Vast Data and Cisco Expand Partnership for AI Infrastructure

Vast Data, an AI operating system company, announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Cisco to deliver a fully integrated and validated AI infrastructure stack that spans compute, networking, storage, and observability. The two companies plan to provide a turnkey platform for building agentic, data-intensive AI systems at scale.

The joint solution integrates key technologies including a jointly validated, enterprise-grade platform that brings together Cisco’s compute and networking leadership with the Vast operating system. The Vast InsightEngine accelerates vector search, data preparation, and inference workflows at the point of data, while AgentEngine orchestrates autonomous agents that continuously operate on live data streams. A consolidated software stack simplifies infrastructure by unifying structured, unstructured, and vector data management with agentic compute services – enabling real-time reasoning for next-gen AI applications and workflow automation at scale.

The offering also provides high-performance compute with Cisco UCS and scalable, AI-optimized network fabrics via Cisco Nexus, validated to run seamlessly with Vast’s Disaggregated Shared Everything (DASE) architecture – delivering predictable performance across deployments of all sizes.

A zero-trust infrastructure model combines Vast’s native data governance and multi-tenant controls with Cisco’s secure platform architecture—ensuring isolated, compliant environments for sensitive AI workloads across hybrid and on-prem deployments.

“Cisco and VAST share a vision for making AI infrastructure accessible, secure, and scalable for every enterprise,” said Jeremy Foster, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Compute. “We’re enabling customers to collapse complexity and unlock faster time-to-value by providing a unified infrastructure stack built for the demands of AI.”

The Vast AI operating system is now available directly through Cisco’s Global Price List (GPL) and is fully supported by Cisco as part of the joint solution.

Channel Impact^®
The joint solution stack is expected to enable customers to unify data pipelines, and automate infrastructure management over real-time data using scalable, zero-trust AI infrastructure.