The symposium reflects the trend toward globalization of storage management with a focus on data management, storage systems, media, long-term retention, and distribution of data. Papers and presentations address requirements for databases and digital libraries, new architectures and hardware components, organization and description of data, and interfaces to data management systems. Issues surrounding the planning and operation of data repositories will be addressed. A tutorial on Emerging Standards Impacting Storage Systems Architectures will be held the first day. The Round Table on Emerging Technologies, a hallmark of these symposia, is a panel of experts discussing promising new technologies, chaired by Dick Watson.
All sessions are informal with audience participation encouraged.
A poster session and vendor expo will be held throughout the meeting, offering additional opportunities for informal information exchange.