Frank Reichart, SNIA Europe Board Member (Fujitsu)
Server virtualisation is no longer just a topic for server admins; it also affects the management of storage and networking equipment. And the introduction of server virtualisation means that all of a sudden server operations people have to learn how to deal with storage.
07 May 2012
Compulsive hoarding (or pathological collecting) is a pattern of behavior that is characterized by the excessive acquisition and inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that would seemingly qualify as useless or without value. When it comes to data, it would appear that we are all hoarders.
07 May 2012
In my role as chairman of the UK Committee of SNIA Europe I would like to encourage you to take a new look at participating in our Academy program this year. The 2012 edition of the SNIA Europe Datacenter Technologies Academy scheduled for Wednesday 23rd May 2012 at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London E1 promises to raise the bar in terms of the content this year with new speakers and content focussed on the business issues surrounding IT deployments in 2012 and beyond.
23 April 2012
Deep Dive: Server virtualisation is no longer just a topic for server admins; it also affects the management of storage and networking equipment. And the introduction of server virtualisation means that all of a sudden server operations people have to learn how to deal with storage.
07 May 2012
Compulsive hoarding (or pathological collecting) is a pattern of behavior that is characterized by the excessive acquisition and inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that would seemingly qualify as useless or without value. When it comes to data, it would appear that we are all hoarders.
29 February 2012
By Alex McDonald, SNIA ESF NFS Co-Chair, NetApp. NFS (Network File System) is one of two of the most successful file protocols in the history of computing. From the 1980s with NFSv2 through the widely deployed NFSv3 in the 1990s, and now with today's NFS4.1 standard - and if you don-t know about NFSv4.1 and pNFS (parallel NFS), you should - the protocol has been developed to keep pace with user requirements and the changing nature of data access and processing.
17 January 2012
New credential from leading technology associations addresses data storage job skills
01 December 2011
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced the completion of the first 16 GFC Plugfest and the seventh FCoE Plugfest, which was held during the week of October 24th at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
29 November 2011
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) remains the proven platform for storage innovation and the gold standard for enterprise computing
12 - 13 Jun 2012
SNIA Europe Chairman Bob Plumridge leads a distinguished panel of experts:
How to Permanently Store Your Data in the Cloud
12th June at 2pm - Development Theatre
26 - 27 Jun 2012
The EBU Network Technology Seminar is an essential annual rendezvous for broadcast experts dealing with specialized and IT infrastructure, as well as for IT network and storage specialists that deal with broadcast media content in production, contribution and B2B, and in primary distribution.
16 - 19 Oct 2012
Produced by Computerworld and co-owned by Computerworld and Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), SNW is the leading global event series focused on technologies to manage and optimize the information infrastructure across the data center and remote offices.
SNIA Europe advances the interests of the storage industry by driving the evolution and adoption of storage technologies and standards, educating the market and influencing relevant EU and national polices. As a Regional Affiliate of SNIA Worldwide, we represent storage product and solutions manufacturers and the channel community across EMEA.