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# OpenDrives: Data management and storage that accelerates your creative workflow

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## Blog
- [Industry Obstacles: Why M&E Leaders Are Rethinking Infrastructure in 2026](https://opendrives.com/blog/industry-obstacles-media-infrastructure-2026/): As a software provider for Media and Entertainment (M&E) companies, we at OpenDrives have had to deal with our fair share of industry challenges. I know that traditional wisdom encourages us to turn lemons into lemonade, but what happens when nobody seems to be thirsty for your home-made batches? Sometimes the days are long in that lemonade stand waiting for the thirsty crowds to appear.
- [Why Sports Broadcasters Are Rejecting Pure Cloud—And Building Hybrid Infrastructure for Sports Media Instead](https://opendrives.com/blog/why-sports-broadcasters-are-rejecting-pure-cloud-and-building-hybrid-instead/): For the past decade, the sports broadcasting industry faithfully moved toward the cloud and away from physical infrastructure, which was deemed too slow to deploy, too complicated to maintain, and too expensive to keep up.. For most, this advice has held. But for a good majority, this has proven to be a false choice—and many are now openly acknowledging it.
- [The More Things Change: Why Data Storage Problems Are Timeless—But the Solutions Shouldn’t Be](https://opendrives.com/blog/timeless-data-storage-evolving-solutions/): That's why we built OpenDrives Edge.
- [Softwarelandia](https://opendrives.com/blog/softwarelandia/): I’ve spent the majority of my professional career—outside of academia, that is—in software. Given the nature of software, I realize that that’s not very specific about my background. So allow me, if you will, to elaborate.
- [Channeling Fun: Dedicating Spaces on Slack](https://opendrives.com/blog/channeling-fun-dedicating-spaces-on-slack/): It’s 9am. You’re considering your second cup of coffee. In the last hour.
- [OpenDrives’ Atlas: Driving Award-Winning Innovation](https://opendrives.com/blog/opendrives-atlas-drives-innovation/): Today, some of the most forward-thinking companies in media, entertainment, pro-sports, and enterprise media IT rely on our Atlas software-defined storage platform to power the most demanding environments and help them collaborate on and complete creative projects, including movies, video content, commercials, and live broadcasts.
- [Why Meaningful Human Connections are Key to Navigating a Down Media & Entertainment Market](https://opendrives.com/blog/why-meaningful-human-connections-are-key-to-navigating-a-down-media-entertainment-market/): As CEO, it’s important to always keep a pulse on the industry your company serves, which for OpenDrives is media and entertainment. I’ve been in this industry for 20+ years, and I’ve noticed a big shift in how the current state of the industry has impacted M&E companies like OpenDrives. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the 2025 NAB Show, M&E’s main tradeshow event, where we exhibited from April 6-9 in Las Vegas.
- [Light Sail VR Successfully Crosses Unchartered Waters with OpenDrives](https://opendrives.com/blog/light-sail-vr-successfully-crosses-unchartered-waters-with-opendrives/): When Light Sail VR, a full-service, cutting-edge, Los Angeles-based creative studio, found themselves trying to safely navigate out of murky waters to successfully continue on their quest to push the boundaries in telling compelling immersive stories, they knew they needed to find the right technology partner and the fastest, most reliable data storage platform available.
- [Gold Medal Speeds: How the Intersection of 5G and Storage is Transforming Mobile Media Consumption](https://opendrives.com/blog/gold-medal-speeds-how-the-intersection-of-5g-and-storage-is-transforming-mobile-media-consumption/): The original article on “The Intersection of 5G and Storage: Transforming Mobile Media Consumption” first appeared in TechRadar Pro.
- [OpenDrives: Championing A Channel-First Approach](https://opendrives.com/blog/opendrives-championing-a-channel-first-approach/): Equally as important, our Channel-First strategy provides valuable customer insights beyond just storage needs. Our partners can offer a more holistic view of customer requirements, allowing OpenDrives to refine and enhance its product roadmap accordingly.
- [The Key to Storage Optimization is a Robust Content Strategy: Five Steps to Get Started](https://opendrives.com/blog/the-key-to-storage-optimization-is-a-robust-content-strategy-five-steps-to-get-started/): The cloud technology landscape is always evolving with new features, pricing changes, and innovations. Staying informed about advancements allows you to achieve storage optimization, reduce storage costs, and improve performance.
- [Performance Benchmark Report Shows the Power of Atlas High-Performance Storage](https://opendrives.com/blog/performance-benchmark-report-shows-the-power-of-atlas-high-performance-storage/): It’s no secret that large-scale broadcasters, professional sport productions, and digital media powerhouses require high performance, efficiency, and scalability to remain competitive. With the increasing demands of high-resolution video and creative user’s need for uninterrupted, highly productive workflows, traditional storage systems often fall short. Recently, a leading North American broadcaster faced these exact challenges, prompting a thorough search for a cutting-edge and highly performant storage solution.
- [Joe Healy, a Tribute to Someone Larger than Life](https://opendrives.com/blog/joehealy-tribute/): On July 7, 2024 OpenDrives experienced a tremendous loss, the passing of our friend and colleague Joe Healy. This post is a tribute to someone we will never forget.
- [Data Storage Costs: The Pitfalls of Software Upcharges](https://opendrives.com/blog/the-pitfalls-of-software-upcharges/): Unfortunately, doing that to save money also prevents you from doing what you want with something you’ve already purchased. Chances are you would avoid purchasing a vehicle from that same dealer in the future if ongoing software upcharges were a regular part of the total cost of vehicle ownership.
- [Introducing Atlas 2.8 Composable Storage Software](https://opendrives.com/blog/atlas-2-8-composable-storage-software-designed-for-ever-changing-creative-workflow-needs/): Our newest version of software, Atlas 2.8, breaks boundaries once again. Download the Atlas fact sheet to learn more.
- [The Value of Composable Software](https://opendrives.com/blog/the-value-of-composable-software/): Smart software companies have an answer to this feature and platform sprawl: composability. Composable software is a very simple concept, involving the ability to construct modules of features and functions that can operate standalone or can be bundled with other modules to create very specific tiers of software capabilities appropriate for very specific user groups. Composable software helps vendors like OpenDrives target the needs of customers with simplicity, flexibility, and interoperability, without customers having to sacrifice features or functionality critical to their business processes.
- [Hybrid or Cloud – 5 Essential Cost Optimization Strategies for Your Sports Broadcast Workflow](https://opendrives.com/blog/sports-broadcast-workflow-strategies/): It's important to note that the journey to the cloud is not an all-or-nothing proposition. The goal is always to build a storage infrastructure that optimizes costs and efficiencies and maximizes performance for your specific sports broadcast workflow. Today, that is most often a mix of on-premise and cloud.
- [From Office to Anywhere: Transitioning to Hybrid or Remote Editing](https://opendrives.com/blog/from-office-to-anywhere-transitioning-to-hybrid-or-remote-editing/): Just as the media industry is ever-evolving, so are post-production methods and workflows and there is “no one size fits all.” The pandemic forced many to rethink traditional approaches, accelerating the shift towards hybrid on-premises and remote editing solutions. In a recent conversation, Sean Lee, CEO of OpenDrives, and Noah Gusdorff of Creative Mobile Solutions and Remote Picture Labs offer their expert insights on the challenges and innovations shaping this transformation.
- [Building the Future of Sports Broadcasting: An Interview with NFL’s Jason Schroeder](https://opendrives.com/blog/building-the-future-of-sports-broadcasting-an-interview-with-nfls-jason-schroeder/): For broadcast engineering, staying ahead of the curve requires more than just technical expertise; it demands vision and adaptability. Few understand this better than Jason Schroeder, a Broadcast Engineer for the National Football League (NFL). Schroeder played a pivotal role in the redesign of the NFL’s broadcasting facilities, making him uniquely qualified to share insights into what it takes to design, build, and operate a state-of-the-art production studio.
- [A New Era of Software-Defined Storage Infrastructure](https://opendrives.com/blog/a-new-era-of-storage-infrastructure/): As CEO of OpenDrives, my vision is rooted in building a sustainable technology company that truly empowers creatives to be unlimited in their vision and execution. My first order of business is to break the traditional software storage model by ushering in a new era of composable software-defined storage that takes a customer-first approach. This new approach will allow customers to compose their storage software needs to their creative workflow rather than settling for industry norms.
- [SVG Esports Production Summit](https://opendrives.com/blog/svg-esports-production-summit/): Esports is, by its digital nature, perfectly suited to remote production and global content delivery. By the same token, the wide variety of events and distribution channels necessitates flexible data storage services. Creative teams require solutions that are ahead of the curve and able to anticipate their needs and pain points - long before live coverage begins.
- [AWS re:Invent 2023 – CBS Sports Digital: Innovation in the cloud with the Golazo Network (MAE202)](https://opendrives.com/blog/aws-reinvent-2023-cbs-sports-digital-innovation-in-the-cloud-with-the-golazo-network-mae202/): As more broadcasters are moving to the cloud, popular workflows have focused on direct-to-consumer streaming distribution. In this session, learn how CBS Sports Digital built and launched the Golazo Network, which is dedicated to domestic and international soccer coverage, where contribution, master control, playout, distribution, and more are all handled in the cloud. See how OpenDrives serves as the Golazo Network's high-performance cloud storage backbone—enabling real-time clipping playout for re-air scenarios that traditional S3 can't facilitate (24:16). Explore CBS Sports’ challenges and navigation strategies, gaining insights into the Golazo Network’s depth beyond a standard cloud FAST channel. Learn about the evolving role of cloud technology in the convergence of linear and digital broadcasting.
- [The NAB Mirror: Reflections on Growth](https://opendrives.com/blog/the-nab-mirror-reflections-on-growth/): I love NAB. Really, I do. Yes, it can be hard—and although I’m obliterating my “step records” on my smartwatch, wearing down a new pair of insoles, and getting less sleep than a new parent, I love it. Why? Because nowhere else do I meet so many customers and hear so many inspirational and aspirational stories of overcoming challenges (now more complex and varied than ever) and how our solutions enable and support that growth. This year was particularly special because of everything we (collectively) have endured over the last few years, and how OpenDrives has evolved.
- [OpenDrives recognizes three distinguished channel partners with 2022 awards](https://opendrives.com/blog/opendrives-recognizes-three-distinguished-channel-partners-with-2022-awards/): OpenDrives is pleased to announce the 2022 channel partner awards winners: Advanced Systems Group, InterVision, and CHESA. All three winners are prime examples of partners who demonstrate our shared commitment to performance, flexibility, simplicity, and above all, open mindedness. These are core tenets of OpenDrives, and the 2022 award winners are exemplary representatives of the Open data ecosystem that we will be showcasing at the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas. This is the second year that OpenDrives has recognized our channel partners, and we look forward to recognizing our best-performing partners for years to come.
- [Bringing ‘Ease of Use’ to the Enterprise](https://opendrives.com/blog/bringing-ease-of-use-to-the-enterprise/): Most marketing literature for technical products inevitably touches on the concept of ease of use. The phrase is approachable and non-technical, which is precisely the reason that you find it used so often. Consumers and enterprises want the latest and greatest technology (hardware, software, cloud service, etc) to be powerful, more performant, and at the same time very simple to use. If only every appliance or application could be reduced down to the simplicity level of an easy button!
- [What’s Best for Enterprise—SAN or NAS?](https://opendrives.com/blog/whats-best-for-enterprise-san-or-nas/): Even with current economic uncertainty threatening the US and global technology markets, I can confidently say that the data storage market will still experience steady growth in the next few years. Of course, the “data storage market” itself is pretty broad and varied—the fact is that you can choose from many different technologies and architectures. So let me whittle this down a bit.
- [Unstructured Data Dominates the Enterprise Information Landscape](https://opendrives.com/blog/unstructured-data-dominates-the-enterprise-information-landscape/): One of the biggest challenges facing most enterprise IT operations today is the management of a tsunami of unstructured data generated by an increasing number of applications and devices. Unstructured data is digital information that does not exist within a formalized data model (such as tagged with a markup language) or organizational structure (such as a database). Examples of unstructured data include raw textual data, sensor data, video content, and audio files. Chances are you’ve been working with unstructured data at some point today.
- [Ransomware Attacks and Your Data Ecosystem](https://opendrives.com/blog/ransomware-attacks-and-your-data-ecosystem/): Corporate ransomware recovery plans are a critical issue that many businesses face. In recent years, ransomware attacks have become increasingly common and sophisticated, resulting in significant financial losses and disruption for all targeted organizations. Many sources report that the average cost to the victim organization of even a limited ransomware attack is in the millions of dollars, from initial triage to the final legal and regulatory fallout. I want to explore the impact that ransomware has on an organization and the steps involved in recovering from a ransomware attack, as well as the measures businesses can take to protect themselves from future attacks.
- [The Ingredients Might Be the Same](https://opendrives.com/blog/the-ingredients-might-be-the-same/): I am not a world-class chef or baker, or even an accomplished foodie who loves to cook up amazing meals at home. I am a solutions architect who works with enterprise data storage products, making sure that my customers can solve their data problems and run their businesses more efficiently.
- [Containers Running on Storage](https://opendrives.com/blog/containers-running-on-storage/): In my last blog post, I explored the challenges that all enterprises have in overcoming IT complexity and the associated costs in dealing with it. The vast number of enterprises out there—such as the “smaller” regional players I referenced in that post—absolutely must find ways to squeeze more productivity and business value out of their IT investments. This is a matter that hits to the very bottom line of these enterprises and is an ever-present problem to resolve.  Additionally, these “smaller” enterprises find it harder to invest in all of the diverse talent who are proficient in the technologies that provide such value.
- [When Solutions Become Transparent](https://opendrives.com/blog/when-solutions-become-transparent/): Their storage solutions worked beyond expectations. In fact, we were so caught up in the moment that we forgot to follow our plan to flip over to an all-flash system to accommodate massively growing files. Upon debrief, I discovered that my team had just forgotten to do that because the hybrid OpenDrives system was doing the job just fine. They no longer were contending with painfully apparent obstacles, so the OpenDrives storage melted into the background, became transparent enough to allow my team to do their creative work unhindered.
- [OpenDrives @ NAB 2022: Unveiling Our Open Ecosystem of Data Storage Solutions](https://opendrives.com/blog/opendrives-nab-2022-unveiling-our-open-ecosystem-of-data-storage-solutions/): Hopefully you were there. It’s been over two years since we (and most other vendors) were able to attend a large trade show like NAB and play host to prospects and customers, in our case people who were in search of new and more robust data storage solutions. We were excited to participate, and NAB 2022 met all of our lofty expectations.
- [OpenDrives & Fox Sports Present @ NAB 2022: The Road to Qatar 2.0—A New Chapter in Global Sports Broadcasting](https://opendrives.com/blog/opendrives-fox-sports-present-nab-2022-the-road-to-qatar-2-0-a-new-chapter-in-global-sports-broadcasting/): At the OpenDrives NAB booth, we had the pleasure of hosting Kevin Callahan, VP of Field Operations and Engineering at Fox Sports, as he addressed the audience about the challenges and achievements in broadcasting major live sporting events. Kevin always provides a wealth of information and an insider’s look at the industry and the technologies shaping it, and this presentation did not disappoint! We’ve hosted Kevin in a previous keynote as he and other technologists have shared their insights and industry predictions. Read the case study here.
- [Liberating Data in the Open Ecosystem: Unfettered Data Access & Movement Catalyzes Innovation](https://opendrives.com/blog/liberating-data-in-the-open-ecosystem-unfettered-data-access-movement-catalyzes-innovation/): As an enterprise storage vendor, we’ve always known that the “walled garden” is counter to our promise of delivering the best solutions for our customers and letting them make the choices that work best for them. Our company has evolved past a singular focus on engineering highly performant storage toward a broader emphasis on creating software-based solutions that facilitate unfettered movement and access of data. To that end, we’ve begun building out our vision for an entire data environment designed around open standards and open integration: the Open Ecosystem.
- [OpenDrives recognizes four channel partners across the U.S. and Europe for exemplary efforts in 2021](https://opendrives.com/blog/opendrives-recognizes-four-channel-partners-across-the-u-s-and-europe-for-exemplary-efforts-in-2021/): Congratulations to our 2021 channel partner award winners: CMSI, T2 Computing, FOTO, and North America Rep of the year, Saam Fouladgaar (Intervision)!
- [Debunking Myths About The End-to-End Media Workflow Solution](https://opendrives.com/blog/debunking-myths-about-the-end-to-end-media-workflow-solution/): Read time: 7 minutes
- [Partnering with Fox Sports to usher in a new era in live broadcast](https://opendrives.com/blog/partnering-with-fox-sports-to-usher-in-a-new-era-in-live-broadcast/): OpenDrives recently hosted an intimate keynote discussion with Kevin Callahan, VP of Field Operations and Engineering at Fox Sports, and Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director at SVG. I had the honor of taking the stage with these seasoned industry professionals to discuss the future of broadcast technology and how next-generation storage solutions are powering a new era in technical innovation, from NASCAR 2021 to Qatar 2022 and beyond.
- [The Evolution of High-Performance Scale](https://opendrives.com/blog/the-evolution-of-high-performance-scale/): Our founders came at the problem from the opposite direction, creating a more simplified and streamlined scale-up NAS solution without all the complex, interconnected storage area network (SAN) components but with the extreme performance required to run M&E workflows. We created OpenDrives’ first ultra-high-performance scale-up storage offer, and that initial solution catalyzed our industry reputation for ultra-high performance and simplicity all in a single device. Over time, we were running through 4K and 8K workflows well before our competition, and customers took notice.
- [Thinking about inflection points](https://opendrives.com/blog/thinking-about-inflection-points/): I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the phrase inflection point. The technical meaning relates to a mathematical principle, so if you’re a sucker for geometry and calculus then you’re going to be thinking about curvatures and planes and undulation points. Fun stuff for sure, and because we at OpenDrives are at heart technical professionals that’s the first thought in our minds when we hear the phrase. However, it’s the secondary meaning that these math concepts inspire that really has me pondering. I’m talking about inflection points as moments of significant change—and changes in direction—that every person and every organization wind up facing.
- [Outcomes Increase Our Customers’ Incomes](https://opendrives.com/blog/outcomes-increase-our-customers-incomes/): My colleague Sean Lee wrote a piece the other day about inflection points. He covered not only the OpenDrives inflection point we’ve been traversing, but also those of our prospects and customers as they adjust and adapt to the sudden shifts going on around us in technology and the entire world. Sean provided a thoughtful origin story for the evolution of OpenDrives and our newest product family, Ultra, that we just released last week (June 24th, to be exact). Notice he put the emphasis not on us, but on our customers and their needs. I want to pick up where he left off and talk more about this newest generation of OpenDrives products, the major new features, and the benefits and positive outcomes for our customers.
- [The Legacy of Jeff Brue, Former CEO of OpenDrives](https://opendrives.com/blog/legacy-of-jeff-brue-former-ceo-of-opendrives/): OpenDrives lost our dear friend and company co-founder, Jeff Brue, earlier this month and couldn’t be more devastated. He was our visionary and our inspiration.  Jeff will be missed but never forgotten. As stewards of Jeff’s vision, we remain steadfastly committed to finishing what Jeff started by continuing to build cutting edge technology that will lead the storage industry for years to come.
- [Solving the Latency Problem](https://opendrives.com/blog/solving-the-latency-problem/): I talk a lot about storage metrics and the characterization of performance and speed in the course of my day at OpenDrives. The storage industry is undoubtedly hyper-focused on quantifying and measuring the performance of storage solutions and their individual components. Lots of metrics and data points are tossed around when discussing performance levels, including things like IOPS (input/output operations per second), disk access speeds, bandwidth, and throughput. Each of these metrics and many others definitely provides insight into the potential functionality and utility of a storage system. At OpenDrives, we prefer to place emphasis on another metric which we feel more adequately characterizes a storage solution’s performance potential: latency.
- [HDR and Its Many Formats](https://opendrives.com/blog/hdr-and-its-many-formats/): For decades, televisions and other video exhibition devices have only been able to reach a certain level of color and depth of brightness (luminance).   Technological advances have removed these barriers in large part. A growing number of competing standards for High Dynamic Range (HDR) enable increased signal information to reach these devices, allowing them to reach ever-greater depths of color and luminance.  As with all competition around competing standards, the industry has to struggle to keep up with these evolving and competing standards while taking advantage of the visual improvements that they facilitate.

## Pages
- [Home 2026](https://opendrives.com/)
- [Corporate Creative](https://opendrives.com/solutions/corporate-creative/)
- [Solutions](https://opendrives.com/solutions/)
- [Astraeus](https://opendrives.com/astraeus/)
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- [Leadership Team](https://opendrives.com/company/leadership-team/)
- [OpenDrives Outperforms Three Others in Storage Performance Benchmarking Test](https://opendrives.com/storage-performance-report/)
- [Pricing](https://opendrives.com/atlas/pricing/)
- [Atlas Composable](https://opendrives.com/atlas/atlas-composable/)
- [LP – Salesforce Form TEST](https://opendrives.com/demo-landing-page-safesforce-form-test/)
- [Atlas | Software-Defined Media Storage Solutions](https://opendrives.com/atlas/)
- [NAB NY 2024](https://opendrives.com/nabny2024/)
- [LP: Customer Story Download – FOX Sports](https://opendrives.com/customer-story-download-fox-sports/)
- [LP: Customer Story Download – LA Kings](https://opendrives.com/customer-story-download-la-kings/)
- [LP: Customer Story: What Drives Us](https://opendrives.com/what-drives-us/)
- [Request a Demo](https://opendrives.com/request-a-demo/)
- [Pricing (Landing Page)](https://opendrives.com/pricing/)
- [LP: Empower Possibilities & Enable Media Workflows](https://opendrives.com/empower-possibilities-enable-media-workflows/)
- [LP: Custom Storage Solutions: Simplifying Workflows](https://opendrives.com/custom-storage-solutions-simplifying-workflows/)
- [LP: Custom Storage Solutions: Simplifying Workflows](https://opendrives.com/custom-storage-sol/)
- [LP: Empower Possibilities & Enable Media Workflows](https://opendrives.com/empower-possibilities-enable-1flows/)
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- [Company](https://opendrives.com/company/)

## Customer Stories
- [Blue Ridge](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/blue-ridge/)
- [LA Kings](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/la-kings/)
- [What Drives Us](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/what-drives-us/)
- [Fox Sports](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/fox-sports/)
- [100 Thieves](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/100-thieves/)
- [THUMBWAR](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/thumbwar/)
- [Deutsch](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/deutsch/)
- [CalArts](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/calarts/)
- [Corgan MediaLab](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/corgan-medialab/)
- [The Steadman Clinic](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/the-steadman-clinic/)
- [Gone Girl](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/gone-girl/)
- [Legendary Digital Networks](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/legendary-digital-networks/)
- [Savage VFX](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/savage-vfx/)
- [BlizzCon](https://opendrives.com/customer-stories/blizzcon/)

## News
- [OpenDrives Named to the 2026 CRN® Storage 100 List](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/07/opendrives-named-to-the-2026-crn-storage-100-list/): The annual CRN Storage 100 recognizes leading storage vendors that are advancing the industry through innovation, cutting-edge technology, and support for high-impact strategic partnerships. Selected by the CRN editorial team, each company was chosen for its dedication to bringing best-in-class storage offerings to the channel. The list serves as a valuable resource for partners looking to optimize their portfolios with critical technologies in software-defined storage, data recovery, observability, and resilience.
- [NAB Show 2026 Product Highlights: OpenDrives Edge](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/06/nab-show-2026-product-highlights-opendrives-edge/)
- [PostPerspective NAB 2026 Spotlight: OpenDrives’ Trevor Morgan & Alex Dunfey](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/05/postperspective-nab-2026-spotlight-opendrives-trevor-morgan-alex-dunfey/): OpenDrives announced its expansion of the Atlas platform, introducing Edge at NAB for high‑performance hybrid cloud‑edge access and Astraeus for cloud‑native workflows.
- [OpenDrives Impulsa el Modelo “Data Services” y Acerca El Storage al Edge en NAB 2026](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/04/opendrives-impulsa-el-modelo-data-services-y-acerca-el-storage-al-edge-en-nab-2026/): With an offering that combines software-defined storage, edge computing, and data services, the company seeks to position itself in an era where infrastructure stops being an end in itself and becomes an enabler of production.
- [NAB 2026 SportsTechBuzz in Review: A Look Back at the Big News From 150+ Companies in Vegas](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/04/nab-2026-sportstechbuzz-in-review-a-look-back-at-the-big-news-from-150-companies-in-vegas/)
- [OpenDrives – Storage That Follows Your Team](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/04/opendrives-storage-that-follows-your-team/)
- [OpenDrives Debuts Edge Hybrid Cloud-Edge Performance Accelerator](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/04/opendrives-debuts-edge-hybrid-cloud-edge-performance-accelerator/)
- [OpenDrives Unveils Edge, a Hybrid Cloud-Edge Performance Accelerator for Distributed Video & Rich Media Workflows at NAB Show 2026](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/04/opendrives-unveils-edge-at-nab-show-2026/): April 13, 2026 – Los Angeles, California - OpenDrives, leader in software-defined video and rich media storage management solutions, is introducing OpenDrives Edge at the NAB Show 2026, its new hybrid cloud-edge performance accelerator product that gives distributed teams reliable, “local-speed” data access to their data from wherever they work—all without the latency, high costs, and complexity that come with managing traditional hybrid workflows or ineffective cloud-only workflows.
- [OpenDrives Shows Off Sports Expertise in Sports Business Hub located in NAB Show’s West Hall](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/03/opendrives-shows-off-sports-expertise-in-sports-business-hub-located-in-nab-shows-west-hall/): Company will showcase its latest Atlas version, new OpenDrives Edge product, and highlight Corporate Creative workflow in West Hall pod; speak at Sports Summit Theater Session and host meetings in cabana
- [2026 NAB Show Expands Sports Summit to Four Days, Spotlighting the New Era of Sports Media and Entertainment](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/02/2026-nab-show-expands-sports-summit-to-four-days-spotlighting-the-new-era-of-sports-media-and-entertainment/)
- [AV Technology Manager’s Guide to Company Roadmaps and AV/IT Technologies for 2026](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/01/av-technology-managers-guide-to-company-roadmaps-and-av-it-technologies-for-2026/)
- [OpenDrives Announces New Funding Led by IAG Capital Partners and Appoints Trevor Morgan as CEO](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/01/opendrives-appoints-trevor-morgan-as-ceo/): Company Completes Three-Year Transition to Pure-Play Software Platform for High-End Video Data Management
- [The Year Ahead: Leading Industry Figures on the Continuing Story of IP Migration in 2026](https://opendrives.com/news/2026/01/the-year-ahead-leading-industry-figures-on-the-continuing-story-of-ip-migration-in-2026/)
- [Data Center Dollars Don’t Match the Hype](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/12/data-center-dollars-dont-match-the-hype/)
- [Virtual Roundtable: Storage](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/12/virtual-roundtable-storage/)
- [How Live Sports Keep Media Moving: Inside the LA Kings’ High-Speed Content Engine](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/12/how-live-sports-and-concert-venues-keep-media-moving/)
- [Media and Entertainment Storage Trends in 2025](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/12/media-and-entertainment-storage-trends-in-2025/)
- [OpenDrives Bridges the Gap Between IT and Creatives with New Atlas Corporate Creative Solution](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/11/atlascorpcreative/): Two composable software bundles balance creative-friendly data storage performance and IT-approved governance and security
- [Lambda Raise Signals Neocloud Hot Streak](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/11/lambda-raise-signals-neocloud-hot-streak/)
- [Tech Giants Spread Data Center Plans](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/11/tech-giants-spread-data-center-plans/)
- [OpenDrives Transforms into a Data Services Company with Astraeus Product Launch Event in Los Angeles](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/11/opendrives-transforms-into-a-data-services-company-with-astraeus-product-launch-event-in-los-angeles/): Customers, partners, and media joined OpenDrives to celebrate Astraeus, the company’s new cloud-native data services platform
- [OpenDrives Shows Cloud-Native Astraeus On-Premises Data Solutions](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/10/opendrives-shows-cloud-native-astraeus-on-premises-data-solutions/)
- [OpenDrives to Redefine How Media Moves and Manages Data at NAB Show New York](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/10/opendrives-to-redefine-how-media-moves-and-manages-data-at-nab-show-new-york/)
- [Open Drives Announces Astraeus – A New Data Service](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/10/open-drives-announces-astraeus-a-new-data-service/)
- [OpenDrives and Versatile Distribution Services (VDS) Announce Collaboration to Accelerate Channel Growth and Upgrade the Data Storage Customer Experience](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/10/opendrives-and-vds/): Los Angeles, CA – October 21, 2025 -- OpenDrives, Inc, a leading provider of software-defined data storage and data services, today announced a new distribution partnership with Versatile Distribution Services (VDS) to strengthen its channel ecosystem and streamline how its performance-driven Atlas data storage and management solutions reach the market. 
- [Alex Dunfey Promoted to CTO at OpenDrives](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/10/alex-dunfey-promoted-to-cto-at-opendrives/): Los Angeles, CA – October 14, 2025 -- OpenDrives, Inc., a leading provider of software-defined data storage and data services, has promoted Alex Dunfey to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from his former position as Senior Vice President of Engineering. Trevor Morgan, Chief Operating Officer (COO), made the announcement from the company’s Los Angeles-based headquarters.
- [Why AI Firms are Betting on Neoclouds](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/10/why-ai-firms-are-betting-on-neoclouds/)
- [OpenDrives Launches Astraeus Cloud-Native Data Services Platform](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/09/opendrives-launches-astraeus-cloud-native-data-services-platform-2/)
- [How OpenAI’s Partnership With Oracle Could Alter the AI Landscape](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/09/how-openais-partnership-with-oracle-could-alter-the-ai-landscape/)
- [OpenDrives Launches Astraeus Cloud-Native Data Services Platform](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/09/opendrives-launches-astraeus-cloud-native-data-services-platform/): Los Angeles, CA – September 1, 2025 – OpenDrives, Inc., a leading provider of software-defined data storage and data services, today announced the launch of Astraeus, a cloud-native data services platform. Astraeus is unique in its ability to enable IT departments within enterprise organizations to configure, store, orchestrate, manage, secure, and deploy their mission-critical applications across dynamic environments, whether on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. Astraeus drives both operational efficiencies as well as cost savings over cloud-dependent workflows and data environments. First previewed at the 2025 NAB Show in April, Astraeus addresses the costly reality of data fragmentation and sprawl that enterprise organizations across various industries face today. Starting in September 2025, qualified candidates will gain exclusive access to the initial release of Astraeus.
- [Goldcrest Turns to OpenDrives for Infrastructure Upgrade](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/08/goldcrest-turns-to-opendrives-for-infrastructure-upgrade/)
- [Meet the… Chief Operating Officer](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/07/meet-the-coo/): ––
- [Microsoft SharePoint Attacks Show Weaknesses of On-Prem Storage vs. Cloud](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/07/microsoft-sharepoint-attacks-show-weaknesses-of-on-prem-storage-vs-cloud/)
- [Meet the… CEO, Sean Lee with OpenDrives](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/07/meet-the-ceo-sean-lee-with-opendrives/)
- [SVG Sit-Down: OpenDrives’ Sean Lee, Michael Wilsker, and Jason Matousek on Evolving Data Management](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/07/svg-sit-down-opendrives-sean-lee-michael-wilsker-and-jason-matousek-on-evolving-data-management/)
- [MASV to Unveil Enterprise-Scale File Transfer & AI Workflow Breakthroughs at IBC 2025](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/07/masv-to-unveil-enterprise-scale-file-transfer-ai-workflow-breakthroughs-at-ibc-2025/)
- [The True Cost of Data Migration: What Cloud-Only Media Companies Need to Know](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/07/the-true-cost-of-data-migration-what-cloud-only-media-companies-need-to-know/)
- [Location Bias: Why AI Data Centers Are Clustered in the North](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/06/location-bias-why-ai-data-centers-are-clustered-in-the-north/)
- [Amazon Ups Its AI Infrastructure Ante](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/06/amazon-ups-its-ai-infrastructure-ante/)
- [Massive AI Infrastructure Investments Open Doorway to ‘Peripheral Discoveries’](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/05/massive-ai-infrastructure-investments-open-doorway-to-peripheral-discoveries/)
- [AI May Never Completely Conquer Hallucination, Bias](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/05/ai-may-never-completely-conquer-hallucination-bias/)
- [Your Customer Trust is Like a Bank Account | OpenDrives COO on Building Relationships That Last](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/05/your-customer-trust-is-like-a-bank-account-opendrives-coo-on-building-relationships-that-last/)
- [Gratitude is a Strategy, a Conversation with CEO Sean Lee](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/gratitude-is-a-strategy-a-conversation-with-ceo-sean-lee/)
- [OpenDrives Earns Three Awards Across the M&E Industry for Transforming How Storage Powers Creativity and Business Performance](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/opendrives-earns-three-awards-across-the-me-industry-for-transforming-how-storage-powers-creativity-and-business-performance/): Los Angeles, CA – April 29, 2025 – OpenDrives, Inc., a leading provider of software-defined data storage and data services solutions, is proud to announce that its Atlas software-defined storage platform earned three industry awards this month, two of which were presented at the 2025 NAB Show. The honors reflect OpenDrives’ continued leadership in high-performance, cost-predictable, and reliable data storage for media and entertainment and enterprise workflows.
- [Scrap the Script. The Future of Hiring.](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/scrap-the-script-the-future-of-hiring/)
- [NAB 2025: OpenDrives Michael Wilsker](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/nab-2025-opendrives-michael-wilsker/)
- [Overcoming Adversity | Sean Lee on Keep the Line Moving with Chris Gargano](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/overcoming-adversity-sean-lee-on-keep-the-line-moving-with-chris-gargano/)
- [OpenDrives at the 2025 NAB Show Las Vegas](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/open-drives-at-the-2025-nab-show-las-vegas/)
- [Cloud Remains Central, But Costs Prompt Reconsideration of Strategy](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/cloud-remains-central-but-costs-prompt-reconsideration-of-strategy/)
- [Microsoft’s Data Center Pullback Raises Questions About AI Infrastructure Boom](https://opendrives.com/news/2025/04/microsofts-data-center-pullback-raises-questions-about-ai-infrastructure-boom/)

## Partners
- [Storj](https://opendrives.com/partners/storj/)
- [Diskover Data](https://opendrives.com/partners/diskover-data/)
- [Cinedeck](https://opendrives.com/partners/cinedeck/)
- [CloudSoda](https://opendrives.com/partners/cloudsoda/)
- [Backblaze](https://opendrives.com/partners/backblaze/)
- [DVE advanced systems GmbH](https://opendrives.com/partners/dve-advanced-systems-gmbh/)
- [Evotek](https://opendrives.com/partners/evotek/)
- [RE-DESIGN-IT](https://opendrives.com/partners/redesign-it/)
- [1303 Systems](https://opendrives.com/partners/1303-systems/)
- [ASG Advanced Systems Group](https://opendrives.com/partners/advanced-systems-group/)
- [Kyndryl](https://opendrives.com/partners/kyndryl/)
- [AHEAD](https://opendrives.com/partners/ahead/)
- [Creative Mobile Solutions](https://opendrives.com/partners/creative-mobile-solutions/)
- [Broadcom](https://opendrives.com/partners/broadcom/)
- [Kioxia](https://opendrives.com/partners/kioxia/)
- [Aja Video Systems](https://opendrives.com/partners/aja-video-systems/)
- [NVIDIA](https://opendrives.com/partners/nvidia/)
- [Intel](https://opendrives.com/partners/intel/)
- [Samsung](https://opendrives.com/partners/samsung/)
- [Archiware P5](https://opendrives.com/partners/archiware-p5/)
- [Arista](https://opendrives.com/partners/arista/)
- [Western Digital](https://opendrives.com/partners/western-digital/)
- [ATTO](https://opendrives.com/partners/atto/)
- [Seagate](https://opendrives.com/partners/seagate/)
- [Blackmagic Design](https://opendrives.com/partners/blackmagic-design/)
- [Autodesk](https://opendrives.com/partners/autodesk/)
- [Foundry](https://opendrives.com/partners/nuke-by-foundry/)
- [Adobe](https://opendrives.com/partners/adobe/)
- [Amazon Web Services](https://opendrives.com/partners/amazon-web-services/)
- [Spectra Logic](https://opendrives.com/partners/spectra-logic/)
- [Veeam](https://opendrives.com/partners/veeam/)
- [THUMBWAR](https://opendrives.com/partners/thumbwar/)
- [Technologent](https://opendrives.com/partners/technologent/)
- [T2 Computing](https://opendrives.com/partners/t2-computing/)
- [P1 technologies](https://opendrives.com/partners/p1-technologies/)
- [Key Code Media](https://opendrives.com/partners/key-code-media/)
- [Jigsaw24](https://opendrives.com/partners/jigsaw24/)
- [InterVision](https://opendrives.com/partners/intervision/)
- [Insight](https://opendrives.com/partners/insight/)
- [DZ Solutions](https://opendrives.com/partners/dz-solutions/)
- [Foto.no](https://opendrives.com/partners/foto-no/)
- [Diversified](https://opendrives.com/partners/diversified/)
- [CineSys](https://opendrives.com/partners/cinesys/)
- [CHESA](https://opendrives.com/partners/chesa/)
- [ALT Systems](https://opendrives.com/partners/alt-systems/)
- [Signiant](https://opendrives.com/partners/signiant/)
- [Wasabi](https://opendrives.com/partners/wasabi/)
- [EVS](https://opendrives.com/partners/evs/)

## Resources
- [Own the Red Zone with OpenDrives](https://opendrives.com/resources/own-the-red-zone-with-opendrives/)
- [Atlas Corporate Creative Solution](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-corporate-creative-solution/)
- [Astraeus Litepaper](https://opendrives.com/resources/astraeus-litepaper/)
- [Goldcrest Post](https://opendrives.com/resources/goldcrest-post/)
- [Empower Partner Program Overview](https://opendrives.com/resources/empower-partner-program-overview/)
- [Light Sail VR (Full Testimonial)](https://opendrives.com/resources/light-sail-vr-full-testimonial/)
- [Light Sail VR](https://opendrives.com/resources/light-sail-vr/)
- [Atlas Feature Bundles](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-feature-bundles/)
- [Atlas Professional](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-professional/)
- [Atlas Comprehensive](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-comprehensive/)
- [Open Drives at NAB 2024](https://opendrives.com/resources/open-drives-at-nab-2024/)
- [Building the Future of Sports Broadcasting: An Interview with NFL’s Jason Schroeder](https://opendrives.com/resources/building-the-future-of-sports-broadcasting-an-interview-with-nfls-jason-schroeder/)
- [OpenDrives’ Atlas Demo – NAB 2024](https://opendrives.com/resources/opendrives-atlas-demo-nab-2024/)
- [STORAGE POC FACTS AND FINDINGS REPORT](https://opendrives.com/resources/storage-poc-facts-and-findings-report/)
- [Atlas Explainer](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-explainer/)
- [Atlas Software Features & Capabilities](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-software-features-capabilities/)
- [High-Level Data Flow Overview: A Thematic Guide to the NFL’s Workflow](https://opendrives.com/resources/high-level-data-flow-overview-a-thematic-guide-to-the-nfls-workflow/)
- [5 Things About: Flexibility & Scalability](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-flexibility-scalability/)
- [5 Things About: Data Integrity](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-data-integrity/)
- [5 Things About: Differentiators and Capabilities](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-differentiators-and-capabilities-san-nas-solutions/)
- [5 Things About: SAN and NAS Architectures](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-san-and-nas-architectures/)
- [5 Things About: The NAS Storage Market in 2024](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-nas-storage-market-in-2024/)
- [5 Things About: Generic Storage Operations](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-generic-storage-operations/)
- [NAB Show 2023 Studio Interview](https://opendrives.com/resources/nab-show-2023-studio-interview/)
- [Archiware P5](https://opendrives.com/resources/archiware-p5/)
- [TechTalk: Containerization](https://opendrives.com/resources/tech-talk-containerization/)
- [Experience the best protection & real-time performance for production storage with OpenDrives + Archiware](https://opendrives.com/resources/experience-the-best-protection-real-time-performance-for-production-storage-with-opendrives-archiware/)
- [5 Things About: OpenDrives](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-opendrives/)
- [5 Things About: Choosing Your Next Data Storage Vendor](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-choosing-your-next-data-storage-vendor/)
- [5 Things About: Being Trapped in the Walled Garden](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-being-trapped-in-the-walled-garden/)
- [5 Things About: Storage in the Enterprise](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-storage-in-the-enterprise/)
- [5 Things About: Data Storage in M&E](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-data-storage-in-media-entertainment/)
- [5 Things About: Data Storage in 2024](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-data-storage-in-2024/)
- [5 Things About: The Evolution of Data Storage](https://opendrives.com/resources/5-things-about-the-evolution-of-data-storage/)
- [Snapshots](https://opendrives.com/resources/snapshots/)
- [Prefetch](https://opendrives.com/resources/prefetch/)
- [Parallel Distributed Storage](https://opendrives.com/resources/parallel-distributed-storage/)
- [Caching](https://opendrives.com/resources/caching/)
- [Checksum](https://opendrives.com/resources/checksum/)
- [Zmanda](https://opendrives.com/resources/zmanda/)
- [LA Kings](https://opendrives.com/resources/la-kings-case-study/)
- [NAB 2022 Live Broadcast Facility Build](https://opendrives.com/resources/nab-2022-live-broadcast-facility-build/)
- [LA Kings](https://opendrives.com/resources/la-kings/)
- [Video Surveillance](https://opendrives.com/resources/video-surveillance/)
- [Atlas Cloud Plus overview](https://opendrives.com/resources/atlas-cloud-plus/)
- [Enterprise Backup & Recovery](https://opendrives.com/resources/enterprise-backup-recovery/)
- [Telestream Vantage](https://opendrives.com/resources/telestream-vantage/)
- [Finally: End-to-End Media Solutions Debunked!](https://opendrives.com/resources/finally-end-to-end-media-solutions-debunked/)
- [Tom Coughlin: Storage for Next Generation Workflows](https://opendrives.com/resources/tom-coughlin-storage-for-next-generation-workflows/)
- [Don’t Let Flash Blind You to the Facts](https://opendrives.com/resources/do-not-let-flash-blind-you-to-the-facts/)

## Team
- [Jaclyn Taroc](https://opendrives.com/team/jaclyn-taroc/)
- [Nate Carle](https://opendrives.com/team/nate-carle/)
- [Stefan Grycz](https://opendrives.com/team/stefan-grycz/)
- [Jason Matousek](https://opendrives.com/team/jason-matousek/)
- [Rahim Hodge](https://opendrives.com/team/rahim-hodge/)
- [James DiVito](https://opendrives.com/team/james-divito/)
- [Jessika Grenner](https://opendrives.com/team/jessika-grenner/)
- [Alezia Mirras](https://opendrives.com/team/alezia-mirras/)
- [Alex Dunfey](https://opendrives.com/team/alex-duffney/)
- [Trevor Morgan](https://opendrives.com/team/trevor-morgan/)

High-Performance Video and Rich Media Storage Management Workflow Solutions