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Panasas Raises the Performance and Capacity Bar for AI/HPC Hybrid Storage Management with New PanFS 10

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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Additionally, PanFS 10 expands support for cloud workflows with S3 compatibility, allowing customers to seamlessly move AI/HPC workloads developed in the cloud to on premise datacenters for optimal performance management.

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  • Additionally, PanFS 10 expands support for cloud workflows with S3 compatibility, allowing customers to seamlessly move AI/HPC workloads developed in the cloud to on premise datacenters for optimal performance management.
  • The new PanFS 10 solutions will be showcased this week at SuperComputing 2023, Denver, CO, at Panasas booth #437 .
  • “Our goal is to deliver tangible value to our customers, and we're thrilled to provide these new advancements with the PanFS 10 release,” said Ken Claffey, CEO at Panasas.
  • Combining the large storage capacity of an HDD with MACH2 technology delivers up to 2x more performance for sequential data rates than standard hard drives, setting a new standard for hybrid storage infrastructure management.

Panasas Announces Key Leadership Appointments to Drive Global Expansion Across the HPC and AI Storage Markets

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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These additions follow the recent appointment of Ken Claffey as Chief Executive Officer and will fuel Panasas’ continued product innovation and go-to-market expansion.

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  • These additions follow the recent appointment of Ken Claffey as Chief Executive Officer and will fuel Panasas’ continued product innovation and go-to-market expansion.
  • The following join the Panasas executive leadership team:
    Hanish Vaghela, Executive Vice President of Sales.
  • His deep roots in HPC stem from his tenure at Xyratex, where he built the Clusterstor HPC storage go-to-market organization from the ground up.
  • “I am confident that this new leadership team has the knowledge, skills, proven experience and passion to drive our vision forward and make Panasas the preferred choice for organizations looking at HPC and AI solutions for their data storage environments."

Panasas Appoints Ken Claffey as CEO, Positioning the Company for Strategic Growth in the HPC and AI Storage Market

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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With Claffey’s robust background and expertise in high-performance computing (HPC), cloud, and enterprise data storage technologies, the company is poised to seize new market opportunities under his leadership.

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  • With Claffey’s robust background and expertise in high-performance computing (HPC), cloud, and enterprise data storage technologies, the company is poised to seize new market opportunities under his leadership.
  • Claffey replaces Tom Shea, who will remain on the Panasas executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer.
  • Claffey brings an exemplary track record of visionary leadership, transformational change, and an astute understanding of the entire storage industry.
  • “The company's unique core parallel file system data storage technology is central to enabling the secular growth of HPC and AI.

Cornelis Networks Partners with Penguin Solutions and Panasas to Transform HPC, Saving Customers Time and Money

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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The three companies have come together to define and test a reference design of Penguin Computing’s Altus® servers running Scyld ClusterWare® and Panasas ActiveStor® storage appliances connected with the Cornelis Networks Omni-Path Express™ fabric developing an HPC solution that saves customers both time and money.

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  • The three companies have come together to define and test a reference design of Penguin Computing’s Altus® servers running Scyld ClusterWare® and Panasas ActiveStor® storage appliances connected with the Cornelis Networks Omni-Path Express™ fabric developing an HPC solution that saves customers both time and money.
  • “Together with our partners at Penguin Solutions and Panasas, we are pleased to offer both existing and new customers a cutting edge HPC solution,” said Brad Fryer, VP of Technical Partner Management at Cornelis Networks.
  • “Working with the expert teams at our partners Cornelis Networks and Panasas, we’re excited to offer customers a Scyld ClusterWare-supported solution that saves them time and money while competing one-on-one with Ethernet.”
    “We're thrilled to collaborate with Cornelis Networks and Penguin Solutions on a modern HPC solution that addresses the complex needs of our customers," stated Jeff Whitaker, VP of Product Strategy and Marketing at Panasas.
  • The joint technology testing between Cornelis Networks, Penguin Solutions and Panasas adds significant value to the overall delivery and management-as-a-service capability.

Prestigious Institutions Use Panasas to Drive Academic Research Initiatives with HPC and AI workloads

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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“Research institutions are focused on uncovering breakthrough discoveries that in many cases will have an impact on all our lives.

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  • “Research institutions are focused on uncovering breakthrough discoveries that in many cases will have an impact on all our lives.
  • These research institutions cannot afford lost data, as it could set back the research program by months or even years.
  • With over 900 lead researchers and 4,500 users, MSI has relied on Panasas storage for many years to support their growing HPC and AI research initiatives.
  • To see a list of academic research projects, papers and publications that have used and cited Panasas, go here .

Panasas Pushes HPC Storage to the Edge with New ActiveStor Ultra Edge Platform

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Monday, May 22, 2023
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Panasas ®, the data engine for innovation, today announced the launch of its new ActiveStor® Ultra Edge platform, an HPC and AI/ML storage solution designed for edge computing environments.

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  • Panasas ®, the data engine for innovation, today announced the launch of its new ActiveStor® Ultra Edge platform, an HPC and AI/ML storage solution designed for edge computing environments.
  • ActiveStor Ultra Edge will be showcased this week at ISC High Performance 2023 in Hamburg, Germany at Panasas booth #G713.
  • ActiveStor Ultra Edge is the newest addition to Panasas’ ActiveStor portfolio, designed to serve the evolving data requirements in today’s modern HPC ecosystem, which encompasses traditional HPC applications alongside AI/ML processing as well as cloud and edge computing technologies.
  • Panasas ActiveStor Ultra Edge is available for ordering today and will be generally available later this quarter.

Panasas Expands Partner Ecosystem, Driving Significant Year-Over-Year Growth

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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Panasas®, the data engine for innovation, today announced significant growth of its partner ecosystem, resulting in 50% year-over-year growth in total partners since the launch of the company’s new channel strategy in May 2022.

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  • Panasas®, the data engine for innovation, today announced significant growth of its partner ecosystem, resulting in 50% year-over-year growth in total partners since the launch of the company’s new channel strategy in May 2022.
  • With the increasing demand for high-performance computing (HPC) data solutions, this growth reflects the market's recognition of Panasas’ innovative product portfolio.
  • The Panasas partner ecosystem includes a diverse range of resellers, distributors, and technology partners who are committed to delivering industry-leading solutions to customers worldwide.
  • “We are thrilled with the changes Panasas has made to elevate their partner program,” said Sam O'Daniel, VP of Civilian Sales at TVAR Solutions.

Panasas Survey Shows Specialty Knowledge as Biggest Challenge for Managing High-Performance Storage

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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Lack of specialty knowledge coupled with high resource needs was the most frequently ranked challenge (over 50% of respondents).

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  • Lack of specialty knowledge coupled with high resource needs was the most frequently ranked challenge (over 50% of respondents).
  • Survey results show an overwhelming 96% of respondents across the US, UK, and Germany face challenges in building and managing high-performance storage.
  • US respondents across manufacturing organizations (68%) cited specialty knowledge and high resources needs as the biggest challenge.
  • “We long ago saw the challenges organizations face in managing storage infrastructures for high-performance environments, and these survey results reinforce those challenges.

Panasas Solutions Ensure Business Continuity, from Data Mobility to Data Archiving, Across High-Performance Environments

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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Panasas PanMove tools allow end-users to seamlessly copy, move, and sync data between all Panasas ActiveStor® platforms and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud object storage, and Panasas PanView tools provide comprehensive visualization reports for smarter data management practices.

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  • Panasas PanMove tools allow end-users to seamlessly copy, move, and sync data between all Panasas ActiveStor® platforms and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud object storage, and Panasas PanView tools provide comprehensive visualization reports for smarter data management practices.
  • The additional software tools are the result of a collaboration between Panasas and Atempo, a leading software manufacturer for data management and data protection.
  • “PanView and PanMove deliver all-in-one data management solutions that will protect, move, and archive large volumes of data.
  • When combined with the add-on Panasas PanMove Backup and Archive licenses, the PanMove suite supports a complete data lifecycle for all HPC and AI environments.

Panasas Introduces Advanced Data Insight and Data Movement Suite for HPC and AI/ML Environments

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Thursday, November 10, 2022
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Panasas , the data engine for innovation, today announced new data insight and mobility products joining the companys PanFS software suite.

Key Points: 
  • Panasas , the data engine for innovation, today announced new data insight and mobility products joining the companys PanFS software suite.
  • Two products resulted from a new strategic relationship between Panasas and Atempo, a leading software manufacturer for data protection and data management.
  • Panasas PanMove Advanced by Atempo is a data movement and protection tool that expands Panasas class-leading reliability to reach beyond a single storage cluster.
  • 2022 Panasas, Inc. Panasas, the Panasas logo, PanFS, and ActiveStor are trademarks or registered trademarks of Panasas, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other countries.