By Jim Ryan, Executive Director, The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) The OFA is going through an exciting process of nothing less than reinvention. As you can imagine, there are many elements of this reinvention; the focus of this blog is on one such element: a new alliances program to enable us to leverage synergies among fellow-traveler
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — August 14, 2018 —The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA), an open source organization dedicated to the development and support of Advanced Network Software, has taken on an expanded mission to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced fabric technologies. This is a significant expansion of its original mission from 2004, which was to
By Paul Grun, Chair, OpenFabrics Alliance and Senior Technologist, Cray, Inc. Remote Persistent Memory, (RPM), is rapidly emerging as an important new technology. But understanding a new technology, and grasping its significance, requires engagement across a wide range of industry organizations, companies, and individuals. It takes a village, as they say. Technologies that are capable
Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2018 is right around the corner, taking place August 7-9 in Santa Clara, CA. The annual event, which has grown to become one of the most prominent gatherings in the storage industry, provides attendees with practical information on the current state of flash memory technology and its wide-variety of applications. One such
