SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference (SDC) is the holy grail of conferences for those operating in the Storage technologies space. Over the years, SDC has been the platform where you uncover the hottest technology topics and interact with some of the best minds in the Storage space. The opportunity to network and build connections is the proverbial icing on the cake.
SNIA’s SDC 2020 promises to be all this and more. The conference this year will take a deep dive into the constantly evolving world of Storage, albeit in a new virtual avatar. It will focus on the changing storage needs of organizations, especially as enterprise data storage solutions ready themselves for the new world of work characterized by an explosion of remote users, a sharp increase in the demand for cloud solutions, and an exploding number of new devices generating and accessing data.
Storage developers as well as enterprises seek clarity on the rapid developments in the Storage landscape. They want to discover the next stage of evolution in the world of storage especially as the ‘physical to virtual’ move becomes a primary focus area for enterprises.
Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of hype around the SDC this year, and here is why the hype is all worth it.
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This year’s conference has presentations, announcements, and demonstrations on a diverse range of topics. Along with the keynotes and technical paper presentations, this year sees some specially categorized events as well. Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions have some very interesting line-ups such as
- NVMe and NVMe-oF Configuration and Manageability with Swordfish and Redfish
- Latest in Persistent Memory development and its applications
- Computational storage updates
- The discussions around industry movement are also interesting events to attend
The tracks this year are also highly relevant and span across all the aspects of this industry, its influencers, and upcoming trends. What’s Next for the Storage Industry, Catching up with Container Storage, Managing Innovative Storage Technology – Key IP trends and Practices for Storage Technology Companies, Overview of License Compliance in the Network Attached Storage Market, Multi-Actuator – Increasing Parallelism in HDD Technology are just a few of the very interesting and insightful talks and presentations for this year’s conference.
Keynotes by industry stalwarts
The SDC agenda is peppered with insightful discussions and keynotes on the trends in storage and the direction that it is heading towards. The StorageNxt: Disruption, Opportunities, and Funding Insights keynote by Parag Kulkarni, Chief Operating Officer, Calsoft and Vipin Shankar, VP of Engineering, Calsoft takes you through the disruptions in Storage technology and its pivot towards an all-Flash, software-defined, AI-driven, and disruptive model to better manage the critical dimensions of data, i.e. storage, protection, and analytics.
Other keynotes like Mike Scriber’s talk on “What’s going on with NVMe? An Examination of New Technology Adoption” talks about the adoption and status of NVMe in our industry. “A low latency and scalable key-value store from modern off the shelf components” talk by Daniel Pollack, CTO, Data Storage Science LLC covers the current state of off-the-shelf software-defined storage systems and high-performance hardware and identifies how combining simple mainstream technologies like object storage systems with NVMeoF storage hardware makes it possible to implement low-cost, low-latency, and scalable key-value stores.
Along with these and many other interesting keynotes, you also get the opportunity to access other break-out sessions and agenda tracks on crucial areas such as Blockchain, Cloud, Container Storage, Solid State Storage Solutions, Storage Architecture and Networking, NVMe, Zoned Storage, and the like.
Networking and Insights
SDC 2020 presents a great opportunity for everyone interested in staying current with the latest technology and in sync with all the developments in the world of Storage. Gaining a technical understanding of these developments and access to experts all in one place to gain a complete lowdown on tools, technologies, and tactics that you need in data storage, management, and the cloud is an unmissable benefit.
Despite its virtual avatar this year, the conference will present several networking and learning opportunities to organizations that want to keep their storage offerings ready for the future of work by absorbing what matters about the newest developments, best practices, products, and services. The learning continues with interactions with like-minded professionals who will also be sharing their experiences and questions.
While Calsoft has been an active participant in SNIA’s SDC over the years, this year, we are proud to be associated with the event as a Platinum Sponsor.
2020 has proven to be a year like no other, with challenges that have never been experienced before, especially in the new enterprise. Remote working and distributed teams are becoming the new normal. The growth of enterprise mobility, a focus on compliance and data security in the storage landscape, the growing influence of technologies such as AI and ML in the storage space, and the continuing evolution of data center technologies in areas like storage, virtualization, cloud, networking, and security is pushing organizations to carefully reconsider their storage needs.
SNIA’s SDC 2020 is the perfect space to get the complete download on everything that you needed to know about storage and storage innovations to help you define the road forward for your enterprise product offerings.
