Liquid Intelligence: Thawing the Enterprise Data Lake
- By CDOTrends editors
- April 02, 2026
If your data strategy involves constantly moving massive datasets just to ask them a question, you aren't running an enterprise in reality — you're running a logistics company. Watch Suraj Kotipalli, APAC business leader at Hitachi Vantara, break down the looming "Zettabyte Era" (forecasted at 393ZB by 2028) and introduce the VSP One Object platform. It’s the industry-first native S3 table support and Apache Iceberg integration that allows for in-place querying while eliminating the "tax" of data movement and adding automated PII (Personally Identifiable Information) discovery.
Key takeaways:
- Query at the source: VSP One Object is the first to market with native Amazon S3 Table and Apache Iceberg support, allowing SQL engines to query data directly without complex ETL or data movement.
- Exabyte scalability: Built on a software-defined microservices architecture, the platform scales compute and storage independently to handle trillions of objects across a single cluster.
- Governance on autopilot: Integrated PII discovery services automatically identify sensitive data, ensuring compliance and reducing risk as unstructured data volumes explode.
- Fortified resilience: Beyond simple storage, the platform features built-in ransomware protection and immutability, providing the "Secure" pillar of the Smart, Secure, and Scalable VSP One philosophy.