SwiftTest Joined SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative

SwiftTest Inc., a developer of commercial IP network testing tools and solutions, announced that it has joined the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI).

SNIA leads the industry in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational programs to empower organizations in the management and protection of information. The SNIA launched the CSI in October 2009 to support industry leaders committed to driving the growth and success of the global cloud storage market.

SwiftTest supplies the storage industry with testing tools that enable functional and performance testing of IP networked storage, storage-aware network devices, and storage services. For testing today’s unified storage systems, SwiftTest is at the forefront with a single test tool capable of generating multi-protocol workloads including file (CIFS/SMB/SMB2 and NFS), block (iSCSI), and HTTP concurrently.

"SwiftTest joins an ever growing list of leading-edge SNIA member companies that are leading the charge to establish data storage as a service, as part of the industry-wide movement to enterprise-class cloud computing services," said Wayne M. Adams, SNIA Board of Directors Chairman. "SwiftTest’s innovative tools and testing expertise enables solution providers and service providers to deliver robust cloud storage services, as well as will enable SNIA CSI to further educate the market with proven best practices and rapidly implement the SNIA CDMI standard."

The mission of the CSI is to promote the adoption of cloud storage as a new delivery model that provides elastic, on-demand storage billed only for what is used. SwiftTest aligns with this initiative by supplying essential tools and methods for development and delivery of the technologies that make this happen. As well, the CSI promotes the SNIA Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) specification, which defines the functional data services that applications will use to secure, store, share, and protect data in a cloud.