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<h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Storage Developer Conference 2010 Call for
Presentations<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=q-details>Now in its seventh year, and again expected to draw more
than 250 developers and engineers, 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. <br>
<br>
Share your knowledge and experience as a storage development professional by
submitting a presentation for consideration at SDC. <br>
<br>
SESSION TOPICS <br>
Categories/Topics for consideration for sessions and case studies include: <br>
• CIFS/SMB/SMB2 <br>
• Data Deduplication <br>
• NFS <br>
• iSCSI <br>
• Fibre Channel Protocols (including FCoE) <br>
• eXtensible Access Method (XAM) <br>
• Green and Energy Efficient IT Technologies <br>
• Solid State Storage <br>
• Storage for Virtual Platforms <br>
• Storage for Cloud/Grid/Utility Computing <br>
• Consumer/Personal Storage <br>
• Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI–S) <br>
• Information and Data Management Technologies <br>
• Storage Security and Identity Management <br>
• Storage Utilizing Blade Technology <br>
• Emerging Storage and Data Technologies <br>
• Development Techniques and Tools (e.g., Dual-Boot, Virtual Machines,
IDEs, Bug Trackers) <br>
• Getting the Most from Collaboration Tools <br>
• Experiences and Ideas on Rapid Development <br>
• Professional Development/Soft Skills <br>
o Making the Leap from Engineer to
Manager <br>
o Working with Remote Technical
Teams <br>
• Leveraging Open Source in Any of the Above <br>
<br>
The standard session length will be 50 minutes. We are also accepting proposals
for panel discussions and half–day tutorial sessions. <br>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES <br>
• Deadline for Submission of Proposals — Monday, May 3 <br>
• Notification of Acceptance/Rejection of Proposals — Wednesday,
June 30 <br>
• Deadline for Presentations — Wednesday, September 1 <br>
<br>
HOW TO SUBMIT A PRESENTATION PROPOSAL <br>
Submissions will only be accepted via the online form, which can be found at <a
href="http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Estoragedeveloper%2Eorg&urlhash=6sYR"
target="_blank" title="New window will open">http://www.storagedeveloper.org</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#53247F'>Arnold
Jones<br>
Technical Council Managing Director </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans";color:gray'>Storage
Networking Industry Association</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Gill Sans";color:gray'> </span><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Gill Sans";color:#53247F'><br>
_______________________________________</span></b><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=FR style='font-family:"Gill Sans";color:#53247F'>SNIA</span></b><span
lang=FR style='font-family:"Gill Sans";color:black'> <br>
</span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:gray'>Phone: 407.574.7273<br>
</span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Gill Sans";color:gray'>Mobile:
407.435.1067<br>
</span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:arnold.jones@snia.org"
title="mailto:leo.leger@snia.org
mailto:lesley.bakker@snia.org
blocked::mailto:kristin.hauser@snia.org"><span
lang=FR style='font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:gray'>arnold.jones@snia.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-family:"Gill Sans";color:gray'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.snia.org/"
title="http://www.snia.org/
blocked::http://www.snia.org/"><span lang=FR
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:gray'>www.snia.org</span></a></span><span
lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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