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Eric Bermender, head of data infrastructure and platforms at Pixar Animations Studio and Andy Pernsteiner, field CTO of Vast Data Inc and Ace Stryker, director of AI and ecosystem marketing at Solidigm – Vast Forward 2026

by Kelly Knight

Eric Bermender, head of data infrastructure and platforms at Pixar Animations Studio and Andy Pernsteiner, field CTO of Vast Data Inc and Ace Stryker, director of AI and ecosystem marketing at Solidigm talk to theCUBE about Pixar data infrastructure, the shift from tiered to disaggregated flash storage, the requirement for deterministic pixel control in animation and why Pixar’s render farm functions more like a supercomputing environment than a traditional media shop - Vast Forward 2026

Eric Bermender, head of data infrastructure and platforms at Pixar Animations Studio and Andy Pernsteiner, field CTO of Vast Data Inc and Ace Stryker, director of AI and ecosystem marketing at Solidigm – Vast Forward 2026

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