Editing Storage Networking Industry Association

{{short description|Trade association formed to develop standards for storage area networks}}
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| leader_name         = J Michel Metz (AMD)
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The '''Storage Networking Industry Association''' ('''SNIA''') is an American [[trade association]], incorporated in December 1997. It is a registered [[501(c)(6)]] [[non-profit]] organization. SNIA has more than 185 unique members, 2,000 active contributing members, and over 50,000 IT end users and storage professionals. 

==Description==
SNIA's membership community participates in the following storage-related technical working groups:

* Cloud Storage Technologies
* Computational Storage
* Data Management
* Data Security
* Dictionary<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2000/08/11/snia-releases-on-line-technical-dictionary/|title=SNIA Releases On-Line Technical Dictionary |date=2000-08-11 |website=HPCwire |access-date=2019-11-26 }}</ref>
* DNA Data Storage<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=SNIA announces DNA data storage technology affiliate |url=http://m.digitalisationworld.com/news/63750/snia-announces-dna-data-storage-technology-affiliate |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Digitalisation World |language=en}}</ref>
* Networked Storage
* Next Generation Data Center
* Persistent Memory
* Physical Storage
* Power Efficiency Measurement
* [[Storage Management Initiative – Specification]] (SMI-S)
* SNIA Swordfish® - Scalable Storage Management Specification<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction|url=http://www.wbemsolutions.com/tutorials/snia/SMI/Technical/index.html|access-date=2019-11-26|website=www.wbemsolutions.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2018|first=Evan |last=Koblentz |title=How to get started with the Swordfish storage management standard|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-get-started-with-the-swordfish-storage-management-standard/|access-date=2019-11-26|website=TechRepublic }}</ref>[https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/05/26/snia-swordfish-v-1-2-5-release-available-for-public-review/]

SNIA and its technical council maintain a vendor-neutral dictionary and glossary of storage networking, data, and information management terminology.

The SNIA dictionary won an award for publication excellence in 2009 and 2012 from the Business Communications Report.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

SNIA along with ''[[Computerworld]]'' hosted the popular [[Storage Networking World]] (SNW) Conferences from 1999 to 2013, at various venues around the world, and commonly occurred in the Spring and Fall in the USA, and in the Fall in the EU.

SNIA is also the organizer the Storage Developers Conference (SDC).

SNIA absorbed the [[Small Form Factor Committee]].{{when|date=September 2024}}

SNIA also maintains partnerships with and submits material to other industry standards organizations<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/10/16/990694/0/en/SNIA-Cloud-Data-Management-Interface-Specification-Earns-ISO-IEC-Designation-as-an-International-Standard.html|title=SNIA Cloud Data Management Interface Specification Earns ISO/IEC Designation as an International Standard|date=2012-10-16|website=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> such as [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iso.org/organization/644886.html|title=ISO - SNIA - Storage Networking Industry|website=www.iso.org|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> IEC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200703/newsanalysis01.shtml|title=SNIA'S SMI-S standard adopted by ISO and IEC - News & Analysis - Network Magazine India|website=www.networkmagazineindia.com|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> [[Distributed Management Task Force|DMTF]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/snia-dmtf-and-nvm-express-form-strategic-alliance/|title=SNIA, DMTF and NVM Express Form Strategic Alliance|website=HPCwire |access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> [[Compute Express Link|CXL]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computeexpresslink.org/post/snia-and-cxl-consortium-form-strategic-alliance|title=SNIA and CXL™ Consortium Form Strategic Alliance|date=3 November 2020}}</ref> [[International Committee for Information Technology Standards|INCITS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.incits.org/news-events/press-releases/incits-and-the-snia-team-to-standardize-storage-management-interface|title=INCITS and The SNIA Team to Standardize Storage Management Interface - INCITS|website=www.incits.org|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref> T10, T11, [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]],<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6208.html |title=Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) Media Types |last1=Sankar |first1=Krishna |last2=Jones |first2=Arnold |website=tools.ietf.org |date=April 2011 |access-date=2019-11-26 }}</ref> and [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/feature/Storage-network-backup-Organizational-aspects|title=Storage network backup: Organizational aspects|website=SearchITChannel |access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:501(c)(6) nonprofit organizations]]
[[Category:Technology trade associations]]


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