San Jose, CA, August 12, 2013 -- The Thirteenth Annual Storage Visions Conference, to be held at the Riviera Hotel Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 5 & 6, 2014 is now accepting award submission (until November 14, 2013). The conference theme is: Fast is Beautiful, but Size Matters. Speaker submissions and conference registration is now open.

Award candidates are now being solicited for digital storage products, systems, applications and companies for every aspect of the digital content value chain. Award candidates can be submitted at: http://www.storagevisions.com/2014Awards.htm. Following are the awards categories:

Visionary Products Awards:
MOBILE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: Mobile personal systems utilizing onboard digital storage featuring small packaging, shock resistance, remote access and low-power usage.

HOME CONSUMER STORAGE: Advanced development of digital storage devices and media used in domestic consumer electronics systems.

ENABLING STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: Visionary components and software technology enabling next generation consumer and professional media devices.

PROFESSIONAL M&E CLASS SYSTEMS: Systems using digital storage technologies supporting the media and entertainment industry.

PROFESSIONAL M&E CLASS STORAGE: Advanced development of digital storage technologies, devices and media used by the media and entertainment industry.

Visionary Company Awards:
A special award in three categories will be presented to firms that have shown extraordinary dedication to the development and support of the show theme:

“Advancing the state of the art in storage technologies utilized in consumer electronics, in the media and entertainment industries and to service firms that support those businesses.”
 
Categories for these most coveted awards include:
1. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
2. MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
3. SERVICES AND SUPPORT
 
The Art of Storage Award:
This award recognizes innovations in design for customer ease of use and good industrial design in digital storage applications, storage media and digital storage devices. The award also recognizes appealing and clever aesthetic features in digital storage applications, devices and media.

Speaking submissions and conference registration are being accepted through the conference web site: www.storagevisions.com until September 13. 2013. The Travel Page on the web site: http://www.storagevisions.com/2014Travel.htm gives information on reserving a hotel room in our room block as well as discount travel offers. Conference registration is open at: http://www.storagevisions.com/2014Register.htm.

Corporate Sponsors and Exhibitors include: Aspera, DriveSavers, Oracle, Parks Associates and Spectra Logic. Organization and media sponsors include: Alien Babel, Burn World, Computer Outlook, Coughlin Associates, Createsphere, Davis Consulting Asia, Digital Production Buzz, Drive Pop, FCIA, Flash Memory Summit, HDDFA, HomeToys, IDC, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, Media and Entertainment Tech, MediaTech, MESA, MESS, Objective Analysis, PriceG2, RDC, SMPTE, Storage Review, Storagesearch.com, St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television, STA, TechReleased, TechTarget, the Trusted Computing Group, The Shindler Perpective and TweakTown.

The Storage Visions Conference is the premier event bringing together digital storage oriented people from throughout the digital content creation, distribution and use value chain. Join CEO's, industry leaders, manufacturers, and end users at Storage Visions 2014 in a relaxed and informative environment where attendees can network with world changers and industry titans. Attendees will discover the trends and meet the trendsetters that will drive a new wave of business tied to higher content stereoscopic resolution, more distribution channels, and new digital storage technologies.

There are a limited number of sponsorships and exhibit spaces available for the 2014 Storage Visions Conference. For information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities fill out the appropriate forms available on the conference web site: www.StorageVisions.com. Interested parties can also call Storage Visions at 408-978-8184 or email us at [email protected].

The Storage Visions Conference is put on by the Entertainment Storage Alliance (www.EntertainmentStorage.Org).

Contact:
Andy Marken
Marken Communications
San Jose, CA
408-986-0100
[email protected]
http://www.storagevisions.com