Paper Title: Tipping Point: The Next Revolution for Compute and Storage

Paper Abstract: The presentation gives a glimpse/vision of the future, presenting issues with respect to the status quo, and what it means to have NVRAM servers with SSDs to drastically increase performance with true aspects of what the world of computing was like on servers/computers before DRAM came about. The presentation makes the case for such a revolution, as well as all the benefits of doing so, but noting that it's a transparent paradigm change that truly exploits a commodity server of any type and its benefits, along with the complete use of flash memory/drives for IoPs as well as bandwidth.

Paper Author: Steve Sicola, Founder & CEO, StorTrek Consulting

Author Bio: Stephen Sicola has 44 years experience in Compute and Storage as a Firmware/Software designer and executive with 67 patents in storage/compute related technology. From Digital to Compaq, and then to Seagate, consulting, and now Formulus Black, a software company that uses NV Memory with an OS that is optimized for used with NV Memory and uses many SSD's as well.