9 June 2025, Mon |
6:11 AM
VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, has announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Cisco. The collaboration aims to deliver a fully integrated and validated AI infrastructure stack. This stack spans compute, networking, storage, and observability.
The VAST AI Operating System is now available directly through Cisco’s Global Price List (GPL). It is also fully supported by Cisco as part of the joint solution. This move simplifies how enterprises implement, operate, and scale modern AI environments. As a result, customers can seamlessly procure and deploy the VAST AI OS alongside Cisco UCS servers, Nexus switching, and Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric AI.
According to the companies, the joint offering supports the creation of enterprise AI Factories. These are agentic, data-intensive AI systems built for scale. The platform ensures security, performance, and operational agility from edge to core to cloud.
Moreover, the solution enables customers to unify data pipelines and automate infrastructure management. It also supports real-time reasoning with scalable, zero-trust AI infrastructure.
VAST Founder and CEO Renen Hallak will join Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel at Cisco Live’s Executive Symposium. They will host a fireside chat discussing the expanded partnership. The session will explore trends in enterprise AI adoption and future developments in AI-driven business.
Jeremy Foster, SVP and GM of Cisco Compute, said the goal is to collapse complexity and deliver faster time-to-value. He stated that the companies aim to provide a unified infrastructure stack tailored for AI demands.
The joint solution includes several integrated technologies:
The companies reported that InsightEngine accelerates vector search, data preparation, and inference at the data point. AgentEngine extends this by orchestrating autonomous agents on live data streams. This enables real-time, event-driven decisions.
They also revealed that the unified software stack simplifies infrastructure by managing structured, unstructured, and vector data together. This setup powers real-time reasoning and workflow automation at scale.
The solution offers enterprise-grade performance with Cisco UCS compute and scalable Cisco Nexus network fabrics. These have been validated for seamless operation with VAST’s Disaggregated Shared Everything (DASE) architecture.
Cisco and VAST further reported that turnkey automation is achieved through SaaS-based orchestration via Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric AI. This works with VAST’s intelligent dataflows and global namespace to streamline provisioning and scaling.
Built-in security and multi-tenant readiness are also included. The infrastructure features zero-trust models, data governance, and platform security for sensitive AI workloads across hybrid and on-prem deployments.
The VAST + Cisco solution is designed for generative and agentic AI workloads. It supports complex, data-driven applications with the insight and control needed for business transformation.
Renen Hallak stated that this collaboration creates a foundational blueprint for enterprise AI. He added that aligning the VAST AI OS with Cisco’s UCS and Nexus infrastructure delivers the simplicity, observability, and scalability enterprises need for global AI system management.
