Beth PariseauFeb 25

#vastdata updates to its #AI OS platform this week reflect a broader enterprise infrastructure trend toward tightly integrated software stacks for #AIworkloads, and potentially moves it into closer competition with the likes of Snowflake and Databricks (along with multi-cloud platforms such as Nutanix and #AzureStacks with the launch of Polaris).

My colleague Alexander Gillis has the details in his writeup: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/366639519/Vast-Data-services-speed-up-AI-workloads-add-intelligence

Vast Data services speed up AI workloads, add intelligence

New services and features from Vast aim to tackle AI workload bottlenecks by embedding more intelligence at the data storage layer.

TechTarget
Peter J. WelcherFeb 3
#AIIFD4 followup blog posted: Solidigm and VAST at AIIFD4-Speeding AI Access to Data. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/solidigm-vast-aiifd4-speeding-ai-access-data-peter-welcher-ealce/ Tags: #PeterWelcher #CCIE1773 #AI #Storage #Solidigm #VASTdata #SSD #AIStorage
Calvin’s IT PostsNov 18
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The lawsuit, filed on November 6 in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleges that Jón Thorgrímur Stefánsson spent his final months at the company quietly laying the groundwork for a competing business, siphoning off confidential information and attempting to recruit colleagues before selling his startup to rival VAST Data in September 2025.
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#NetApp #VASTdata
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/netapp_cto_lawsuit/
NetApp claims ex-CTO built a secret cloud platform then sold it to VAST Data

: Lawsuit alleges he poached staff, lifted trade secrets, and set up Red Stapler before quitting

The Register