Among the highlights at SNW, EMC is teaming with The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) to host the first ever demonstration of multi-vendor solution interoperability enabled via the eXtensible Access Method (XAM) specification. Developed by EMC and other industry leaders in collaboration with SNIA to be a new technology standard, XAM is a software framework for fixed content storage solutions that enables multi-vendor solution interoperability, data portability, and automated Information Lifecycle Management for long term records retention and regulatory compliance.

EMC's industry-leading EMC Centera(R) content addressed storage (CAS) system and EMC DiskXtender(R) automated file system archiving software will be featured as part of this much anticipated demonstration, highlighting EMC's commitment to helping customers obtain the maximum business value from their information assets. Event attendees can preview these demonstrations at the SNW Solutions Center.

"It is rewarding to see the industry, via XAM, embrace a model for storing and retrieving fixed content that EMC and its ISV partners have pioneered for the Centera platform since 2002. As an emerging industry interface standard, XAM promises significant benefits to customers, independent software vendors, and system vendors alike," said Michael Kilian, Chief Technology Officer, Centera Product Group, EMC Corporation. "These demonstrations at SNW Fall 2007 highlight the strong momentum behind the XAM specification, and EMC's early leadership in delivering XAM-enabled fixed content solution interoperability for customers."

RSA President Art Coviello to Speak on Information Security Art Coviello, President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC, will
deliver a general session keynote presentation on Tuesday, October 16, at 10:00 AM, focused on the evolving role of information security. Despite the billions of dollars that companies have invested in their IT security infrastructure, less than one in five companies are confident in the security of their data. Coviello will lay out a vision for the future of information security that heralds a fundamental shift in how IT users think about security - no longer as a technology, but as a strategy that underpins and powers dynamic new business innovations and helps organizations achieve their full potential.