Honored to Be a Finalist—Twice Over—with a Team That’s Raising the Bar

A few months ago, I joined Lucidity, drawn by the bold vision, customer obsession, and relentless execution across product innovation, customer adoption, and the development of a strong partner ecosystem. All of it powered by an incredible global team.

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Today, I’m proud to share that Lucidity has been named a finalist in two categories at the 2025 SaaS Awards:

• Most Innovative SaaS Solution
• Best SaaS Solution for IT and DevOps

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As someone new to the team but not new to the space, it’s been inspiring to witness firsthand how fast Lucidity is moving:

• More customers onboard.
• A rapidly expanding product portfolio—including announcing Lumen, the industry’s first engine that brings together visibility, recommendations, and one-click actions for managing cloud storage.
• And growing industry recognition—most recently a mention in Gartner’s “Top Practices for Optimizing Public Cloud Storage Costs” report.

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Lucidity is solving one of the cloud’s most persistent challenges: overprovisioned, underutilized storage that’s painful, risky, and nearly impossible to manage manually at enterprise scale.

In nearly every customer conversation, one thing stands out—cloud storage visibility is virtually non-existent. As a result, storage becomes a silent drain on both budget and engineering hours.

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What I’ve seen here isn’t just innovation for the sake of it—it’s targeted, technical, and outcome-driven.

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From the fully autonomous AutoScaler, to the deep observability of Lumen, to the zero-risk storage Assessment that’s opened eyes across some of the world’s largest enterprises—we’re giving IT, DevOps, and FinOps teams the tools to finally take back control of their cloud estate.

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And the results speak for themselves. Lucidity customers are:

Freeing up 50–70% of their cloud storage budget and accelerating their cloud journey and innovation

Reclaiming hundreds of Dev and IT hours 

Experiencing stronger application performance and operational resilience

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To be recognized in not one, but two categories—innovation and impact for IT/DevOps—is validation that we’re not just building smart software. We are solving real problems that can no longer be ignored. Problems that drain budgets, slow teams down, and hinder innovation.

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For me personally, it’s been a privilege to join this journey, alongside a passionate team and visionary founders who aren’t afraid to challenge legacy assumptions and reset the standard for how cloud storage should be managed.

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We’re excited to see the final results in August and grateful to be in such strong company. A big thank you to James Williams, CEO of The Cloud Awards, for recognizing the work Lucidity is doing and including us on this year’s shortlist, and also a big congratulations to the Cloud Awards team on their 10-year anniversary. 

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Onward.

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