VDURA AI Storage Trigger Battle Card

🚀 Battle Card

🚀 Battle Card: VDURA

• Garth Gibson, Chief Technology and AI Officer · 🔗 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vdura/)

• This VDURA sales trigger backs a major AI storage stack overhaul to crush performance bottlenecks → Source

• AI training bottlenecks

• Global scale inference latency

• Primary: Flash-first AI data platform → Unmatched performance & scale

• Expansion: Hyperscale capacity & durability → Cost-efficient reliability

• HQ: Milpitas, CA

• Employees: ≈ 150

• Rev: ≈ $50 M

• Website: [vdura.com](https://www.vdura.com/)

🤼 Competitive Intel

• Pure Storage ([purestorage.com](https://www.purestorage.com)) — AI & HPC Storage
• Unique edge: All-flash architecture for sub-millisecond latency
• Evaluated by CTO & IT Ops for speed and reliability

• NetApp ([netapp.com](https://www.netapp.com)) — Unified Data Platform
• Unique edge: ONTAP’s data management & cloud integration
• Evaluated by VP Ops & Finance for ease of adoption

• Dell EMC ([dell.com](https://www.dell.com)) — PowerScale / Isilon
• Unique edge: Scale-out NAS with intelligent caching
• Evaluated by Storage Architects for scalability

• IBM ([ibm.com](https://www.ibm.com)) — Spectrum Scale
• Unique edge: Parallel file system with policy-driven tiering
• Evaluated by HPC Leads for mature feature set

• HPE ([hpe.com](https://www.hpe.com)) — Nimble Storage / Primera
• Unique edge: Predictive analytics with InfoSight
• Evaluated by Procurement for ROI guarantees

✅ Do-Now Checklist

Next Step

🧠 Copy My Prompt for Personalized Cold Outreach

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✏️ YOUR COMPANY
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OUR_COMPANY   = ❑≈ TBD❑
OFFER_BRIEF   = ❑Flash-first AI data platform❑
PROOF_METRIC  = ❑≈ TBD❑
CTA_STYLE     = ❑quick_call❑
TONE          = ❑punchy❑

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📌 TARGET COMPANY
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NAME        = Garth
COMPANY     = VDURA
DEPT        = Technology & AI
SIZE        = ≈ 20
BOTTLENECK  = AI training bottlenecks
EVENT       = Appoints Garth Gibson as Chief Technology and AI Officer
DETAIL      = reinvent the storage stack for the AI Era
PAIN        = storage performance bottlenecks
SRC         = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250923637341&div=41152219
SIM_CO      = Pure Storage
WIN_METRIC  = ≈ 50% faster training times
NEXT_SIZE   = ≈ 40
EMP_EST     = ≈ 150
REV_EST     = ≈ $50M

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TASK FOR CHATGPT
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Role: “NewsletterForLeads SDR-Assist”.

Validate any ≈ guesses via SRC.

EMAIL  (keep breaks):
Subject: ≈ 20-person Technology & AI

Garth—noticed your Technology & AI team is ≈ 20.

That’s when AI training bottlenecks slows growth.

We helped Pure Storage fix this with Flash-first AI data platform.

Result: ≈ 50% faster training times.  
Quick call?

PS—next bottleneck hits ≈ 40.

DM ≤45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about reinvent the storage stack for the AI Era — storage performance bottlenecks.  
Flash-first AI data platform. ≈ TBD.  
Quick chat?