Storage vendors show off their current products, preview prototypes for those coming soon and share long-range roadmaps for other technologies at the Flash Memory Summit 2019.

The Flash Memory Summit 2019 focused on computational storage, IoT and the need for data processing done at the edge (or in near-edge computing centers/edge clouds).

NGD Systems announced the availability of the 32TB Newport SSD in the U.2 (2.5-inch) form factor, twice the capacity of the first Newport drive.

NGD Systems, Inc. has embedded the Azure IoT Edge service directly within its Computational Storage solid-state devices (SSDs). Click the link to learn more.

The E8 storage technology architecture is the first to break with the storage architectures built around mechanical devices, exploiting native NVMe flash drives over a high-performing network fabric.

NGD enables Azure IoT Edge service within their Computational Storage Drives, making it easier for enterprises to run Azure workloads at the edge and create a seamless workflow to Azure Cloud.

A study revealed only 1 in 10 storage experts gave themselves an “A” grade for compute and storage performance at the edge, while half of all respondents graded themselves a “C” or worse.

The State of Storage and Edge Computing study found out 60% of storage professionals are using NVMe SSDs to speed up the processing of large data sets generated at the edge.

Compute cost and speed are still major challenges with the rapid growth of edge computing, as more organizations look for faster and more intelligent storage solutions, a Dimensional Research survey revealed.