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VDURA

VDURA (formerly Panasas) is an American software-defined storage company that develops data infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). It is headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Boulder, Colorado.

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Founded
1999 (as Panasas)
Industry
Software-defined storage; HPC; AI infrastructure
Headquarters
San Jose, California, U.S.
Formerly
Panasas (1999–2024)
Founder
Garth Gibson
Key people
Ken Claffey (CEO)

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VDURA

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Triples47
Avg. degree1.87
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VDURA

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related to Events and industry presence · 11
VDURA → AI, Booth G21, Hamburg, HPC, In June, In March, ISC, NVIDIA GTC, Toyota’s, Valley Water’s, VDURA AI Data Challenge
related to Products and technology · 8
VDURA → AI, HPC, It, The, VDP, VDURA Data Platform, VeLO, Velocity Layer Operations
related to Partnerships and recognition · 7
VDURA → AI-oriented, CRN Storage, GPU-accelerated, In April, In August, New Mexico State University, NIST-standard
related to history · 6
VDURA → Garth Gibson, On May, Panasas, PanFS, RAID, The
related to Notable events · 4
VDURA → At Supercomputing, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, SC24, SSD
Formerly · 1
VDURA → Panasas (1999–2024)
Founded · 1
VDURA → 1999 (as Panasas)
Founder · 1
VDURA → Garth Gibson
Headquarters · 1
VDURA → San Jose, California, U.S.
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VDURA → Software-defined storage; HPC; AI infrastructure

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2025 ai data platform software-defined storage hpc panasas performance company technology 2024 infrastructure system including flash workloads high-performance formerly san

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VDURAFormerlyPanasas (1999–2024)1.00infobox
VDURAFounded1999 (as Panasas)1.00infobox
VDURAFounderGarth Gibson1.00infobox
VDURAHeadquartersSan Jose, California, U.S.1.00infobox
VDURAIndustrySoftware-defined storage; HPC; AI infrastructure1.00infobox
VDURAKey peopleKen Claffey (CEO)1.00infobox
VDURATypePrivate1.00infobox
VDURAWebsitehttps://www.vdura.com1.00infobox
Toyota’s use of large language models for traffic analysisinstance ofshowcasing real-world use cases0.80text
Valley Water’s application of AI for water-flow forecasting.In June 2025instance ofshowcasing real-world use cases0.80text
the company hosted the VDURA AI Data Challengeinstance ofshowcasing real-world use cases0.80text
VDURArelated to Events and industry presenceIn March0.60section

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