We are trying to over at http://www.storagerevolution.com/. It is a new open source project created by a bunch of people with the same problems. Unlike the SNIA based aperi, it is not vendor controlled, it is totally controlled by users.

Data management is the largest problem we face, and the only tools to even start managing this problem are for the enterprise market. They are totally out of reach to the small to medium business, in both complexity and price.

We would appriciate everyones feedback as to what is important to them. This is the most valuable content anyone could deliver at this stage in the process.

Thanks