HPC News Bytes Podcast 20240916: Zettascale AI Supercluster, GPU Competition, AI’s Impact on IT Infrastructure, Euro Exascale Install

A good mid-September morn to you!  In this week’s HPC News Bytes, Shahin and Doug offer a rapid (6:27) run-through of recent developments in the ….

Pete Ungaro Joins VDURA Board

SAN JOSE, Sept. 12, 2024 —  AI and HPC data infrastructure software company VDURA, formerly Panasas, announced the appointment of Peter Ungaro to its company board of directors. In addition, VDURA has established a Technical Advisory Board, bringing on-board industry pioneers Dr. Garth Gibson, founder of Panasas, and Hugo Patterson, co-Founder of Datrium and known […]

Qumulo Announces Cloud Native Unstructured Data System on AWS

SEATTLE – 10 September 2024 – Cloud data platforms company Qumulo today announced the availability of Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) on Amazon Web Services. This release delivers a multi-protocol system designed to manage unstructured data with superior performance, scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency. Now publicly available on AWS, CNQ is set to revolutionize enterprise data […]

VDURA Announces Partnership with Jeskell Systems for IT Modernization

SAN JOSE and LAUREL, Md.– High performance storage and management company VDURA has announced a partnership with Jeskell Systems, a renowned IT modernization specialist with nearly two decades of experience serving Federal and commercial clients globally. VDURA said the collaboration aims to deliver industry leading data storage solutions that enhance operational performance, resilience, and security […]

DDN Wins Tier-1 Performance Data Platform Certification for Nvidia Partner Network Cloud Partners

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Aug. 20, 2024 – Data intelligence platform company DDN today announced it has been certified as a tier-one performance data solution for NVIDIA Partner Network cloud partners, collaborating with NVIDIA to deliver an integrated, proven reference architecture for accelerated AI cloud infrastructure. DDN said it provides the world’s leading data intelligence platform for cloud service providers […]

HPC News Bytes 20240722: DOE’s Post-Exascale RFP, Chess Puzzle, CoreWeave’s New Energy Source, Ceramic-on-Glass Storage

Good mid-summer morning to you! It may be vacation season but the world HPC-AI never takes a break. Here’s a quick (5:42) run through the news: ORNL’s RFP for post-exascale supercomputer ….

Qumulo Names Former Arista Executive Douglas Gourlay CEO

SEATTLE – Jul. 9, 2024 – Data management company Qumulo today announced the appointment of Douglas Gourlay as president and chief executive officer. Gourlay will also join Qumulo’s Board of Directors. Under the leadership of retiring CEO Bill Richter, Qumulo became the established leader in Scale Anywhere data and storage management and grew to over […]

DDN Wins 2024 AI Breakthrough Award

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – July 1, 2024 – AI and multi-cloud data management solutions company DDN announced it has won its fourth “AI Hardware Innovation Award,” resulting in five consecutive annual award recognitions in the AI Breakthrough Awards program. For the past seven years, AI Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization, has recognized the top companies, technologies, […]

WEKA Grows IP Portfolio to More Than 100 Patents 

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 20, 2024 – WekaIO, the AI-native data platform company, today announced its IP portfolio has been awarded more than 100 patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The company was granted its 113th patent for methods and systems for power failure resistance for a distributed storage system on June […]