Vast Data Launches Federal Subsidiary

Vast Data, Inc. unveiled Vast Data Federal, a subsidiary to support government and defense organizations in unlocking the potential of their data and enabling applications of the future.

This launch further extends the company’s presence in this market, having already closed over $25 million in deals with various federal agencies including the US National Institutes of Health. Vast also recently closed a $10 milion+ deal with a major US Federal Agency to foster new discoveries with biological, population, and health data.

With its Universal Storage platform, government organizations have a single flash-based storage system designed to meet the performance requirements of their most demanding applications, including computer vision and AI use cases, and the scalability to consolidate data centers onto a single Vast system.

Vast Data Federal is led by an experienced team with both defense and national security credentials:

James Dean as president, who joins Vast after recently serving as sales director of national programs at Cohesity, Inc

Randy Hayes as VP of public sector, who was promoted from the role of director of sales at Vast, and Steve Valimaki as secretary, who recently held the position of senior systems engineer at the company.

“From next-gen geospatial imagery to all-flash data lakes for cybersecurity, the public sector has already been an early adopter of our Universal Storage technology to unleash new insights, discoveries, and innovations from their growing datasets,” said Hayes. “With Vast Data Federal, we are doubling down on our investment in the space by bringing in a team of experts with the proper credentials to further demonstrate to the market the performance, scale, and cost benefits associated with our Universal Storage platform.“