Hey there! Rob Terlizzi here, and I’ve just landed at Lightbits Labs as the Director of Product Marketing. After over 30 years deep in the trenches of enterprise data storage, navigating every imaginable shift—from spinning disks to flash, from siloed infrastructure to software-defined everything—I couldn’t resist jumping aboard the Lightbits train.
Why Lightbits? Two main reasons: the team and the tech. This is a group of incredibly talented folks genuinely dedicated to shaking things up. The technology they’ve built embodies everything I’ve valued throughout my career: disaggregated architectures, maximum flexibility, and tangible, meaningful benefits to customers.
If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with flexibility and absolutely allergic to vendor lock-in. Disaggregated storage isn’t just hype—it’s freedom. It means customers aren’t stuck with rigid, overpriced solutions that hold innovation hostage. Instead, Lightbits leverages commodity hardware combined with cutting-edge NVMe technology over good old TCP/IP, which translates to killer performance without the nightmare complexity.
Speaking of NVMe over TCP—this is where Lightbits shines brightest. While the competition often pushes proprietary or expensive fabrics like NVMe over Fibre Channel, we’ve taken the smarter, simpler path. Lightbits didn’t just adopt NVMe/TCP; we invented it. Our solution provides ultra-low latency and massive scalability minus the headaches, overhead, and hidden costs.
Let’s quickly size up the competition. Against the likes of Dell PowerFlex, Pure Storage, and SimplyBlock, Lightbits offers something they simply can’t: genuine flexibility and the ability to leverage your existing server preferences. No forced vendor hardware, no convoluted management overhead—just straightforward, high-performance storage that’s as easy to manage as it is powerful.
In short, we’re not playing catch-up; we’re setting the pace. And I couldn’t be more excited to be part of this journey. Buckle up—this ride is just getting started!
