Storage Developer Conference (SDC) India 2020December 4-5 2020A virtual conference

ABOUT SNIA

INDUSTRY STANDARDS & EDUCATION

For more than 20 years we have worked to bring recognition of storage issues to the IT world, making storage less complicated for the end user. As a result, SNIA has adopted the role of industry catalyst for the development of storage solution specifications and technologies, global standards, and storage education.

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SNIA MISSION

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a global not-for-profit association advancing IT technologies, standards, and education programs for all IT professionals, enabling our members to develop robust solutions for storing and managing the massive volumes of information generated by today’s businesses.

FOCUS AREAS

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TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT

As a global non-profit organization, SNIA is dedicated to developing standards and education programs to advance storage and information technology. Our focus is concentrated in the primary storage technology development areas.

THE 6th ANNUAL STORAGE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE IN INDIA GOES VIRTUAL IN 2020

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SDC SANTA CLARA

SDC INDIA

SDC EMEA

ABOUT SDC INDIAThe SNIA India Storage Developer Conference (SDC) brings the storage developer community together to collaborate and network with peers through the sharing of ideas, industry developments and best practices.While SNIA is not able to hold a face-to-face event this year due to COVID-19, we feel it is important to continue the momentum that SDC brings to the storage development community in a virtual event. SDC will continue to present excellent and informative content, as well as provide many opportunities for networking.

SDC INDIA

220DELEGATES

4.71/5DELEGATE EVENT RATING

36 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

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45 PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

SDC INDIA 2019 METRICS

SDC INDIA 2020 AGENDA

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▰ The SDC India agenda offers world-class technical education from leading subject matter experts.

▰ The content will focus entirely on providing a platform for the brightest minds in the industry to share their expertise with storage developers and technicians.

▰ For potential sponsors this represents a unique opportunity to profile your company’s technical leadership by selecting a speaker who is a recognized subject matter expert and can provide a deep technical insight into the selected topic. All speakers are requested to share their technical knowledge for the benefit of the audience and to avoid sales or marketing presentations.

▰ Sponsors will receive a speaking session in accordance with their chosen sponsor package, other sessions will be selected from the Call for Presentations process.

Agenda

Friday 4th DecemberSDC Day One

Saturday 5th DecemberSDC Day Two

SDC India (Virtual) 2020 AGENDA TOPICS

Topics include (but are not limited to):

▰ Artificial Intelligence and storage

▰ Blockchain▰ Cloud Storage

▰ Composable Infrastructure

▰ Computational Storage▰ Container Storage

▰ Data Management▰ Data Protection and Data Security/Privacy

▰ Emerging Data, Storage, Device and Transport Technologies (GenZ, OpenCAPI, CCIX)

▰ Erasure Coding

▰ File Systems▰ Long term archival storage

▰ Machine Learning

▰ Memory Pooling

▰ NFS▰ NVM Express

▰ Object and Object Drive Storage▰ Orchestration

▰ Persistent Memory

▰ SMB▰ Solid State Storage Solutions

▰ Storage Architecture▰ Storage Fabrics Protocols

▰ Storage Networking

▰ Storage Performance / Workloads▰ Storage Resource Management

▰ Storage Security 7

AUDIENCE

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WHO WILL ATTEND

The audience for this conference comprises of 200+ professionals from the data storage development community — primarily storage software and hardware developers, storage product and solution architects, storage software engineers, product managers, storage product quality assurance engineers, product line CTOs, storage product customer support engineers, and in-house IT development staff.

CEO/CTO/VP/DirectorManagerEngineer/Architect/DeveloperAcademic

SPONSORSHIPProfile your technical leadership to the storage development community

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SDC India (Virtual) Premier Partner* Available at INR 125,000 (INR 90,000 for SNIA members)

Premier Partner package includes:

o Prominently displayed sponsor logo and company description on conference event website, and logo branding on all event marketing email campaigns

o Presence on event scrolling banner (sponsor to supply artwork)

o Virtual Keynote presentation session (40mins) with online moderated Q&A

o Branded Virtual Expo booth to post videos and photos, technical papers, company brochures etc

o Dedicated virtual lounge room for delegate meetings – available on-demand

o Access to messaging and pre-scheduled video meetings

o 20 Complimentary registrations

o Delegate contacts of those who agree to allow profile sharing with sponsors*Available only to data storage manufacturers, distribution/resellers and solutions providers. 10

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SDC India (Virtual) Technology Partner* Available at INR 90,000 (INR 65,000 for SNIA members)Technology Partner package includes: o Prominently displayed sponsor logo on conference event website, and logo branding on all event marketing email campaigns

o Virtual breakout presentation session (35mins) with online moderated Q&A

o Branded Virtual Expo booth to post videos and photos, technical papers, company brochures etc

o Access to messaging and pre-scheduled video meetings

o 10 Complimentary registrations

o Delegate contacts of those who agree to allow profile sharing with sponsors*Available only to data storage manufacturers, distribution/resellers and solutions providers.

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ALLIANCE OPPORTUNITIES

SDC India (Virtual) Alliance PartnersAvailable at INR 50,000 Sponsor category for SNIA India strategic partners and industry associations whose work is considered highly relevant to the data storage communityAlliance Partner package includes: o Prominently displayed sponsor logo on conference event website, and logo branding on all event marketing

email campaignso Virtual breakout presentation session (35mins) with online moderated Q&Ao 5 Complimentary registrations

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

SDC India (Virtual) Supporting PartnerAvailable at INR 30,000 (INR 20,000 for SNIA members)Supporting Partner package includes: o Prominently displayed sponsor logo on conference event website, and logo branding on all event marketing

email campaignso 5 Complimentary registrations

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THANK YOU for your interest in SDC India (Virtual)For questions or to request a conference order form…

You can email me atpaul.talbut@snia.org