Extensible Access Method (XAM) Storage Development Kit (SDK)
Mark Carlson, Senior Architect, Sun Microsystems

The XAM Interface provides for the encapsulation of application data, application metadata, and storage services metadata. The XAM SDK is a software implementation of the XAM SDK, including a library, a reference implementation and tools to speed the implementation and adoption of the XAM API. This talk will detail the components of the XAM SDK and how we expect different stakeholders to benefit. The XAM SDK work is happening inside a new Technical Work Group (TWG) within the SNIA.

Learning Objectives

• Learn what software is available in order to develop for and program to the XAM API.
• The benefits of SNIA Technical Work Groups
• How to participate in the XAM Early Adoption Program