Panasas, one of the reference in HPC file storage, just announced that Faye Pairman, CEO for the last 10 years, has left the company. She's replaced by Panasas' COO Tom Shea who joined the company in 2014.This sudden departure is a surprise and introduces some doubt about the company following financial support given by the Small Business Administration. What do these 2 events really mean for the company?
Panasas made great progress during Pairman's 10 years tenure, PanFS was redesigned and introduced various product iterations to the market gaining new accounts. Competition was also very active with players such WekaIO, DDN or ThinkParQ but also with some NAS vendors like Qumulo or VAST Data who appeared in the IO500 in November 2019.
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