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SNIA 2014 ANNUAL MEMBERS’ MEETING

October 9, 2014 10:00 a.m. PT – Teleconference

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2014 Annual Members’ Meeting Agenda

Greetings and Roll Call (for Quorum) - Leo Leger, Executive Director

Welcoming Comments and Agenda – David Dale, 2014 Chairman

Motion to Approve 2012 and 2013 Meeting Minutes – Jim Pappas, 2014 Secretary

Announcement of 2014 Board and Technical Council Election Results, and 2015 Board and TC Members - Leo Leger, Executive Director

SNIA Overview and 2014 Annual Update – David Dale, 2014 Chairman

Fiscal Report (2013 Annual Report) - Allan Zmyslowski, 2014 Treasurer

Questions and Answers - Members and SNIA Board Members

Adjourn

Roll Call and Approval of 2012 and 2013 Minutes

Greetings, Roll Call of Voting Member Companies Primary Representatives of Voting Member Companies, please identify yourselves during Roll Call If you work for a Voting Member Company and do not hear your primary representative, please identify yourself during roll call – Proxy representation is Acceptable Motion for a Vote to approve 2012 and 2013 Meeting Minutes will take place if quorum is met – if not, we will do a Roll Call again at end of meeting. Otherwise, minutes will be later approved via e-Mail Ballot.

Roll Call: Roster of Voting Companies And Primary / Voting Representatives

J Metz, Cisco Matt Smith, Computerworld Tim Hudson, Cryptsoft Hakan Axtellus, Cygate AB Molly Rector, DataDirect Networks Bill Dawkins, Dell Computer Corp. Wayne Adams, EMC Corporation Mark Jones, Emulex Corporation Leah Schoeb, Evaluator Group Fred Hendrix, Flexstar Al Zmyslowski, Fujitsu America Inc. Rupin Mohan, HP Vincent Franceschini, Hitachi Data Systems Alan Yoder, Huawei Technologies

Dave Gimpl, IBM Jim Pappas, Intel Corporation Xuyun Song, MacroSAN SW Worth, Microsoft Corporation David Dale, NetApp Bruce Backa, NTP Software Ron Emerick, Oracle Corporation Lou Lydiksen, Pure Storage Craig Carlson, QLogic Bill Martin, Samsung SSI Philippe Nicolas, Scality Mike Fitzpatrick, Toshiba Jeff Nicholson, X-IO Technologies

Quorum Number Requirement is 14 of 27

Announcing 2014- 2015 Board of Directors

Wayne Adams – EMC David Dale – NetApp Ron Emerick – Oracle Dave Gimpl – IBM J Metz – Cisco * Rupin Mohan – HP * Jim Pappas – Intel Molly Rector – DataDirect Networks * SW Worth – Microsoft * Al Zmyslowski – Fujitsu * Non-Voting Board Members:

Leo Leger – SNIA Executive Director 2014-2015 Technical Council Chair (TBD)

* Members Elected to a new 2-Year Term as Voting Members. Please note that the SNIA Officer elections take place October 14th. Three (3) Appointed Seats on Board of Directors are Available.

Announcing 2014-2015 Technical Council Craig Carlson – QLogic * Mark Carlson – Toshiba * Fred Knight – NetApp * Bill Martin – Samsung SSI Carlos Pratt – IBM Leah Schoeb – Evaluator Group * Doug Voigt – HP * Alan Yoder – Huawei * Non-Voting Technical Council Member

Arnold Jones – TC Managing Director

* Members re-elected for a new 2-year term as Voting Members Please note that the SNIA Technical Council Officer elections take place October 14th. One (1) Voting Member Appointed Technical Council Member Seat is Available unless otherwise approved. The Technical Council currently has Seven (7) Non-Voting Members and is expected to retain at least this in 2015.

SNIA Tech Center, US Colorado Springs, CO, USA

SNIA Technology Center Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC

SNIA Technology Center Tokyo University, Japan

SNIA: Connecting People, Storage and Information

Approximately 3,500 Active Members * Some 160 Global Organizations Comprising

Vendors, Service Providers, End Users, Channel, and Service-Providers * *

~ 50,000 IT Users and Vendors Educated

~3,500 Certified Professionals Achieving

~5,500 Certifications * * *

* Have Logged-in to SNIA during last three years * * Unique Companies and Organizations (not including duplicate participation in RA’s or Individual Members) * * * Includes 1,000-Plus New “CompTIA Storage + Powered by SNIA” Certifications by Year-end 2014

SNIA’s Organization Chart

Staff and Contractors: Supporting and Coordinating SNIA Activities

Executive Director: Leo Leger

Operations and Business Services Michael Meleedy, Business Services and Education Director Kelli Martin, Business Services Coordinator

Marketing Serena Buckholz, Online Programs and Web Manager Kristin Hauser, Senior Marketing Manager Diane Marsili and Denise Ridolfo, Program Consultants (Contractors)

Membership Services and Sales

Marty Foltyn, Business Development Representative (Contractor) Lisa Mercurio, Membership Services Manager Karl Schubert, Business Development Representative (Contractor)

SNIA Emerald and KMIP Programs Dave Thiel, Program Director (Contractor)

Education and Global Programs Nancy Clay, Education Program Manager Paul Talbut, Global Education and Regional Affiliate Program Director (Contractor)

Technology and Technology Center

Arnold Jones, Technical Council Managing Director John Malia, Technology Systems and Support Engineer and SNIA Technology Infrastructure Manager Erin Weiner, Project and Operations Manager

SMI Management and Program Support (Includes F&I Programs)

Tom Mancuso, Senior Technical Operations Manager James Rigger, Conformance Testing Programs Manager Marilyn Fausset, Senior Technical Writer (Contractor)

Note: SNIA has Contractor Agreements with approximately 15 additional industry and subject matter experts in various functions and Forums and Initiatives (F&I’s)

Highlight Activities October 2013 – September 2014

CDMI (Cloud Data Management Interface) version 1.0.2 was designated an ISO standard. CDMI 1.1, released in September, is backward compatible with V1.0.2 and includes support for other popular industry cloud offerings such as OpenStack Swift and Amazon S3.

The Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) is in the process of refocusing its charter and enabling a CDMI Conformance Testing program

Green Storage Initiative (GSI) has been assisting industry with SNIA Emerald Testing for the EPA Energy Star Enterprise Data Storage program since it went live in December 2013. Visit www.SNIA.org/green and www.SNIAemerald.com

Storage Management Initiative (SMI) continues to drive storage management with SMI-S 1.6, 1.7 and beyond; SMI-Lab, CTP continues on-going efforts to promote industry adoption of SMI-S

Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) continued its highly successful Webcast series, drawing on the broader range of topics encompassed by its expanded charter.

Highlight Activities October, 2013 – September, 2014

Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) launched NV.DIMM SIG. The NVM Programming Model, developed by the NVM Programming TWG won Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application at FMS. New Solid State Storage System (S4) TWG announced.

SNIA’s Security TWG released the TLS Specification for Storage Systems Position Statement of Work, continued its important work in support of ISO IEC 27040, and worked closely with the SMI and CDMI TWGs to enable their use of the TLS specification

Storage Security Industry Forum (SSIF) program for KMIP Conformance Testing at SNIA Colorado Springs Technology Center is now ready. KMIP is an OASIS technical specification

Data Protection and Capacity Optimization Committee (DPCO) released a new edition of their DPCO Product Selection Guide

The Analytics and Big Data Committee (ABDC) continued to try to expand its outreach agenda.

Linear Tape File Systems (LTFS) TWG is making steady progress toward the completion of the specification

Highlight Activities October 2013 – September 2014

SNIA Opens its New Headquarters & Technology Center. The Colorado Springs facility merges former San Francisco HQ operations with Technology Center. SNIA Certification e-Courses are now available online or through iPad or Android apps. The certification refresh/rewrite for Storage Networking Management/Administration (201) and Assessment, Planning and Design (300) credentials were completed. Storage+ exams to exceed 1,000.

SNIA Tutorials continue to be popular at industry-wide events with many being video-recorded and available on Website repository.

SNIA 2014 Dictionary continues as industry resource and popular event hand-out. SNIA Brazil and SNIA Japan also published local language versions. SNIA’s Marketing Steering Committee launches messaging program to better communicate SNIA’s technical agenda and value proposition. SNIA’s Global Steering Committee continues to support regional affiliates with best practices, networking opportunities, improved information flow and biannual F2F meeting opportunities (at DSI and Powering the Cloud).

Highlight Activities October, 2013 – September, 2014

Ad hoc taskforces make rapid focused progress on Software Defined Storage, Open Source

SNIA’s Successful Events Program Annual Members’ Symposium featured Member Recognition Programs (January) Second Non-Volatile Memory Summit took place during the Annual Member’s Symposium with over 150 attendees – many analysts and media (January) Inaugural Data Storage Innovation (DSI) Conference produced by SNIA met its key metrics and was attended by nearly 400 - many seeking an alternative to SNW. Successful 11th Annual Storage Developer Conference in Santa Clara exceeds its sponsorship and attendance (450) goals and includes successful SMB2/SMB3, iSCSI, and Cloud Interoperability Plugfests (September)

SNIA’s Experts and Representatives Participated in a Host of Industry Events, Including,

Powering the Cloud – Europe; Storage Visions; USENIX FAST; Dell User Forum; TechEd ‘14/Microsoft Management Summit; Gluecon; IBM Edge; Flash Memory Summit; Intel Developer Forum

Highlight Activities October, 2013 – September, 2014

SNIA Continues to Manage its Finances Carefully and is well-positioned for the future…

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SNIA Fiscal Report: 2013

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Annual Revenue $4,446 $3,358 $3,530 $3,120 $3,201 $2,974 Net Assets $3,262 $2,617 $2,566 $2,362 $2,280 $2,161 P/L $202 $(600) $(5) $(109) $(82) $(119)

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prior years. For details, refer to our 2013 annual report at: http://snia.org/about/corporate_info/documents

Summary

2013 was a year of continued financial prudence and performance with a break-even financial performance. With expenses related to the build-out and move to new HQ/Technology Center, 2014 projects a manageable deficit. Despite industry mergers and acquisitions, SNIA has been able to maintain a steady stream of membership revenue based on new/replacement members and added Forum and Initiative activity. 2013 was a transition year that left us well positioned in our technical agenda, with plans for a new Technology Center, and with new opportunities for our events agenda In 2014 we further broadened our technical agenda, non-disruptively occupied the Technology Center, launched a new events portfolio, improved membership services, and invested in a focused messaging function to improve our ability to communicate our value to the industry We are well-positioned for success in 2015 – we have the momentum, funding and expertise to maintain the organization’s relevance in a fast-changing industry

Acknowledgement

We could not do the work of the SNIA without our passionate and dedicated volunteers, you are our greatest asset

Feedback on how we can improve is always welcomed

The support and loyalty of all SNIA Members, Volunteers and your Companies is deeply appreciated

THANK YOU

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