SNIA Launches Online Community

December 8, 2008: The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has announced the formation of a new online community that it says provides an exclusive end-user sphere for sharing knowledge and experiences.

Called the Storage Technology Online Community (StorTOC), SNIA says that the portal is the only online site both built and managed by end users to facilitate a collaborative community for networked storage.

SNIA says that StorTOC provides new opportunities for end user leadership, education, advocacy, collaboration and sharing of best practices, and for professionals involved in storage and networking technology to network with peers and privately share the storage and networking issues they grapple with every day.

Furthermore, the association says that StorTOC provides educational training opportunities, professional development through industry association membership, collaboration with technology and industry organisations and public speaking opportunities at conferences and events. Members will also have access to academic research studies that offer unique participation and sponsorship opportunities.

“StorTOC delivers the kind of peer-developed resources Information Technology professionals need in their daily operations,” says Laurence Whittaker, EUC Chair. “As an example, posted on the site is an End User Council-developed survey revisiting the top ten pain points of storage end users. The new survey found that storage 'Reliability/Availability' emerged as the top pain point, with the former #1 pain point of 'Cost' falling to fourth place.”

The site is online now at www.stortoc.org.

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