VAST Data, an AI data platform provider, has unveiled its collaboration with Google Cloud at the Google Cloud Next 2024. This collaboration expands the capabilities of the VAST Data Platform by integrating it with Google Cloud, offering organizations enhanced flexibility and security for their hybrid cloud AI and data pipelines.
With this integration, organizations can now deploy multi-node VAST Clusters either independently on Google Cloud or in tandem with on-premises VAST clusters. This setup provides a comprehensive suite of platform features, supporting both hybrid and native Google Cloud environments.
A key component of the VAST Data Platform is the VAST DataSpace, a global namespace that provides a unified data management layer. It allows seamless access, movement, management, and protection of structured and unstructured data across edge, on-premises, and hybrid multi-cloud environments. The innovative DASE architecture of VAST separates data processing logic from data persistence, enabling independent scaling of capacity and performance. This architecture offers improved scalability, flexibility, and performance enhancements for various workloads, along with resource efficiency and cost savings in the cloud.
The integration facilitates efficient scalability and collaboration across multiple applications or users in hybrid cloud/multi-location environments without the need to manage multiple copies of data. VAST’s integration with Google Cloud streamlines the process of bursting data from on-premises to leverage the cloud’s elasticity.
Key benefits of the VAST Data Platform capabilities with Google Cloud include:
– Simplified Data Management in Hybrid Cloud Architecture: The global namespace provides a unified view of data across enterprise data centers and Google Cloud, transparent to applications and users, while ensuring adherence to security and access protocols.
– Enhanced Collaboration Across Distributed Teams: Globally distributed organizations can collaborate seamlessly across different geographies and Google Cloud regions, benefiting from fast access to locally stored files or objects through predictive prefetching.
– Accelerated Feature Engineering for AI: The VAST DataBase accelerates AI and data pipelines, enabling feature engineering with tools like Apache Spark. Organizations can leverage Google Cloud’s compute resources and gain efficiencies through integration with the VAST DataBase.
– Cyber Resiliency with a Zero Trust Architecture: Granular access control, multitenancy with strict isolation, encryption, key management, and intelligent threat detection capabilities ensure adherence to Zero Trust principles across clouds. Additionally, features like data indexing, search capabilities, and cataloging using tags and metadata enhance security and data management.
The collaboration between VAST Data and Google Cloud leverages synergies between VAST’s DASE architecture and Google Cloud’s flexible configurations, enabling optimized cloud solutions for AI and data-intensive workloads. This partnership aims to simplify hybrid cloud data management, enhance data protection, and accelerate access to computing cloud services, ultimately driving faster innovation and value creation for customers.
