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Article: Vendor group forms cloud storage initiative.
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- Computer News Middle East
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has announced the formation of the Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) in order to establish a lexicon of cloud-computing terminology, publish use cases, white papers and technical specifications, and to create reference implementation models for grid-storage architectures.
The CSI will coordinate and deliver educational materials for cloud storage vendors and user communities. The organisation also plans to perform market outreach highlighting the virtues of cloud storage.
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The group is developing a single specification as part of its efforts. The Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) will be an ...