New SNIA Technical White Paper
As object storage becomes ubiquitous in hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, ensuring consistent cross-vendor compatibility has become critical for reliable data access and management.
Developed by the SNIA Cloud Object Storage Test Tools Technical Work Group, this new SNIA technical white paper, "Open-Source Multi-Vendor S3 Interoperability Tools: Ecosystem and Improvements.” surveys today’s open-source test tool landscape, identifies test coverage gaps, and outlines future best practices for interoperability testing across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
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Did you know that there are more than 20 SNIA Technical Work Groups (TWGs) and Communities? Both support SNIA’s mission to advance and standardize technologies, but each plays a distinct and complementary role. Check out their exciting work and learn how you can get involved.
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SDC 2026 Agenda Keeps Growing
We've just added even more sessions to the SDC’26 agenda, including new talks on vector search, AI data pipelines, next-generation filesystems, memory fabrics, and GPU-accelerated data movement. There's something for everyone working at the intersection of storage, AI, data, and infrastructure. We hope you’ll join us September 28–30, in Santa Clara, CA.
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Three SNIA Plugfests at SDC’26
SNIA’s track record of multi-vendor interoperability testing events continues with three plugfests at SDC’26
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How Standards Make DNA Storage Data Center Ready
Vincent Franceschini, co-chair of the SNIA DNA Data Storage Alliance and Richelle Ahlvers, chair of the SNIA Storage Management Community, connect the dots between a new storage medium and the standards-based management that makes it operable at scale.
When AWS S3 Keeps Changing, Who Keeps Up?
Cloud Object Storage developers, Mark Trinh (Oracle), Jason CWIK (DDN), Veer Kumar (Nutanix) and Michael Hoard (Chair of the SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies Community) explain why the SNIA Cloud Object Storage Plugfest is the fastest path to real S3 interoperability and faster bug fixes.
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SNIA is pleased to welcome the following new members:
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It is with great sadness that the SNIA community mourns the passing of fellow SNIA member Craig Carlson on June 25, 2026. Learn about Craig’s career and life.
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Ceph: Object Storage Meets Vector Search
July 16, 2026
Kyle Bader, IBM; Prashanth Rao, LanceDB; Christina Bassani, Seagate
Liquid Cooling for SSDs: What's Next?
July 23, 2026
Anthony Constantine, Micron; Scott Shadley, Solidigm
Architecting AI Data Foundations: Object Storage Patterns for Scale, Access, and Longevity
July 29, 2026
Kalyan Gunda, Dell; Masood Noori, Seagate; Michael Hoard, SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies
Getting Started with AI Harnesses for Infrastructure Troubleshooting
August 18, 2026
Erik Smith, Dell; Rohan Mehta, Micron
A New Approach to Performance-Based Storage TCO
August 26, 2026
Jonmichael Hands, Solidigm; Nader Salessi, Industry Expert
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Find SNIA at these Events:
FMS 2026 – Santa Clara, CA – August 4-6, 2026
AI Infra Summit – Santa Clara, CA – September 15-17, 2026
SNIA Developer Conference (SDC) – Santa Clara, CA – September 28-30, 2026
STA Storage Plugfest at SDC’26 – Santa Clara, CA – September 28-30, 2026
SNIA Cloud Object Storage Plugfest at SDC’26 – Santa Clara, CA – September 28-30, 2026
SNIA SMB3 Interoperability Lab – Santa Clara, CA – September 28-October 1, 2026
Ethernet Alliance TEF: The AI Future: Ethernet – Mountain View, CA, October 7-8, 2026
OCP Global Summit – Santa Jose, CA, October 12-15, 2026
SC26 – Chicago, IL – November 15-20, 2026
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