First as for appearing, the storage networking industry association (SNIA) rally of the chairman. The same person who is the architect of storage technology, the match of SNIA and also in the future of the storage market view and it introduced the new way making in the storage networking concerning.

As for SNIA, storage network being complete, making the solution whose reliability is high the non-profit body which is established to 1997 December to purpose. Presently, in Colorado state, neutrality it is the laboratory vis-a-vis all SNIA participation member enterprises, activity for storage market expansion is done with the various working groups which are directed to the establishment of storage technology with "SNIA technology center", opening.

Furthermore, in this year July - August, facilities it has been announced the SNIA indian branch on June 27th is first day of the same event, by that it stands.

Presently, as trend of storage technology, making use of fiber channel technology, the storage area network which is made available (SAN) connecting the various storage groups to technology and network directly from the group of servers, the network attached storage which is the private file server whom you use (NAS) attention has focused on integration of technology.

Recently furthermore, through IP network, can transmit SCSI command also iSCSI which is new protocol appears. It is expected SoIP which designates the same protocol as the base (Storage over IP) as the storage-related technology which changes, to fiber channel technology such as actualization.

But as for the same person, "as for these technologies, it is not something where either one just one survives. Utilizing the respective mechanism well, being softer, it speaks with our true purposes "that it actualizes the storage environment whose reliability is high.

However, "are not we the standardization group. In order to promote standardization, the fact that it mediates enterprise and enterprise is function ", that the same person.