This panel session was chaired by SCSI Trade Association board member, David Allen, Director Storage Business Development. Panelists included:

• Marty Czekalski, Seagate Technology
  Interface and Emerging Architecture Program Manager
  President, SCSI Trade Association
• Joe Foster, HP
  Industry Standard Server (ISS) Storage Distinguished Technologist
• Mike James, SanDisk
  Director Engineering
  Director, SCSI Trade Association
• Steve Johnson, LSI
  Distinguished Engineer

The panel and accompanying presentation addressed the SCSI Express value proposition:

• Performance and innovation
  • Increased performance through lower latency for emerging advanced technologies
  • Enables new storage architectures
• Reliability
  • Proven enterprise SCSI ecosystem
  • Architected for nonstop availability
• Investment Protection
  • Coexistence with SAS via Express Bay and common command set
  • Leveraging robust middleware ecosystem