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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center;font-color:#522380'>Storage
Developer Conference 2009<br>
Call for Presentations<o:p></o:p></h1>
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color:#522380'>Where the Storage Development Community Connects!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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center;font-color:#522380'><span style='color:#522380'>Conference Dates:
September 14 – 17, 2009<br>
Conference Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, CA<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:11.25pt;font-color:#333333'>Now in its sixth year, and expected
to draw more than 350 developers and engineers participating in over 50
sessions in multiple tracks, the Storage Developer Conference (SDC) is the
only event created by storage developers for storage developers. <br>
<br>
SDC provides the information and know-how to further advance solutions with
features that shorten time to market for a developed solution, increase
acceptability and interoperability in production environments, and help
participants understand where storage technologies are heading. In
addition, plans are being finalized for a CIFS/SMB/SMB2 plugfest. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:11.25pt;font-color:#333333'><b>Share your knowledge and
experience as a storage development professional by submitting a
presentation for consideration at SDC.</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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sessions and case studies include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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(including FCoE)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Green and Energy Efficient IT
Technologies</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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Computing</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Technology</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Storage Management
Initiative-Specification (SMI-S)</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Information and Data Management
Technologies</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Technologies</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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(e.g., Dual-Boot, Virtual Machines, IDEs, Bug Trackers)</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Collaboration Tools</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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Development</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Teams</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
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Ideas</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-left:11.25pt;font-color:#333333'>The standard session length will be
50 minutes. We are also, at this time, accepting proposals for panel
discussions and half-day tutorial sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style='margin-top:7.5pt;font-color:#522380'><span style='color:#522380'>Important
Dates<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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weight:bold;font-color:#333333'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Deadline for Submission of
Proposals — <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Tuesday,
March 31</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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weight:bold;font-color:#333333'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Notification of
Acceptance/Rejection of Proposals — <strong><span style='font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Friday, May 1</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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weight:bold;font-color:#333333'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Deadline for Presentations — <strong><span
style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Saturday, August 1</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<h2 style='font-color:#522380'><span style='color:#522380'>How to Submit a
Presentation Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='margin-top:7.5pt;font-color:#333333'>Submissions will only be
accepted via the online form, which can be found <a
href="http://storagenetworkingindustryassociation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/hlduq/idbuhal/u">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style='margin-top:7.5pt;font-color:#522380'><span style='color:#522380'>Information
on the 2008 Event<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;
margin-left:11.25pt;font-color:#333333'>For more information on type of
content our panel of reviewers will be seeking for the 2009 conference,
please review the <a
href="http://storagenetworkingindustryassociation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/hlduq/idbuhal/o"
target="_blank">2008 presentations</a> now available online.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-color:#522380'><span
style='color:#522380'>Conference Venue<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='font-color:#333333'>Hyatt Regency Hotel<br>
5101 Great America Parkway<br>
Santa Clara, CA 95054<br>
(408) 200-1234<br>
<a
href="http://storagenetworkingindustryassociation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/hlduq/idbuhal/b">www.santaclara.hyatt.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='font-color:#333333'>Reservations may also be made on-line at:<br>
<a
href="http://storagenetworkingindustryassociation.cmail4.com/t/y/l/hlduq/idbuhal/n"
target="_blank">http://santaclara.hyatt.com/groupbooking/clara2009snis</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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