In our second installment of our Storage Technologies & Practices Ripe for Refresh, we will cover older HDD device interfaces and file systems. Advice will be given on how to replace these in production environments as well as why these changes are recommended. Also, we will be covering protocols that you should consider removing from your networks, either older versions of protocols where only newer versions should be used, or protocols that have been supplanted by superior options and should be discontinued entirely.

The virtual data and storage conference SODACON Global 2021, organized by SNIA alliance partner SODA Foundation, is July 13-14, 2021.

To counter the ever-increasing likelihood of catastrophic disruption and cost due to enterprise IT security threats, data center decision makers need to be vigilant in protecting their organization’s data. Confidential Computing is architected to provide security for data in use to meet this critical need for enterprises today.

Data gravity has pulled computing to the Edge and enabled significant advances in hybrid cloud deployments. The ability to run analytics from the datacenter to the Edge, where the data is created and lives, also creates new use cases for nearly every industry and company. However, this movement of compute to the Edge is not the only pattern to have emerged. How might these other use cases impact your storage strategy?

This interactive webcast by the SNIA CSTI will focus on the following topics:

The use of genomics in modern biology has revolutionized the speed of innovation for the discovery of medicines. The COVID pandemic response has quickened genetic research and driven the rapid development of vaccines. Genomics, however, requires a significant amount of compute and data storage to aid discovery. This session is for IT professionals who are faced with delivering and supporting IT solutions for the required compute and data storage for genomics workflows.

SNIA experts will participate in two panels at the virtual Interop Digital: Data Management and Storage event. Alex McDonald, SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies Initiative Chair, will speak in the panel “Cloud-Enabled vs Cloud-Native Storage: What's the Difference and Why Should I Care?”.

Taking place virtually on July 26-July 30, 2021, this year’s DMTF’s APTS Conference will feature a keynote by SNIA board member Richelle Ahlvers. Tune in to hear: "Evolving SNIA and Storage Standards to match Shifting Industry Trends" on Tuesday, July 27, from 12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT.

SNIA members are encouraged to attend the 2021 Annual Members Teleconference on October 21, 2021, 8:00 – 9:00 am PT. Join the SNIA Board, Chair, Treasurer, and Executive Director for an update on the organization’s vision, mission, technical and initiative/forum work, financial health, and strategy for the future of SNIA and the storage industry

This talk will focus on the history of “Big Data” and how it has pushed the storage envelope, eventually resulting in a seemingly perfect relationship with Cloud Storage. But local storage is the 3rd wheel in this relationship, and won’t go down easy. Can this marriage survive when Big Data is being pulled in two directions? Should Big Data pick one, or can the three of them live happily ever after? This webcast will cover:

Join SNIA and industry association colleagues in an Industry Standards Pavilion, booth 1507, at SC21, the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis, November 14-19, 2021  SNIA Compute, Memory, and Storage Initiative will feature live computational storage and solid state architecture demonstrations, and a persistent memory workshop and software development hackathon.