Locked In at the Worst Possible Time: Why Proprietary Storage Hardware Is Now a Strategic Liability
By Petros Koutoupis, Product Manager, VDURA , June 2, 2026 – When neocloud operators and AI factory builders evaluate
By Petros Koutoupis, Product Manager, VDURA , June 2, 2026 – When neocloud operators and AI factory builders evaluate
VDURA Chief Technology and AI Officer Garth Gibson recognized among 75 of the most influential figures in scientific
There is a reason the largest AI builders in the world do not run all-flash storage. It is
For most of the AI infrastructure buildout, storage was optimized for one thing: feeding training runs. The playbook
The receipts are in on every claim made in “The Flash Emperor Has No Clothes,” and a closer
Source: Block and Files : VDURA CEO Ken Claffey reckons that flash price rises and shortages have finished off
By Petros Koutoupis, Product Manager, VDURA , June 2, 2026 – When neocloud operators and AI factory builders evaluate
VDURA Chief Technology and AI Officer Garth Gibson recognized among 75 of the most influential figures in scientific
The receipts are in on every claim made in “The Flash Emperor Has No Clothes,” and a closer
Source: Block and Files : VDURA CEO Ken Claffey reckons that flash price rises and shortages have finished off
A response to Everpure (aka Pure Storage), and to a decade of all-flash economics that were never as advertised By

April 7, 2026 Source: CIO –The enterprise storage market is currently experiencing unprecedented SSD price volatility driven by massive AI
By Petros Koutoupis, Product Manager, VDURA , June 2, 2026 – When neocloud operators and AI factory builders evaluate
VDURA Chief Technology and AI Officer Garth Gibson recognized among 75 of the most influential figures in scientific
There is a reason the largest AI builders in the world do not run all-flash storage. It is
For most of the AI infrastructure buildout, storage was optimized for one thing: feeding training runs. The playbook
The receipts are in on every claim made in “The Flash Emperor Has No Clothes,” and a closer
Source: Block and Files : VDURA CEO Ken Claffey reckons that flash price rises and shortages have finished off