Recap of the 68th IT Press Tour in Boston, MA
StorageNewsletter, Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Six storage and infrastructure companies presented backup, edge, and data protection innovations at Boston's IT Press Tour.
The 68th IT Press Tour in Boston featured six companies advancing data infrastructure and storage. ExaGrid showcased all-SSD backup appliances reaching 17.3PB capacity with 95.6% customer retention, while IO River introduced a multi-CDN orchestration platform spanning 15+ edge providers.
Juicedata and Paradigm4 addressed the gap between object storage economics and POSIX file system requirements, with flexFS delivering drop-in replacement performance for cloud workloads.
Vinchin presented a backup platform with extensive virtualization support and 3-2-1-1-0 data protection, while Wave Domain emerged from stealth with Standing Wave Storage technology for permanent, low-energy digital archiving.