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SNIA is a not-for-profit global organization made up of corporations, universities, startups, and individuals. The members collaborate to develop and promote vendor-neutral architectures as well as international standards and specifications. SNIA promotes technologies related to the storage, transport, optimization of infrastructure, acceleration, format, and protection of data.

Technical Work Groups (TWGs) SNIA Technical Work Groups are where technical development happens. TWGs collaborate to create and evolve vendor-neutral architectures, standards, specifications, and supporting software related to storage and handling and optimizing infrastructure for data. Participants work directly on defining technical requirements, developing standards, and shaping the technologies that drive the industry forward.

The SNIAVideo YouTube Channel has a wealth of vendor-neutral information from SNIA conferences, like SNIA Developer Conference (SDC), and our many webinars and podcasts. Check out Playlists by topic area for your area of interest. Happy viewing!

For release: 2026-08-06 Santa Clara, CA – August 6, 2026 – SNIA congratulates Richelle Ahlvers, Vice Chair of the SNIA Board of Directors, on winning the 2026 SuperWomen of FMS Leadership Award, presented at the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference. The annual award recognizes women who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the growth, development, and adoption of flash memory and storage technologies.

For release: 2026-07-28 Santa Clara, CA – July 28, 2026 – SNIA invites attendees of Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2026, August 4-6 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, to visit the SNIA kiosk in the Industry Standards Pavilion (Booth 725) to learn about the latest industry standards and technology initiatives shaping the future of data and storage infrastructure.

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Storage Management Governing Board Richelle Ahlvers Director of Technology Initiatives and Ecosystem Enabling, Intel Corporation, SM Chair, SNIA Vice Chair, and Swordfish TWG Chair Richelle Ahlvers runs Technology Initiatives and Ecosystem Enabling for the Datacenter / AI business for Intel, promoting and driving enablement of new technologies and standards strategies.

SNIA SNIA: Experts on Data SNIA develops and promotes architectures, standards, and education through vendor-neutral collaboration of experts on data technologies that lead the industry worldwide. Become a member today!

The XAM specification is published in 3 parts as follows: XAM - Part 1: Architecture - This document is intended to be used by two broad audiences. The first audience consists of application programmers who wish to use the XAM Application Programmers Interface (API) to create, access, manage, and query reference content through standardized methods that are collectively referred to as XAM (eXtensible Access Method).

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