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May 8, 2014 SNIA TC Defines “Software Defined Storage” The SNIA Technical Council (TC) has released a draft technical whitepaper titled “Software Defined Storage.” This Working Draft document, available at www.snia.org/publicreview, provides a vendor–neutral definition and overview of Software Defined Storage. The SNIA TC welcomes feedback on this whitepaper. Download the whitepaper here. CDMI Conformance Test Program Launched SNIA recently announced the launch of a Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Conformance Test Program (CTP) that validates cloud products’ conformance to the ISO/IEC CDMI standard for cloud data interoperability. Cloud solutions that pass the CDMI CTP offer cloud consumers assurance that the CDMI standard has been properly implemented and that data stored in any conformant implementation will be transportable to any other conformant implementation. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, will oversee execution of the CTP program. Read the full press release. SNIA’s Data Storage Innovation Conference SNIA hosted the inaugural Data Storage Innovation Conference (DSI) during the week of April 22nd in Santa Clara, CA. With nearly 400 attendees, the conference was another achievement for SNIA. DSI presentations covered topics including Cloud Storage, Storage Architecture, Software Defined Storage, Storage Technologies, Security, and much more. These presentations will be available to the public for download in July. Mark your calendars for next year’s event on April 7–9, 2015, again at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. SNIA Hosts Tutorial Track at the Flash Memory Summit SNIA is proud to be a sponsor of the Flash Memory Summit taking place on August 5–7 in Santa Clara, CA. The Flash Memory Summit program is designed to provide attendees with practical information on the current state of flash memory and its applications. Summit themes will include: Solid State Drives (SSDs), Flash Controllers, Flash–Based Architectures, and New Technologies. The Summit Program consists of a day of pre–conference seminars followed by three days of keynotes, forums, panel discussions, paper sessions, tutorials, and special sessions. As part of the pre–conference seminars, SNIA will be providing the SNIA Tutorial Track on Monday, August 4th – more details to follow. These tutorials are open to all Flash Memory Summit attendees for no extra cost. New Members Added to SNIA Board of Directors and Technical Council
Rupin Mohan, HP (left) Bruno Guiet, Brocade (Center) and SNIA recently appointed Rupin Mohan, Senior Manager, Strategy and Product Planning at Hewlett–Packard to its Board of Directors. SNIA’s Board of Directors is charged with oversight of the Association’s vision and mission as well as ensuring that tangible value accrues to member companies. SNIA’s Technical Council, which oversees and manages SNIA Technical Work Groups, reviews architectures submitted by Work Groups, and is SNIA’s technical liaison to standards organizations, recently added two new members. These are Bruno Guiet, Principal Systems Engineer at Brocade, and Udayan Singh, Head of Software Product Engineering–Storage / Platform at Tata Consultancy Services. New On–Demand Webcast: Getting Started with CDMI Conformance Testing Interoperability and portability of data stored in the cloud has become a top IT priority. The SNIA Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) standard provides cloud solution vendors with the ability to ensure their products adhere to this important ISO/IEC standard. On April 22, 2014, SNIA announced a new Conformance Test Program (CTP) for CDMI. This on–demand Webcast explains:
Watch now to hear Cloud Storage Initiative Co-Chair, Alex McDonald and Udayan Singh from Tata Consultancy Services cover the most frequently asked questions on the CDMI CTP. Help Develop Next Generation SSDs and Win Cool Stuff! The SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative (SNIA SSSI) is working to better understand disk drive use in everyday computer actions. You can help by participating in our Workload I/O Capture Project - WIOCP - and get rewarded! The WIOCP captures I/O statistics unobtrusively and without compromising your PC’s performance. No personal data or content is captured - only statistics on the types of data transfers that occur. This helps the SNIA SSSI and the industry understand what actually takes place with your drive when you use your PC. Participate NOW and return one set of statistics to qualify to win a $10 Amazon gift card and to be entered in a drawing for a free Intel 120GB SSD. Submit more sets and increase your chance of winning a SSD! Go to http://www.snia.org/forums/sssi/wiocp for a FAQ and details on participating. And see results at http://iotta.snia.org/. Give us your Feedback and Articles Please pass along your feedback and comments as well as any articles or suggested topics to SNIA Matters Co–Editors, Kristin Hauser or Leo Leger. |
In This Issue SNIA TC Defines “Software Defined Storage” CDMI Conformance Test Program Launched SNIA’s Data Storage Innovation Conference SNIA Hosts Tutorial Track at the Flash Memory Summit New Members Added to SNIA Board of Directors and Technical Council New On–Demand Webcast: Getting Started with CDMI Conformance Testing Help Develop Next Generation SSDs and Win Cool Stuff!
SNIA Webcasts and Education: Attend Live Certification Training for the CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA Certification May 13-16, 2014 SNIA is now taking its CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA classes “on the road” to make storage certification training even easier for you to attain. This class will better prepare to do your job and to take the certification exam. May 19 – 20, 2014
Microsoft will host the next SMI–Lab plugfest on its Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California and in Microsoft’s China Shanghai Technology Park in Shanghai, China. These plugfests test interoperability across SMI–S implementations, validate CTP test updates, and create proof–of–concept implementations of proposals for inclusion in the SMI–S standard. View the March plugfest report here. Live Webcast: SSD Architecture: Three Deployment Options May 20, 2014 Discover how to deploy and design for the usage of SSD, to be able to make optimal usage of flash in your environment. Live Webcast: Object Storage 101: Understanding the What, How and Why Behind Object Storage Technologies June 11, 2014 What is Object Storage? Where is it being deployed successfully? How is it different than traditional file or block technologies? Hear experts: Introduce the key attributes of today’s object storage solutions; Discuss common enterprise use-cases and deployment approaches; Review key considerations before deploying an object store; Highlight future trends in this fast growing space. This live event is part of the BrightTalk Storage Networking Summit. Our SNIA-ESF experts will be ready for your questions! Register today.
Find SNIA at these Events: May 12–15, 2014 TechEd North America is Microsoft’s premier technology conference for IT Professionals and Enterprise Developers, providing the technical education, product evaluation, and community resources to plan, architect, deploy, manage and secure a connected enterprise. James Rigger and Chris Lionetti will be representing SNIA’s SMI at the event.
May 19–23, 2014 Edge2014 brings together technology leaders and practitioners from all industries to sharpen their expertise, discover the latest technologies, and share best practices in infrastructure innovation. SNIA is a sponsor and Lisa Mercurio and Karl Schubert will be representing SNIA at this event. May 21–22, 2014 Gluecon Covers topics like NoSQL, API’s, Node.js, HTML5, Backend–as–a–Service, cloud management and security, cloud storage, Hadoop, DevOps, Mobile App development, cloud platforms, and many, many others. Mark Carlson will be representing SNIA at this event. Attention SNIA Members: If you’re interested in attending Gluecon, click here and use the SNIA Member discount code, “eric10” to receive 10% off of the registration. August 5–7, 2014 The Flash Memory Summit program is designed to provide attendees with practical information on the current state of flash memory and its applications. Summit themes will include: Solid State Drives (SSDs), Flash Controllers, Flash–Based Architectures, and New Technologies. Marty Foltyn will be organizing the SNIA–sponsored Hands–on Lab program. Look for Michael Meleedy also representing SNIA. September 9–11, 2014 The Intel Developer Forum is where developers, engineers, technology managers, and business leaders from across the industry can meet, share ideas, and learn about Intel’s latest developments. Representing SNIA at IDF will be Doug Voigt, Marty Foltyn, Karl Schubert, Leo Leger and others. September 15–18, 2014 Now in its 11th year, the Storage Developer Conference (SDC) continues to be the only event created by storage developers for storage developers. Sponsorships are available. Click here for more information. September 18, 2014 The Analytics and Big Data Summit will again be co-located with the last day of SDC. This summit will present best practices from IT professionals, technology vendors, users and consultants on analytics and big data applications and systems. Look for the Call for Presentations next week. To learn about sponsoring this event and/or to become an underwriter of the newly announced Analytics and Big Data White Paper series, download the sponsorship brochure.
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