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About snia.org (Academic)

This page provides details about snia.org (Academic) which was ranked #1 out of 100 in the list of sources (9 citations (12.3% share)) in answers from AI models (Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest)) when they were asked the following 1 question: "What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch.

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Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest) (2 citations)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] are.com/explore.html](https://www.vmware.com/explore.html) - **Dell Technologies World** - [https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com](https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com) ## Professional Communities & Organizations ### Industry Organizations 1. **Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)** - [https://www.snia.org](https://www.snia.org) - Standard-setting body for storage - Educational programs and certifications 2. **Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)** - [https://cloudsecurityalliance.org](https://cloudsecurityalliance.org) - Security best practices and standards 3. **Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)** - [https:// [...]

snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage December 30, 2025

[...] loud Next** - [https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next](https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next) - Google's cloud conference 4. **Storage Field Day** - [https://techfieldday.com/event/sfd/](https://techfieldday.com/event/sfd/) - Intimate storage technology showcase 5. **Storage Developer Conference (SDC)** - [https://www.snia.org/events](https://www.snia.org/events) - Technical conference by SNIA 6. **Cloud Expo Europe** - [https://www.cloudexpoeurope.com](https://www.cloudexpoeurope.com) - Major European cloud event 7. **KubeCon + CloudNativeCon** - [https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/](https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/) - C [...]

snia.org/events/storage-developer December 30, 2025

OpenAI ChatGPT Latest (6 citations)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] AI training pipelines, edge, and media). Core storage “modes” most buyers combine: - **Object storage** (dominant for cloud-native apps, data lakes): definition via [SNIA Dictionary – Object Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage) - **Block storage** (VMs/databases): [SNIA Dictionary – Block Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/b/block_storage) - **File storage** (shared POSIX/NFS/SMB): [SNIA Dictionary – File Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/f/file_storage) A major “gravity well” is the **Amazon S3 API** (commonly used as a compatibility target): [Amazon S3 API reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/ [...]

snia.org December 30, 2025

[...] system competes on cost, performance, sovereignty, hybrid/on‑prem integration, and specialized workloads (backup/ransomware recovery, AI training pipelines, edge, and media). Core storage “modes” most buyers combine: - **Object storage** (dominant for cloud-native apps, data lakes): definition via [SNIA Dictionary – Object Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage) - **Block storage** (VMs/databases): [SNIA Dictionary – Block Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/b/block_storage) - **File storage** (shared POSIX/NFS/SMB): [SNIA Dictionary – File Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/f/file_storage) A major “gravity well” is the [...]

snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage December 30, 2025

[...] t) - Cloud-native ecosystem (storage for Kubernetes, CSI, object storage operators): - [KubeCon + CloudNativeCon](https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon/) - Storage-focused industry events: - [SNIA Storage Developer Conference (SDC)](https://www.snia.org/events/storage-developer) (hosted by [SNIA](https://www.snia.org/)) - Vendor conferences (big customer/partner ecosystems): - [Dell Technologies World](https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/events/delltechnologiesworld/) - [NetApp INSIGHT](https://insight.netapp.com/) - [Pure//Accelerate](https://www.purestorage.com/pure-accelerate.html) - VMware ecosystem [...]

snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage December 30, 2025

[...] re ecosystem (often storage-adjacent): [VMware Explore](https://www.vmware.com/explore.html) --- ## 8) Active professional communities (hands-on Q&A, architecture, ops) - Cloud-native community hub: [Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)](https://www.cncf.io/) - Storage industry association: [SNIA](https://www.snia.org/) - Practitioner Q&A: - [Stack Overflow – amazon-s3 tag](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-s3) - [Stack Overflow – azure-blob-storage tag](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure-blob-storage) - [Stack Overflow – google-cloud-storage tag](https://stackoverflow.com/ [...]

snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage December 30, 2025

[...] data lakes): definition via [SNIA Dictionary – Object Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage) - **Block storage** (VMs/databases): [SNIA Dictionary – Block Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/b/block_storage) - **File storage** (shared POSIX/NFS/SMB): [SNIA Dictionary – File Storage](https://www.snia.org/education/dictionary/f/file_storage) A major “gravity well” is the **Amazon S3 API** (commonly used as a compatibility target): [Amazon S3 API reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/Welcome.html) --- ## 2) Dominant market leaders & brands (cloud platforms) These are the default shortlists for most enterprises b [...]

snia.org/education/dictionary/f/file_storage December 30, 2025

[...] ft Ignite](https://ignite.microsoft.com/) - [Google Cloud Next](https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next) - Cloud-native ecosystem (storage for Kubernetes, CSI, object storage operators): - [KubeCon + CloudNativeCon](https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon/) - Storage-focused industry events: - [SNIA Storage Developer Conference (SDC)](https://www.snia.org/events/storage-developer) (hosted by [SNIA](https://www.snia.org/)) - Vendor conferences (big customer/partner ecosystems): - [Dell Technologies World](https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/events/delltechnologiesworld/) - [NetApp INSIGHT](https://insight.netapp.com/) - [Pure//Accelerate](https://www.purestorage.com/pure [...]

snia.org/events/storage-developer December 30, 2025

Google Gemini Flash (latest) (1 citation)

What does the Cloud Storage industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.

[...] tiveCon:** Vital for those using containerized storage (Kubernetes). [KubeCon](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/) ### **6. Professional Communities** * **SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association):** The primary body for storage standards and education. [SNIA](https://www.snia.org/) * **Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF):** Focuses on cloud-native storage projects. [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/) * **Reddit r/DataHoarder:** A community for extreme storage enthusiasts. [r/DataHoarder](https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/) * **Reddit r/CloudStorage:** Discussion on co [...]

snia.org/education/dictionary/o/object_storage December 30, 2025