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The Pivot That Paid Off: Matias Bjørling’s Journey from Open Channel to Zon

Matias Bjørling was only 28 when he developed the initial Open Channel SSD architecture (for solid-state drives), pushing for what he called “the necessary death of a block device interface.” Promoting the Open-Channel effort, he gained support from industry heavy hitters and many others who rapidly adopted the interface and its specs, but eventually, Bjørling changed course.

Organizations readily adopted it, but because it was not standardized, each adopted it in slightly modified ways.

This happened roughly three years ago when it was clear Open-Channel SSD was a great solution for multitenancy environments and integrated with a lot of applications.

It takes years to learn, but it’s a craft I take pleasure in and continue to hone my skills.