In this interview from VeeamON 2026, Marc Crespi, director of business development and chief evangelist at ExaGrid Systems, joins theCUBE's Dave Vellante and Krista Case to discuss how purpose-built tiered backup storage is evolving to meet AI-era data protection and cyber resilience demands. Crespi explains ExaGrid's foundational scale-out architecture — where compute and storage always grow in tandem — and how its landing zone tier enables high-performance instant restore without the bottlenecks of inline deduplication. He underscores why ExaGrid positions itself as the storage of last resort, built to be the final line of defense when ransomware strikes and other systems have failed, backed by a comprehensive security framework developed well before the threat landscape demanded it.
The conversation also explores ExaGrid's AI-powered auto-detect and guard feature, a neural network embedded in the product that monitors normal backup and recovery patterns and alerts administrators when anomalous behavior suggests a potential attack. Crespi details the layered response model — including the ability to freeze all activity and enter recovery mode upon confirmed threat detection — alongside retention time lock and immutable objects that guard against mass encryption events. He addresses the volatile NAND market and supply chain pressures directly, noting that ExaGrid's proactive component investments have kept pricing stable and delivery windows at one to three days while competitors quote months-long lead times. Crespi also highlights the depth of ExaGrid's Veeam integration, pointing to how the landing zone architecture directly enables Instant Restore, and notes software-agnostic support for more than 25 backup tools as a key differentiator. From sustained double-digit revenue growth to a personal chapter leading the Lionheart Foundation's trauma recovery programs, Crespi offers a portrait of a company and a leader equally defined by technical purpose and human resilience.
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Marc Crespi, Exagrid
In this interview from VeeamON 2026, Marc Crespi, director of business development and chief evangelist at ExaGrid Systems, joins theCUBE's Dave Vellante and Krista Case to discuss how purpose-built tiered backup storage is evolving to meet AI-era data protection and cyber resilience demands. Crespi explains ExaGrid's foundational scale-out architecture — where compute and storage always grow in tandem — and how its landing zone tier enables high-performance instant restore without the bottlenecks of inline deduplication. He underscores why ExaGrid positions itself as the storage of last resort, built to be the final line of defense when ransomware strikes and other systems have failed, backed by a comprehensive security framework developed well before the threat landscape demanded it.
The conversation also explores ExaGrid's AI-powered auto-detect and guard feature, a neural network embedded in the product that monitors normal backup and recovery patterns and alerts administrators when anomalous behavior suggests a potential attack. Crespi details the layered response model — including the ability to freeze all activity and enter recovery mode upon confirmed threat detection — alongside retention time lock and immutable objects that guard against mass encryption events. He addresses the volatile NAND market and supply chain pressures directly, noting that ExaGrid's proactive component investments have kept pricing stable and delivery windows at one to three days while competitors quote months-long lead times. Crespi also highlights the depth of ExaGrid's Veeam integration, pointing to how the landing zone architecture directly enables Instant Restore, and notes software-agnostic support for more than 25 backup tools as a key differentiator. From sustained double-digit revenue growth to a personal chapter leading the Lionheart Foundation's trauma recovery programs, Crespi offers a portrait of a company and a leader equally defined by technical purpose and human resilience.
