56th Edition of IT Press Tour Back to Silicon Valley

The IT Press Tour, a media event launched in June 2010, announced participating companies for the 56th edition organized the week of June 10 in Silicon Valley.

During this edition dedicated to IT infrastructure, cloud, networking, data management and storage, 9 companies will be met and visited, among them Arc Compute, DDN, Hammerspace, Index Engines, Juicedata, MaxLinear, Oxide and Viking Enterprise Solutions, a division of Sanmina.

“The tour is back on the west coast for the 56th edition and we’re proud to see its penetration and unique value delivered to companies and press for 15 years. At that time, The IT Press Tour introduced a new model that continue to complement classic press activities. In a few days, we’ll visit 9 companies, meet top executives and leaders, disruptors and innovators, with companies we already met like DDN or Hammerspace but also new ones. And as usual, a bit of statistics, with that coming edition we’ll beat new records with 310 distinct companies for 536 sessions, I let you think about these numbers,” said Philippe Nicolas, creator of The IT Press Tour.

​Quotes from some participating companies:

• Molly Presley, EVP global marketing, Hammerspace
  “There is a lot news and innovation happening at break neck speeds in the technology industry today. The IT Press Tour is an amazing opportunity to delve deeply into news and have a deep conversation of benefits, pitfalls, and use cases with the delegates.”

• Tim Williams, CEO and founder, Index Engines
  “Gartner predicts business will spend $90 billion this year to fight against ransomware, and yet attacks are more severe and more costly than ever. We look forward to sharing with The IT Press Tour how companies can minimize their damage and maximize their resiliency after an attack has happened by integrating CyberSense into their data protection and storage infrastructure.”

• Rick Kumar, SVP, Viking Enterprise Solutions
  “Viking Enterprise Solutions, a product division of Sanmina, is excited to participate in The IT Press Tour. This provides VES with the opportunity to expand our reach in the global market showcasing some of the most advanced storage solutions for the AI and HPC markets. Additionally, we will be showcasing GPU systems and turnkey AI framework enabled solutions that reduce initial setup time in AI/ML applications, faster deployment and total cost of ownership.”