[news.eclipse.technology.aperi] Storage World text submissions - deadlin

[Helen Bergin <hbergin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Storage World text submissions - deadline Monday, 8/21

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* Aperi 50-word description of Booth *
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The Eclipse Aperi Storage Management Project is an open source project 
that aims to simplify the management of storage environments through a 
standards-based, open source software framework. Come visit us in Booth 
#332 and see why the industry is abuzz with the prospects of an open 
source storage community.

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* Aperi 200-word article for Show Daily *
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It’s been proven many times that open standards and collaborative 
communities help spur innovation in the market and eliminate barriers to 
interoperability. The Eclipse Aperi Storage Management Project aims to 
help the storage industry address these challenges.  A project 
description can be found at http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/aperi/.

The mission of the Aperi project is to create a standards-based, open 
source storage management framework and to cultivate an open source 
community for complementary products and services around the Aperi 
framework. Key objectives of Aperi are to promote interoperability, 
eliminate complexity, foster innovation, and provide a greater choice 
and added-value functionality for end-users.

Storage vendors seeking to overcome interoperability challenges in their 
customers’ storage environments can benefit by joining Aperi to enable 
their respective offerings through the common Aperi framework either by 
contributing code directly to the framework or simply by interfacing 
with it.

Aperi is open to all vendors and individuals who wish to consume, 
contribute, or learn about its functions.  Its platform technology 
includes an SMI-S implementation and a framework to manage heterogeneous 
storage devices  (file systems, fabric switches, SAN switches, tape 
devices, disk arrays, and NAS filers).  Come see our demo and hear more 
about benefits to vendors and customers.

Helen Bergin wrote:
> Aperi Community Conference Calls - August 17th, 2-3pm PT
> (combined Technical & General this week as many topics overlap)
> Dial-in: 866-617-3597; International: 210-795-0625; Passcode: 6121165
>
> 2-3pm PT (Technical and General)
> Agenda:
> 1. Creation Review feedback (Next steps)
> 2. EPL license option for early code research by Aperi participants
> 3. SNIA CTP testing of code contribution
> 4. Update on Aperi demo code/presentation
> 5. Events:
>   a) SMI-S Plugfest participation
>   b) Storage World - Aperi Booth confirmed
>   c) Eclipse Summit - Sponsor Network
>   d) Comeback from companies on support for Gold Sponsorship and
>      further discussion on SNW Event options
>
> Note: Any material to be referenced on the calls will be posted to the 
> Aperi newsgroup before the calls
> (news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.technology.aperi)