Wasabi acquires Lyve: My take on S3 lock-in risks
Wasabi's deal grants Seagate equity, not cash. With 2 independent S3 options now merged, architects must rethink vendor redundancy strategies today.
Infrastructure
Data sovereignty fails when US cloud controls metadata
Even with EU storage, US courts can access metadata indexes. Learn why legal jurisdiction overrides physical borders in this 4-scenario analysis.
NetApp AIDE cuts AI vector storage growth by 20x
I analyze how NetApp AIDE handles the 10–20x vector storage surge by enriching metadata in place, avoiding costly data duplication.
Object storage limits scale more than GPUs
With 91% of private AI relying on object storage, I explain why legacy systems fail at scale and how to fix bottlenecks.
Object storage truth: Why Reddit avoids directories
I cut object storage costs from $250 to $5 monthly. Learn the flat namespace architecture powering Netflix and BBC's 25 petabyte migrations today.
Data readiness bottlenecks: Why AI stalls
Early AI projects wasted 80% of budgets on compute. Learn why fixing storage infrastructure is the only way to unblock production inference pipelines today.