A Look Inside VAST Data's Growing Momentum

VAST Data's pursuit of solving some of the world's hardest data problems is resonating with customers, as VAST demonstrates with released momentum numbers. On this episode of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell are joined by VAST CMO and co-founder Jeff Denworth. Jeff walks us through the VAST Data story, tells us why AI is particularly challenging, and hints at where VAST might go in the future. 00:31 What was missing in the storage industry that needed to be created in 2016? 03:36 What did VAST do differently to shake up traditional storage architectures? 06:52 Jeff talks about some of the early wins at VAST 10:44 Jeff goes into VAST's momentum story 12:25 What's the average VAST customer looks like? 13:10 The VAST Customer Experience, validated by Gartner Peer Insights 13:52 Decoupling the Software from the Hardware with Gemini 17:49 What's the future look like for VAST? 20:15 AI's Impact on enterprise data 25:56 Matt & Steve Wrap-up 28:34 We're done!Special Guest: Jeff Denworth.