March 30, 2010
SNW Names GEO Foundation as a Finalist For Its Spring 2010 “Best Practices” Awards Program

Recognized by SNW for Excellence in Storage Technology

INDIANAPOLIS – GEO Foundation today announced that it has been selected by SNW as a Finalist for its Spring 2010 “Best Practices” Awards Program.

SNW’s “Best Practices” Awards Program identifies and acknowledges excellence among users of storage IT solutions and approaches. Five Finalists and one Winner in each category will be recognized during an Awards Ceremony taking place at SNW, April 12-15, 2010, at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida.

“Data and storage networking initiatives are more challenging and crucial then ever before and is still one of the most important pillars of the IT infrastructure,” said Ellen Daly, senior vice president, events, IDG Enterprise. "The organizations and professionals judged to be Finalists in SNW’s Spring 2010 Best Practices’ Awards Program have not only met these challenges but are the best of the best when it comes to deploying the most strategic applications and using it to their advantage.”

SNW’s “Best Practices” Awards Program identifies and acknowledges excellence among users of storage technology in the following categories:

• Best Practices in Green Computing, Energy Efficiency and the Data Center
  
  
• Best Practices in Planning, Designing and Building a Next Generation Storage and Server Infrastructure
  
  
• Best Practices in Storage Resiliency, Data Protection and Recovery
  
  
• Best Practices in Technology Innovation and Promise
  
  
• Best Practices in Virtualization and Cloud Computing

SNW’s Spring 2010 "Best Practices" Awards Program is sponsored by Oracle.

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About the SNIA
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of some 400 member companies spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA's mission is to lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organizations in the management of information. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For additional information, visit the SNIA Web site at www.snia.org.