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So what might 2009 hold for us in the storage networking
industry? Well, many of the business drivers such as news
streaming, social networking, and so on, across a range of
start-ups, SMB, and enterprises need to be balanced with the
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Both at a company and individual level, these are areas which are other areas where SNIA Europe strives to educate end
the Storage Networking Industry Association UK (as part of users and get the industry message out at the same time
SNIA Europe) recognizes and will react to in 2009. In 2007 we
recognized that budgets were getting more and more limited Some of the ways in which we do this are by:
and acted accordingly. Our hugely successful 2008 SNIA Europe circle6Webinars and Podcasts
Academy event held at the Inmarsat, London was well circle6 Case studies and Whitepapers
supported and received by attendees and sponsors alike.We circle6 Symposiums
covered all the hot topics for 2008, both at an overview level circle6 Participation in initiatives
and at an individual company level, with the unique opportunity circle6Technology Forums
to speak to industry experts and practitioners face-to-face. circle6Vendor-neutral Industry Tutorials
This seminar delivered unbiased education and information on Industry Events such as Storage Networking World-Europe,
networked storage and its associated technologies. It also SNIA Europe Academies in various countries, and new this year
provided a number of break-out sessions where attendees Virtualization World and Datacenter Technologies
could listen to specific company solutions and get to meet the SNIA IT professional Certification programs
experts. It also afforded attendees the opportunity to network
with each other and build their professional network, and So, as we said at the outset, 2009 is the year of change.You can
perhaps gain insight into how other companies tick. And all this either sit back and take whatever comes your way, or you can
in one place, in one day! proactively seek ways to influence the industry, your career, and
your company.The choice is up to you. It is going to be vital as
Fast forward to 2009 and our SNIA Europe UK Academy will an individual to ensure that your personal skills and
again be held at the Inmarsat in London on 19th of May. Events certifications are up to date so that the company perceives a
and sessions will cover the key technology areas and issues value or benefit in you and we like to think that by actively
facing storage professionals today such as Data Protection, Data participating in SNIA that this goes some way to demonstrating
Deduplication, Long-Term Retention, Fibre Channel that.We also like to think that our Storage UK Academy will
Technologies, Server and Storge Virtualization, Building a Green help you achieve that and we look forward to seeing you there.
Data Centre and more. For a complete list of agenda topics To register for this event, visit: http://www.storage-
and to register for this event, visit: http://www.storage-
academy.com/NEW_ACADEMY/index.php?id=8
academy.com/NEW_ACADEMY/index.php?id=8 At a country level we are keen to find out what you would like
to see from us. If you have any ideas, or want to participate,
Although the Storage Academy is our jewel in the crown, there then contact me at
ukchair@snia.org.
WWW.SNS-UK.CO.UK MAR/APR 09
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