SNIA Expands Charter to Include Software Development, Accelerate Standards Adoption.Current and Planned Software Projects Aimed at Supporting SMI-S SMI-S Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SNIA) and Emerging Standards Like XAM XAM Extensible Access Method (SNIA) ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ) today announced that its membership has voted and approved a change to the organization's bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an to define the scope of its software development projects. This vote was approved to help the SNIA formalize its existing software activities as well as strengthen the development and adoption of the association's standards. "As the SNIA continues to seek new ways to deliver value to the industry, we are formally extending our charter to be able to include the development of software projects," said Wayne M. Adams, chair of the SNIA Board of Directors. "For example, we believe that the development of software for the Management Framework specifications, that complement SMI-S, will help vendors focus on advanced management functionality instead of redundant basic programming around widely implemented standards. Consistent implementations of standards reduce vendor interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. work, accelerating the delivery standards as part of commercial solutions into end user operations." The development of software projects within the SNIA will follow the association's vendor-neutral requirements and processes. Several existing and future projects will benefit from this expansion of the associations and bylaws: * SMI-S: By developing new software to complement SMI-S, software developers can focus on enhancements and advanced features versus the need to build them from scratch. By delivering fundamental, vendor-neutral software with SMI-S, the SNIA will help speed adoption and increase deployment SMI-S-based storage. * XAM: Within the planned development of the SNIA's eXtensible Access Method (XAM), the SNIA will develop reference implementations of the specification. This will provide software and application vendors a standards-based example of how to implement XAM and further develop their own IP on top of the specification. * CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. Protocol Tester: This software-based test, which will be improved and expanded, saves development time by reducing the testing lifecycle of a vendor's SMI-S conformant product and increases the "out of the box" interoperability between various vendor products that include the SMI-S standard. This test was made available to vendors participating in the SMI-Lab 7 earlier this year. About the SNIA The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. global organization, made up of more than 460 member companies and close to 7,000 active individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA members share the common goal of advancing the adoption of storage networks as complete and trusted solutions. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For additional information, visit the SNIA web site at http://www.snia.org. |
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