the emerging cloud storage market for both commercial and consumer environments.

PHOENIX (Oct. 13, 2009) — The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today the availability of the Conformance Testing Program (CTP) for the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI–S) version 1.4, making the selection of standards–based storage solutions more straightforward for end users.

San Francisco (February 8, 2010) — The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) today announced it has partnered with FMJO, LLC to bring the SNIA Storage Network Foundations courseware to a worldwide audience via a new electronic offering. This e-Course provides students with the same content as the instructor-led four-day SNIA Storage Networking Foundations Course. The e-Course is a compendium of 18 separate learning modules.

San Francisco, Calif. (February 18, 2009) — The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) today announced it is accepting speaking proposals for its 2009 Storage Developer Conference (SDC) to be held September 14–17, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. SDC provides the information and know–how to further advance solutions with features that shorten time to market for a developed solution, increase acceptability and interoperability in production environments and help participants understand where storage technologies are heading.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif (January 26, 2009) – The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) today added LSI^TMCorporation as the latest participating vendor in the SNIA Storage Networking Certification Program (SNCP).

San Jose, CA (January 21, 2009). The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today the availability for public review and comment its initial Green Storage Initiative (GSI) Green Storage Power Measurement Specification.

Las Vegas, Nevada - January 6, 2009 — The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), through its Technical Council (TC), today announced the creation of the Solid State Storage Technical Work Group (SSS TWG) to create a reference SNIA architecture and facilitate industry-wide adoption of common requirements, methods, and specifications in related standards organizations.

San Francisco, Calif. (February 24, 2009) – Today the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced that industry support and demand for SNIA storage certifications has continued to gain momentum. The SNIA has recently added vendor partners Brocade and LSI Corporation to the SNIA Storage Networking Certification Program (SNCP) and three of the association’s certifications have increased in value for students according to a recent report by Foote Partners, LLC.

London, UK, 2nd March 2009 - The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe
today announced the appointment of NetApp's Denise Ridolfo to its Board of Directors. Ridolfo,
who is based in the USA and France, is NetApp's Industry & Standards Operations Manager,
reporting into the CTO Office, and represents the company in various industry associations
including the SNIA, the Fibre Channel Industry Association and the Ethernet Alliance. Ridolfo has

San Francisco (July 21, 2010) - The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) today announced the formation of its Cloud Backup and Recovery Special Interest Group (Cloud BUR SIG) to further the Cloud BUR industry by educating the marketplace and driving demand for Cloud BUR solutions and services.