PITTSBURGH, USA: Avere Systems, an emerging company focused on delivering Demand-Driven Storage(TM) solutions, announced that it has joined the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). SNIA is a global organization with more than 400 member companies that share the common goal of advancing the adoption of storage networks as complete and trusted solutions.
Tom Hicks, Principal Engineer at Avere Systems, will serve as the Avere SNIA representative to the Solid State Storage Technical Working Group (SSS TWG), a consortium of members responsible for creating a reference SNIA architecture and to facilitate industry-wide adoption of common requirements, methods and specifications in related standards organizations.
Hicks has extensive architectural and engineering experience for multiple storage and networking systems having served as Technical Director at NetApp, Lead Engineer and System Software Team Manager at Spinnaker Networks; and Lead Engineer at FORE Systems.
"We are pleased to be a part of the SNIA and the SSD working group as we prepare to unveil our Demand Driven Storage products," said Mike Kazar, Avere Systems CTO. "We are looking forward to working with other SNIA members to further new and advanced storage solutions based on industry standards."
"We are pleased that Avere Systems has joined the SNIA and know their contributions will advance storage technologies and standards that will impact how end users will handle the significant volume of business information," said Wayne M. Adams, Chairman of the SNIA. "We know that Avere Systems will be a proactive member of the association and help to support and expand the industry. We look forward to their contributions within our organization."
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