Research Notes

Research Note: NVIDIA AI Storage Certifications & AI Data Platform

Steve McDowell March 18, 2025

At its annual GTC event in San Jose, NVIDIA announced an expansion of its NVIDIA-Certified Systems program, including the new NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, to include enterprise storage certification to help streamline AI factory deployments.

Research Note: HPE Storage Enhancements for AI

Steve McDowell March 18, 2025

At NVIDIA GTC 2025, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced a slew of new storage capabilities, including a new unified data layer. These capabilities are designed to accelerate AI adoption by integrating structured and unstructured data across multi-vendor and multi-cloud environments.

Research Note: Red Hat Releases OpenShift 4.18

Steve McDowell March 16, 2025

Red Hat recently released OpenShift 4.18, bringing enhancements to the solution for networking, virtualization, security, and deployment flexibility.

Research Note: VDURA V5000 All-Flash AI Storage Appliance

Steve McDowell March 16, 2025

VDURA recently announced its new V5000 All-Flash Appliance, a high-performance storage solution engineered for AI and high-performance computing workloads. The system integrates with the VDURA V11 Data Platform for a combination of high throughput, low-latency access, and seamless scalability.

Research Note: Pure Storage FlashBlade//EXA

Steve McDowell March 11, 2025

Pure Storage recently announced the launch of its new FlashBlade//EXA, a high-performance storage platform designed for AI and HPC workloads. FlashBlade//EXA extends the company’s Purity operating environment and DirectFlash technology to provide extreme performance, scalability, and metadata management that addresses the increasing demands of AI-driven applications.

Research Note: Couchbase Edge Server for Offline-First Data Processing

Steve McDowell March 10, 2025

Couchbase recently announced its new Couchbase Edge Server, a lightweight, offline-first database and sync solution designed for edge computing environments. The new solution extends Couchbase’s mobile data synchronization capabilities to resource-constrained deployments where full-scale database solutions are not feasible.