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General Membership

Vendor membership

Vendor members of the SNIA are industry leaders — driving specifications, architecture, and standards. Regardless of your company’s size, the SNIA has created an environment that encourages cross-company collaboration that enable real solutions.

Vendor membership is open to all storage industry vendors, including OEMs, software vendors, and professional services vendors. Each employee of a vendor company is eligible to participate in SNIA's members-only activities and programs and will receive a password to our member's only site.

Distributors, integrators, VARs, and resellers should see the Channel category of membership. For more information on vendor pricing information visit the pricing page.

Channel Membership - Building Value Across the Supply Chain

SNIA recognizes the role distributors, integrators, VARs, and resellers play in promoting the adoption of leading-edge storage technologies. And our vendor-neutral environment is the ideal place for channel companies to maximize efforts to provide cost-effective solutions to client's data storage and management needs.

Top Ten Reasons to Become a Channel Member
  1. Become part of the leading storage ecosystem
  2. Identify and reach profitable new markets through access to a network of leading storage vendors and end users
  3. Gain professional recognition as a significant contributor within the storage community
  4. Ensure that you offer the right technologies while expanding your customer base
  5. Participate in our work groups and add to your technical expertise
  6. Save money and time by testing your solutions before they go live by accessing the SNIA Technology
  7. Preview the industry’s most exciting developments through involvement in Committees, Forums, and Initiatives
  8. Stay informed and competitive with a subscription to SNIA’s online publication, FarSighted
  9. Differentiate yourself and show value to vendors and end users by becoming a SNIA Certified Channel Professional
  10. Learn first-hand what end users are demanding from their storage providers via face-to-face or electronic networking

As a Channel member, each employee of your company is eligible to participate in SNIA's member's-only activities and programs and receive a password to our member's-only site. For more information on channel membership pricing information, visit the pricing page.

"From Intervision's perspective, SNIA is very valuable. It gives us a level of credibility in the storage networking space that many of our customers all but require. Additionally, the industry standard certifications provide us with a method to educate our internal staff at all levels. Finally, the methodologies and initiatives promoted by SNIA help to improve the quality and effectiveness of the solutions and service we provide our customers."

John Wade
Systems Engineer
Intervision Systems Technologies Inc.
SNIA Channel Member

Individual Membership

SNIA's individual members stay current, connected, and marketable. Working alongside industry leaders, individual members have the opportunity to sharpen their professional skills, gaining both technical or marketing knowledge that otherwise could take years of on-the-job training.

Individual Membership is open to anyone who supports the mission and objectives of the SNIA. Individual membership entitles an individual to participate in Technical Work Groups (TWG) and Committee meetings and access the members-only portion of the SNIA Web site. For more information on membership and on dues please visit our pricing page.

Non-Profit Institutional

SNIA non-profit memberships are open to qualified universities, teaching hospitals, federal/state/local government agencies, and military organizations. This category of membership entitles faculty and students to attend Technical Work Group meetings, access the "Groups at Work" portion of our Web site, and receive special member rates for conferences. Applications MUST be submitted by a verifiable official of the institution. Student applications are not accepted. Annual Membership dues are complimentary.

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