SNIA's Data Storage Innovation Conference Adds Platinum Sponsors and e-Discovery Panel From the American Bar Association

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO--(Marketwired - Mar 23, 2015) - The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), today unveiled the final agenda for its Data Storage Innovation Conference (DSI). Rounding out the more than 70 breakout sessions which include case studies, technology roadmaps and solutions, the three-day conference will also feature an e-Discovery Panel from the American Bar Association (ABA) and general sessions from The Evaluator Group, Faithlife, and security expert Eric Hibbard of Hitachi Data Systems. IDC will also deliver a series of briefings reflecting their latest market research across several data and storage topics.

Held in Santa Clara, California from April 7-9, DSI is designed for IT end-users, architects, technical and product support specialists, engineers, consultants, vendors, and channel communities.

The DSI is sponsored by more than 20 top industry parties including vendors, industry analysts, industry associations and media partners. Also unveiled today, DSI added four Platinum sponsors including Blancco, Intel, Microsoft and NEC.

Highlights of the many breakout sessions at DSI include:

• Optimizing the Enterprise, Lessons learned from deploying Private Storage Cloud
• Next Generation Storage Networking for Next Generation Data Centers
• When Data Pools Become Data Lakes: Managing and Storing Massive Quantities of Data
• Health Monitoring and Predictive Analytics to Lower the TCO in a Datacenter
• Case Study: How the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation Modernized Backup

DSI will also feature vendor-neutral presentations including:

• Solid-State Deployments - Recommendations for POC's
• The Continued Evolution of Fibre Channel
• Object Storage - Key Role in Future of Big Data

DSI welcomes qualified members of the media and analyst community to attend the event on a complimentary basis. All other attendees can register for single-day or multi-day sessions at DSI. For more information on DSI, including agenda, registration and sponsorship, visit http://www.DSIcon.org

About the SNIA
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of member companies spanning the global storage market. SNIA's mission is to lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organizations in the management of information. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For more information, visit www.snia.org.

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