Symantec Signs on as StorageNetworking.org Sponsor
10/25/2005
Transcript Staff Reporter,
San Diego Daily Transcript
The Information Storage Industry Center (ISIC) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), announced Tuesday that Symantec Corp. has signed on as a founding sponsor of the ISIC's StorageNetworking.org Initiative.
StorageNetworking.org is a university-based, non-profit initiative whose mission is to address the educational needs of data storage technology users. The initiative is currently stimulating the creation of local and regional storage networking user groups (or SNUGs), so that data management professionals can exchange information with their peers and other knowledge experts. The initiative also manages an online resource portal to provide access to industry-specific educational opportunities and advocates the expansion of university-based educational offerings focused on data storage topics.
The ISIC is one of 22 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Centers at 15 leading universities across the country. The StorageNetworking.org Initiative is funded through foundation grants and charitable gifts to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Current sponsors include Symantec, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), Hewlett-Packard, McDATA, Computer Associates, EMC Corp., Engenio Information Technologies, Inc., Trainer Communications, NeoScale Systems, Inc., Rainfinity, Servergraph, NeoPath Networks, eRSVP, Storage magazine, InfoStor magazine, and Byte and Switch.
