Mission FAQ
SNIA's Mission
Develop and promote architectures, standards, and education through vendor-neutral collaboration of experts on data technologies that lead the industry worldwide.
Q. Why is SNIA updating its mission?
A. SNIA’s core values, to develop standards and provide vendor-neutral education through the collaborative efforts of our expert members, have not changed. As the proliferation of data accelerates, all technologies related to data are within SNIA’s scope. This mission update better reflects the work our members have been doing for several years.
Q: What are the new areas of focus?
A. The new Focus Areas are:
- Accelerate: Move processing to the data
- Format: Different formats to access stored data
- Transport: Move data between physical locations
- Store: Representation of data on storage media
- Protect: Secure and protect data
- Optimize Infrastructure: Optimize how data environments are configured and managed
Q. How does this impact SNIA members?
A. SNIA members’ current work already reflects the updated mission statement.
Q. Does this mean that SNIA is open to new work?
A. Yes! SNIA is always interested in helping develop new ideas related to data. Please contact us to discuss.
Q. Does this mean SNIA is no longer focused on Storage?
A. SNIA’s work continues to cover storage. SNIA’s scope has already expanded to include data-centric work, including acceleration and computation.
Q. How does this impact Storage Developer Conference (SDC)?
A. This change better aligns with the expanded list of topics presented at our flagship event, SDC. SDC’23 will be held on September 18-21, 2023 in Fremont, CA. Learn more here.
Q: Who do I speak to if I want to set up an interview to discuss SNIA’s work and vision?
A: We would welcome the opportunity. Please email sniapr@snia.org.
Q: How does this impact industry partners?
A. SNIA has built strong strategic alliances with partners across the data and storage industries. Our updated mission aligns with the goals of these partnerships. Expanding our scope also positions SNIA to form new alliances to work on important projects.
Q. Is SNIA still the Storage Networking Industry Association?
A. SNIA will no longer be formally known as the Storage Networking Industry Association for public branding. SNIA (pronounced Snee-ah) will be used to better reflect the expanded mission and not artificially constrain the focus of technical work based on the expanded name that encompassed only “Storage” and “Networking”. At this point in time, SNIA will legally continue to be recognized as the Storage Networking Industry Association and abbreviated as SNIA.
More information about SNIA:
Q. Where can I learn more about SNIA Membership benefits?
A. Visit the SNIA Membership page on our website or contact SNIA Membership Services.
Q: Where can I find a directory of all SNIA Technical work?
A. Visit our Technical Activities page on our website where you will find our latest published technical work, draft technical work out for public review, open source software and more.
Q. Where can I find SNIA Educational content?
A. Visit the SNIA Educational Library for technical specifications, presentations, videos, white papers, podcasts, and more.