Laura Promberger and Jakob Blomer, key players in CERN's VM/VMFS project, discuss revolutionary advancements in data management for scientific research. They unveil how CVMFS is crucial for handling vast amounts of data from the LHC and beyond. The conversation highlights innovations like parallel decompression and data deduplication, ensuring efficient access to software in high-performance computing. They also explore secure external access challenges and the evolving collaboration within the global HPC community.