Research Notes

Everpure ActiveCluster for File

Steve McDowell March 13, 2026

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) recently announced ActiveCluster for file, extending its synchronous replication and continuous availability capabilities from block storage to file workloads. The company sees this capability as a foundational component of its Enterprise Data Cloud strategy, with general availability planned for Q2 2026.

IBM Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Reference Architecture

Steve McDowell March 13, 2026

IBM has announced the industry’s first published reference architecture for quantum-centric supercomputing (QCSC), offering a technical blueprint for combining quantum processing units (QPUs) with traditional HPC infrastructure.

The framework focuses on computational problems that exceed traditional computing capabilities, particularly in molecular simulations and quantum chemistry calculations, where quantum mechanics governs system behavior.

Qualcomm Wi‑Fi 8 MWC 2026: Architecting the “Deterministic” Generation

Michael McDowell March 13, 2026

Qualcomm’s MWC 2026 announcements highlight a pivot toward deterministic performance in dense, interference‑heavy environments.

Domino Data Lab Winter Release 2026: The Agentic AI Development Lifecycle

Steve McDowell March 10, 2026

Domino Data Lab recently announced its Winter Release, becoming the first vendor to offer a fully governed, end-to-end platform for operationalizing agentic AI systems. The release features a new Agentic Development Lifecycle (ADLC) experience along with LLM hosting capabilities.

HPE Connectivity and Compute Announcements (MWC 2026)

Steve McDowell March 9, 2026

At MWC 2026, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a significant expansion of its service provider portfolio, its broadest set of announcements following its acquisition last year of Juniper Networks.

The announcements focus on three primary pillars: ultra-high-density routing for AI backbones, modular compute for the telecommunications edge, and an integrated cloud operations stack. HPE is positioning these releases to address the “bursty” and high-bandwidth nature of AI training and inference workloads that are increasingly distributed across regional data centers.

NVIDIA Strategic Investments in Optical Interconnects

Steve McDowell March 4, 2026

NVIDIA has committed over $4 billion in direct strategic investments across two optical interconnect companies, Lumentum and Coherent, supplemented by multibillion-dollar purchase agreements and equity participation in the optical startup Ayar Labs