Ron Denny, Carolyn Devany and Jay Rockstroh traveled to the Hyatt Regency in Newport, Rhode Island for the National High Performance Computing and Communications Council’s annual meeting on March 24th, 2014. Themed “Supercomputing: Where to from Here?,” the conference examined the future of supercomputing, high performance problem solving, and issues addressing “Big Data” and “Cloud Computing”. This select conference is known for fostering in-depth discussion between leading representatives from HPC industry, academia, and government. The Data Vortex team held meetings with potential partners, customers, and industry leaders.