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Rubrik: World-wide News/Products & News SNIA: Storage Management Initiative With Delivery of Education Formal SMI-S Developers Course and Features Educational Activities at (16.04.03)
- In its ongoing effort to accelerate the adoption of the Storage Networking
Industry Association's Storage Management Initiative Specification (SNIA
SMI-S), the Storage Management Forum (SMF) introduced new education programs
for vendors, developers and end users. In addition to the multiple activities
that are planned for Storage Networking World (SNW) this month in Phoenix,
Arizona, the SMF is offering the first SMI-S training course, "SMI-S
Developers Education." The course is planned for May 19th through the
23rd at the SNIA Technology Centre in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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"This
first offering will focus on training developers to leverage this new
technology specification," stated Julie Ryan, the SNIA's SMF Education
Committee chair. "When developers are properly trained, development
times are reduced so products can get to market more quickly." The SMF
will host several SMI activities at the SNW conference next week in Phoenix,
Arizona (see www.storagenetworkingworld.com for details ). Those activities include the CIM-SAN-2 Developers
Demonstration, a main-stage panel presentation that addresses standards
efforts to date, and two storage management sessions during the SNIA
Education Committee tutorials. Multi-vendor,
heterogeneous management interoperability demonstrations of the new SMI-S
will be on display in the "SNIA Delivering Standards-Based Management
Solutions" area. Known as "CIM-SAN-2," this demonstration
represents a snapshot of the SMI-S management interoperability implementation
and testing that is ongoing at the SNIA Technology Centre. Industry
leaders will gather for a panel presentation titled 360° Perspective on
Storage Standards – A Dialogue Focused on How the SMI-S Meets Business Needs.
The moderated discussion will examine the emerging SMI-S from multiple
perspectives, focusing on the value of standardisation. "Management
solutions for the continued growth of information and multi-vendor heterogeneous
SANs are top priorities facing the IT community today," said Sheila
Childs, chair of the SNIA Board of Directors. "Through the work of the
SMI, the SNIA is on an aggressive path to develop the necessary standards
and, more importantly, the infrastructure required to ensure rapid adoption
of the new SMI-S." The SMF
will host two storage management sessions during the SNIA Education Committee
tutorials. "These sessions represent a high-level overview of SMI-S and
more detail on the underlying CIM / WBEM technology", said Mark Carlson,
chair of the SNIA Technical Steering Committee for SMI. "We will discuss
the fundamentals of how this new specification works, and its importance in
the world of standards." The SMF
also plans to host a vendor outreach program to further strengthen standards
in the industry by reviewing the status of the SMI program while addressing
future requirements. "Vendor commitment to the SNIA SMI-S is strong," said Roger
Reich, chair of the SNIA SMI Committee. "The SNIA is working diligently
to accelerate the adoption of this specification." For more
information about the SMI-S Developers Course or to register, please visit http://www.snia.org/tech_center/SMISdeveloperscourse. Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis. (ma) SNIA Europe Tel.
(0033-1) 47490623 E-Mail: euroinfo@snia.org Web: www.snia-europe.org SNIA Deutscher Kontakt Tel.
(06131) 84-6071, Fax (06131) 84-6592 E-Mail: euroilab@snia.org
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