Today, the Open Flash Platform (OFP) initiative was launched with inaugural members Hammerspace, the Linux community, Los Alamos National Laboratory, ScaleFlux, SK Hynix, and Xsight Systems. OCP intends to address requirements from the next wave of data storage for AI. “The convergence of data creation associated with emerging AI applications coupled ….”
Pure Storage Partners with CERN openlabs on Flash for Science
April 7, 2025 — Pure Storage has announced a partnership with CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics), which aims, through the CERN openlab collaboration, to accelerate development of ICT solutions for the Large Hadron Collider. The partnership will explore how Pure Storage DirectFlash technology can support future scientific research. CERN generates a massive amount […]
Pure Storage Introduces FlashBlade//S for Unstructured Data and Application Growth
Los Angeles – June 8, 2022 — Today at Pure//Accelerate techfest22, data storage technology and services company Pure Storage announced the FlashBlade//S family of products with what the company described as a new modular architecture built on co-designed hardware and software. “The new platform leverages a nearly unlimited scalable metadata architecture, offering more than double […]
ScaleFlux Claims Flash Storage <1¢/Gigabyte/ Year with Micron QLC
SAN JOSE – May 26, 2021 – ScaleFlux, Inc., maker of computational storage at scale, today announced it has expanded its Computational Storage Drive (CSD) portfolio to include quad-level cell (QLC) NAND Flash storage from Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU). These new QLC drives — with integrated compression — are designed to improve the affordability […]
Pure Storage: FlashBlade Nears $1B in Sales
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — March 25, 2021 — Today Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), which offers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, announced growth milestones to mark the five-year anniversary of FlashBlade. Unveiled in March 2016, FlashBlade has delivered consistent year-over-year growth every quarter since. Within two years of general availability (GA), FlashBlade reached a $250M […]
Pure Storage FlashArray//C Extends QLC with First Enterprise-grade All-QLC Array
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – August 25, 2020 — Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, today announced enhancements to FlashArray//C, delivering the industry’s only all-QLC storage array, built on Pure’s DirectFlash technology and designed to cost-effectively meet the performance requirements of a broad set of high-capacity enterprise […]
Spectra Logic Report: Digital Data Storage Outlook 2019
Today Spectra Logic announced the publication of “Digital Data Storage Outlook 2019,” the company’s fourth annual report on the data storage industry. “This report provides a high-level snapshot of the trends that will influence technological advancements in the data storage industry, and the workflows that will impact the way the world uses and preserves its digital information for the long term.”
AI Goes Mainstream
According to a recent Gartner survey, Artificial intelligence (AI) learning has moved from a specialized field into mainstream business use with 37 percent of respondents reporting their enterprises either had deployed AI or would do so shortly. WekaIO’s Barbara Murphy explores the path of artificial intelligence from the fringe to mainstream business practices. Find out what is driving AI growth and adoption.
Major Media and Entertainment OEM orders $4 Million HPC Gear from One Stop Systems
Today One Stop Systems announced a $4 million purchase order with a $1 million customer extension option from a major OEM in the media and entertainment industry. “As our largest-ever follow-on purchase order, we believe it reflects our industry leadership in application specific, ruggedized servers featuring the latest innovations in GPU compute, flash storage and input/output available today,” said OSS president and CEO, Steve Cooper. “With these products, we have raised the bar for those in media and entertainment production who demand only the best, with ultra-fast processing, networking and storage in a super-ruggedized chassis that provides the best protection in the most demanding physical environments.”
NVMe Flash: A New Level of High-Performance Data Consistency for the World’s Most Demanding Workloads
The pace of today’s data growth is staggering, and it’s keeping IT specialists on their toes. This guest post from Kingston Technology explores how innovation in storage like NVMe are working to keep up with today’s most demanding data work loads.







