Storage Management Forum

The movement to create standards for storage networking management is being directed by the SNIA Storage Management Initiative (SMI). The primary voice of the SMI is the Storage Management Forum (SMF), a member organization chartered to build broad organizational consensus on the execution of programs to promote, educate and ensure industry participation in the SMI’s activities.

The mission of the SMF is to drive a common and interoperable management foundation for storage networks. The SMF focuses on establishing the environment for developing the SMI-Specification (SMI-S) and on promoting multi-vendor storage management interoperability for the products created by member companies.

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SMF Activities include:

Supporting vendors to cooperate in the creation of interoperable storage standards
Providing programs to develop and test products that conform to SNIA standards
Educating and encouraging IT end user storage professionals on available interoperable storage management solutions

SMF Benefits are:

Collaboration with leaders from across the industry to define the direction of storage standards
Leadership positions available in an industry association
Develop relationships with key industry media and analysts around industry direction
Opportunity for dialog with IT professionals regarding their storage management concerns
Participation in the planning of significant industry conferences and announcements