Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Your customers don’t care who wrote the code, they care that “AWS S3 compatible” actually works with the apps they already run. That’s why SNIA developed the Cloud Object Storage Plugfest Program – a collaborative, multi-vendor interoperability testing environment for S3 developers.
In this episode, we sit down with Cloud Object Storage developers, Mark Trinh (Oracle), Jason CWIK (DDN), Veer Kumar (Nutanix) and Michael Hoard (Chair of the SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies Community), to explain why this Plugfest is the fastest path to real S3 interoperability and faster bug fixes.
The Plugfest participants speak candidly about friction points in S3 compatible object storage: clients that behave differently than the documentation suggests, API options that leave too much room for interpretation, and edge cases that only appear when you test across many vendors. They highlight why AI-driven workloads are raising the stakes for S3 compatible storage and discuss why an NDA-based Plugfest model matters for fast troubleshooting, direct engineer-to-engineer collaboration, and practical fixes.
SNIA is an industry organization that develops global standards and delivers vendor-neutral education on technologies related to data. In these interviews, SNIA experts on data cover a wide range of topics on both established and emerging technologies.
About SNIA:
• Website (https://www.snia.org)
• Educational Library (snia.org/library)
• X/Twitter (twitter.com/SNIA)
• LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/snia/)
Your customers don’t care who wrote the code, they care that “AWS S3 compatible” actually works with the apps they already run. That’s why SNIA developed the Cloud Object Storage Plugfest Program – a collaborative, multi-vendor interoperability testing environment for S3 developers.
In this episode, we sit down with Cloud Object Storage developers, Mark Trinh (Oracle), Jason CWIK (DDN), Veer Kumar (Nutanix) and Michael Hoard (Chair of the SNIA Cloud Storage Technologies Community), to explain why this Plugfest is the fastest path to real S3 interoperability and faster bug fixes.
The Plugfest participants speak candidly about friction points in S3 compatible object storage: clients that behave differently than the documentation suggests, API options that leave too much room for interpretation, and edge cases that only appear when you test across many vendors. They highlight why AI-driven workloads are raising the stakes for S3 compatible storage and discuss why an NDA-based Plugfest model matters for fast troubleshooting, direct engineer-to-engineer collaboration, and practical fixes.
SNIA is an industry organization that develops global standards and delivers vendor-neutral education on technologies related to data. In these interviews, SNIA experts on data cover a wide range of topics on both established and emerging technologies.
About SNIA:
• Website (https://www.snia.org)
• Educational Library (snia.org/library)
• X/Twitter (twitter.com/SNIA)
• LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/snia/)
