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The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) enables international science and engineering discoveries through advances in computational science and data-intensive, high-performance computing. It provides access to a vast array of data and computational resources and services for all UC researchers who need cyberinfrastructure beyond their own laboratories, classrooms, departments, and academic units. SDSC’s research cyberinfrastructure includes: data-intensive computing resources to the academic and industrial communities through the RCI program's Triton Shared Computing Cluster (TSCC), a high-impact data analysis and preservation system featuring a large-scale disk storage facility, a data analysis facility for petascale research, and a shared research cluster; Gordon, the first high-performance supercomputer to use massive amounts of flash-based memory to speed solutions for data-intensive problems; Trestles, which also features flash-based memory, with a design tailored to the majority of user jobs rather than a handful of researchers who run jobs at thousands of core counts; a green data center equipped to house co-location servers; and an environment for all things related to data, including management, mining, curation, analysis, visualization, access and preservation as well as data storage technologies. Along with its broad spectrum of software, hardware, networking, and information resources, SDSC also offers users full-time support including 24-hour helpdesk services, code optimization, training, portal development, and a variety of other services. San Diego Supercomputer Center was founded in 1985.

ViQi is a software-as-a-service company specializing in scientific image analysis. It offers a customizable platform that enables users to tailor services for data storage and analysis to meet their specific requirements. The company provides tools for image processing and informatics across various sectors, including life sciences, construction, and agriculture. ViQi's platform features a bio-image semantic query system, which facilitates module development and assists with intranet deployment. Additionally, it supports the hosting of image collections, allowing clients to view, investigate, share, and store complex data and images efficiently. This comprehensive approach enables swift results and enhances the discovery process for users in diverse fields.

AirMettle operates a software-defined storage platform designed to streamline data analytics processes. Its core offering is a system that converts diverse data formats into those compatible with analysis tools, thereby minimizing network traffic and reducing the need for costly memory resources in higher-level analytics applications. This enables users to efficiently extract valuable insights from their data.

ViQi is a software-as-a-service company specializing in scientific image analysis. It offers a customizable platform that enables users to tailor services for data storage and analysis to meet their specific requirements. The company provides tools for image processing and informatics across various sectors, including life sciences, construction, and agriculture. ViQi's platform features a bio-image semantic query system, which facilitates module development and assists with intranet deployment. Additionally, it supports the hosting of image collections, allowing clients to view, investigate, share, and store complex data and images efficiently. This comprehensive approach enables swift results and enhances the discovery process for users in diverse fields.

NGD Systems develops advanced computational storage drives (CSDs), enabling customers to process data where it resides. Their products offer high capacity, power efficiency, and small form factors, ideal for edge computing networks, AI/ML applications, CDNs, and hyperscale environments.

Zettar specializes in data transfer and cloud storage solutions designed to enhance data agility for businesses. The company provides a range of software products, including zx-file, zx-object, zx-single-site-mode, and zx-append-streaming, all integrated into a unified platform known as zx. Their innovative software data mover facilitates flexible data movement across file storage, private cloud, and public cloud environments, regardless of distance. Zettar's solutions prioritize efficiency and reliability, enabling customers to transfer large volumes of data with minimal loss or disruption, while also incorporating features such as encryption and check-summing to ensure data integrity during the transfer process.

NGD Systems develops advanced computational storage drives (CSDs), enabling customers to process data where it resides. Their products offer high capacity, power efficiency, and small form factors, ideal for edge computing networks, AI/ML applications, CDNs, and hyperscale environments.

ScaleFlux specializes in computational storage solutions, optimizing data center and cloud infrastructure efficiency for various data-intensive applications. Incorporated in 2014, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California with additional locations in China.

Inston develops advanced memory solutions, combining CMOS-friendly manufacturing processes with 3D integration capabilities. This results in high-performance, high-density memory that offers advantages in power efficiency, speed, and endurance, making it suitable for a wide range of applications including solid-state data storage and wireless systems.

Adrenaline Mobility specializes in secure backend services for mobile applications. They employ military-grade end-to-end encryption to safeguard user data both on devices and during transmission to cloud servers. Adrenaline's solution is a library that integrates into apps, offering simple APIs for seamless storage of encrypted data in popular cloud systems like Amazon, Google, or Dropbox. This approach simplifies backend development by handling complex security aspects such as key management and secure messaging.

Cloudflare, Inc. is a San Francisco-based software company that specializes in web performance and security services for businesses globally. It operates a cloud platform that integrates various network services, including security solutions such as Cloud Firewall, Bot Management, and Distributed Denial of Service protection. The company enhances website performance through its Content Delivery Network (CDN) and intelligent routing, while also providing optimization tools for content and images. Furthermore, Cloudflare offers reliability solutions like Load Balancing and DNS services, alongside security features aimed at protecting internal resources through Zero Trust Security and Secure Web Gateway. Its consumer offerings include a DNS resolver and a virtual private network (VPN) designed to secure mobile traffic. Cloudflare serves diverse industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and government, and was founded in 2009.

Inston develops advanced memory solutions, combining CMOS-friendly manufacturing processes with 3D integration capabilities. This results in high-performance, high-density memory that offers advantages in power efficiency, speed, and endurance, making it suitable for a wide range of applications including solid-state data storage and wireless systems.

CohortFS is a developer of open-source software technology based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in a distributed software-defined storage platform. The company combines unified file, block, and object storage using Ceph storage protocols, enhanced with novel parallel NFS technology designed for improved metadata scalability and flexible data placement. By extending the Ceph cluster model, CohortFS supports discrete customer data paths and workloads within a single cluster, facilitating advanced data management in multi-tenant data centers. The platform incorporates client-side striping and erasure coding, enabling new workload possibilities while optimizing data placement strategies through innovative layouts. CohortFS collaborates with various organizations, including CEA and IBM, on projects like the open-source Ganesha NFSv4 initiative, reflecting its commitment to the Ceph development community. The company has received funding through NSF Small Business Innovation Research grants and the Michigan Emerging Technology Fund, supporting its mission to advance data storage technologies.