Award honors the contributions of women in the memory and
storage industry
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., July 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMS: The Future of Memory and
Storage recognized as the world's foremost conference
highlighting the key advancements, trends, and industry figures
shaping the multi-billion-dollar high-speed memory, storage, and
SSD markets, today announced that Harriet Coverston, CTO of Versity Software, has
won the SuperWomen of FMS Leadership Award for 2024. The
award, now in its sixth year, honors the contributions of women in
the memory and storage industry and aims to establish role models
who have played pivotal roles in shaping the industry
landscape.
Harriet Coverston has made significant contributions to the
fields of file systems and archival storage systems
over several decades, primarily proving that the integration
of high-performance archiving and file systems is feasible on
large-scale system implementations. Her work
included developing the Quick File System (QFS), which laid
the foundation for SAM-QFS. SAM-QFS was the first multi-node
clustered file system combined with archiving, addressing the
high-performance scaling needs of large real-time streaming data
systems.
Coverston's enhancements and contributions brought this model to
market, influencing several subsequent products that are still
actively developed and used at large-scale sites worldwide. This
technology has shaped archival systems for scientific and research
communities.
Today, in her 70s, she remains active in the community, building
technology for efficient scale-out archives that encompass the full
range of tape, S3, and cloud storage solutions.
Coverston grew up on a farm in the Florida panhandle and graduated with a math
degree from Florida State University.
She studied abroad her senior year and did volunteer work during
the 1966 flood of the Arno, becoming one of the famous "mud angels"
who saved priceless works of art in Florence. Ms. Coverston entered the technology
world as a programmer and, during her early days, working on
the CDC 7600 Livermore Timesharing System at Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory. From there, in the 1970s, she moved
to Control Data Corporation, where she collaborated on the
Cyber 205 Operating System and CDCNET. She then went on to co-found
LSC, serving as vice-president of technology where she developed
SAM-FS and SAM-QFS for managing cold and archived data. Sun
Microsystems acquired LSC in 2001 in large part due to LSC's
critical infrastructure work for a major government customer, and
she became a distinguished engineer at Sun until 2010. In 2011, she
co-founded Versity with Bruce
Gilpin, where she has been the CTO, focusing on archiving
software.
"Harriet has had an amazing impact on the data infrastructure
community and particularly those involved with large scale
computing. In a time where AI is on every press release, we know
she has helped lay the foundations for the future." said
Camberley Bates, FMS Executive
Committee member and Chief Technical Advisor for The Futurum Group.
"Throughout her career spanning over five decades, she been a rare
female leader paving the way for more SuperWomen of FMS!"
"This recognition is a tremendous honor, and I am proud to stand
among the accomplished and notable women before me who have helped
advance the data storage technology industry," said Coverston. "I
am deeply humbled to receive this recognition. It is a privilege to
contribute to the field of data storage and to stand alongside so
many accomplished women who have inspired progress and
innovation."
The award presentation will take place August 7 at 11:30
AM during the FMS Summit in Santa
Clara, Calif. In addition to the presentation, a special
Superwomen of FMS reception will be held in the evening sponsored
by SK Hynix and Kioxia. Space is limited and reservations are
required. Follow this link to learn more about the program and
reserve your spot.
SuperWomen of FMS
The SuperWomen of FMS initiative celebrates the successes of
women in the memory and storage sector, while also advocating for
increased female participation in this dynamic field. Supported by
a wide array of women and technology leaders, including this year's
sponsors Kioxia and SK Hynix, the initiative continues to grow
steadily. Through a series of events at FMS, it fosters a diverse
community interested in advancing the role of women in memory and
storage technology.
About FMS: The Future of Memory and Storage
FMS, produced by Conference ConCepts, showcases mainstream
applications, key technologies, leading vendors, and innovative
startups driving the multi-billion-dollar high-speed memory,
storage technologies, and SSD and HDD markets. FMS is the world's
largest conference and exhibition featuring trends, innovations,
and influencers driving high-speed memory technology adoption, and
various storage technologies and applications within AI, enterprise
IT infrastructure, cloud environments, high-performance computing,
mobile, and embedded systems. It is the world's leading conference
and exhibition that brings together customers, IT professionals,
analysts, and industry leaders to explore the latest trends and
innovations in memory and storage technologies. With a renewed
focus on inclusivity and forward-thinking, FMS is dedicated to
shaping the future of storage applications, including its
intersection with artificial intelligence.
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