Research Notes

Research Note: AWS S3 AI-Focused Enhancements

AWS announced several enhancements to its S3 storage platform at its recent re:Invent 2025, strengthening its object storage capabilities for adjacent markets, including vector databases, enterprise file systems, and enterprise data lakes.

The announcements include the general availability of S3 Vectors with substantially increased scale limits, new S3 integration with FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems, cost-optimization features for S3 Tables, and expanded performance monitoring through S3 Storage Lens.

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Research Note: VAST Data Expands Cloud Presence with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Integrations

This month VAST Data announced integrations with both Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, significantly expanding its hyperconverged approach to AI Storage, what its calls its “AI Operating System,” further into major public cloud environments.

Azure customers will gain access to VAST’s complete data services suite running on Azure infrastructure, while Google Cloud users receive the first fully managed VAST AI OS service. Both integrations emphasize eliminating data migration barriers and supporting agentic AI workloads.

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