The Lustre Collective Brings Independent Expertise to High-Performance Storage Market
The Lustre Collective launches independent support for parallel filesystem serving exascale HPC and AI infrastructure across clouds and data centers. Presented at the 66th IT Press Tour, January 2026 Three veteran filesystem developers have launched The Lustre Collective, creating an independent support and development company for organizations running large-scale AI and high-performance computing workloads. The company addresses a specific market need. Lustre powers critical
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The Storage Problem Quietly Slowing AI Infrastructure: How Novodisq Is Rethinking the Economics
Novodisq is targeting the power and space constraints quietly slowing AI infrastructure. Here's how their storage economics could reshape spending. Covered at the 66th IT Press Tour—January 2026 Most of the AI infrastructure conversation focuses on GPUs. And for good reason—training large models is GPU-intensive and expensive. But there's a second constraint that doesn't get nearly enough attention: the storage and power underneath. Data center rack space in key regions is bo
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Scale Computing Delivers 70% Cost Reduction Through Edge Platform Consolidation
Scale Computing case studies show 70% cost reduction and 99%+ uptime through unified edge computing platform managing 100K+ sites globally. Scale Computing presented its unified edge computing strategy at the 66th IT Press Tour, showing how enterprises can consolidate infrastructure while reducing costs and improving reliability. The company manages 100,000+ sites globally through a single platform. The Business Case Traditional edge deployments require separate solutions for
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Cloud Storage Costs 70% Less: Zettalane's Business Case for Hybrid Architecture
Zettalane Systems cuts cloud storage costs 70% with hybrid ZFS architecture. Multi-cloud support across AWS, GCP, and Azure with two-minute deployment. The Cloud Storage Cost Problem Cloud file storage pricing creates real business constraints. A 100TB file system on AWS EFS costs $360,000 per year at $0.30 per GB monthly. Block storage costs less ($96,000 annually on EBS gp3 at $0.08/GB/month) but doesn't provide the shared file access that applications require. Beyond prici
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Why Enterprise CIOs Are Rethinking Application Resilience
With downtime costing $6.48M per hour and new DORA regulations enforcing resilience standards, enterprises are rethinking protection strategies. InfoScale's 1,700+ customers report 98% downtime reduction and 320,000 IT hours saved annually through real-time application resilience. At the 66th IT Press Tour, InfoScale presented a case for rethinking how enterprises protect their applications. The numbers suggest they're on to something important. The Downtime Problem Is Gettin
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VergeIO Offers VMware Exit Strategy with 50-70% Cost Reduction
VergeIO reduces infrastructure costs 50-70% with unified architecture. VMware alternative offers VxRail modernization, disaster recovery, multi-tenancy. Organizations looking for alternatives to VMware's Broadcom-era pricing have a new option worth considering. VergeIO, a private cloud operating system provider based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is growing at one customer every two to three days by offering a fundamentally different approach to infrastructure software. The value p
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Helikai Brings Enterprise-Grade AI Agents to Business Workflows With Micro AI Approach
Helikai's micro AI agents deliver 99%+ accuracy for enterprise workflows with 200+ pre-built solutions across IT, legal, and healthcare at IT Press Tour. At the 66th IT Press Tour in January 2026, Helikai presented a refreshingly pragmatic approach to enterprise AI that addresses why so many AI initiatives fail to deliver business value. Instead of pursuing ambitious, all-encompassing AI systems, the company builds purpose-specific "micro AI agents" that solve discrete busine
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