CIOs seek to reduce or halt cloud spending per Venture Beat

Rising RAM and flash prices force organizations onto aging and refurbished hardware. Data availability determines whether those hardware failures are routine events or business-stopping emergencies. VergeOS delivers layered protection from the drive level through node-level redundancy to cross-site replication, all on the hardware you already own.

DRAM is up 171%. Flash jumped 55–60%. Will hard drives solve the flash and memory supercycle? The short answer is no — and here's what actually does.

DRAM prices are up 171% year-over-year. Proprietary enterprise flash is on backorder. VMware licensing changes are compounding the pain. Here is why a storage refresh in 2026 costs more than ever — and what IT teams can do about it.