The Storage Networking Industry Association’s Cloud Storage Initiative (SNIA CSI) and the Open Grid Forum (OGF) are conducting the first in a series of international cloud plugfests slated for 2012.

What: Cloud Plugfest sponsored by SNIA CSI/OGF

When: February 28 - March 1, 2012

Where: Dusseldorf, DE (Primary Location)

Who’s invited? All cloud implementers are invited to participate either in person or remotely. Participants need not be members of the SNIA, CSI or OGF and the cost to attend is FREE!*

Why attend? The cloud plugfest will offer a highly collaborative, vendor-neutral, environment for developers and vendors to perform interoperability testing of CDMI and OCCI implementations. The previous Cloud Plugfest, held in September 2011 in Santa Clara, California and remotely in Dusseldorf, Germany, attracted over 20 developers from nine companies.

By attending the cloud plugfest participants will:

• Gain a greater understanding of what the needs are for establishing better interoperability with Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage standards, and the opportunity to refine those standards.
• Gain a better understanding of the requirements for interoperability integration between Cloud Storage (CDMI) and Cloud Computing (OCCI)
• Interact directly with cloud implementers and early adopters of CDMI and OCCI

How to register? The cost to register is free. Visit the cloud plugfest page at www.snia.org/cloud/cloudplugfest for additional details.

* Plugfest registration is free. Attendees are responsible for all other costs (travel, meals, etc.) associated with participating in this event including any participation fees imposed by co-located venues or event sponsors.

For questions or comments about the SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative or this plugfest, please contact Tom Mancuso at csimanager@snia.org.

Primary Venue:

Airporthotel Dusseldorf

Am Hulserhof 57

40472 D - Dusseldorf

Tel: +40(0)211 200 630

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Secondery Venue:

Data Tactics Corporation

7901 Jones Branch, Suite 240

Mclean, VA 22102

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