Research Brief: Oracle HeatWave GenAI
Oracle HeatWave GenAI is now generally available. The release features the industry’s first in-database large language models (LLMs), automated vector store, scale-out vector processing, and natural language conversations informed by unstructured content.
Research Note: Pure Storage Expands Platform @ Pure Accelerate
At its recent Pure Accelerate customer event, Pure unveiled a slew of new capabilities focused on bolstering Pure’s platform approach to enterprise storage. Pure delivers a comprehensive, flexible, high-performance platform tailored to modern “data first” enterprise needs.
In Conversation: Extending HCI to the Edge
I recently sat with Nutanix’s Greg White, Senior Director of Product Marketing, to understand the challenges of deploying resources, including AI, to the edge. Greg also talked in-depth about how hyper-converged architectures (HCI) can be leveraged to address many of these challenges.
Research Note: HPE OpsRamp Enhancements
Hewlett Packard Enterprises introduced several enhancements to its OpsRamp solution at its recent HPE Discover event in Las Vegas that bolster its autonomous IT operations vision.
HPE Networking- Not quite ready to take over the world and that’s okay.
An AI wave is soon to hit enterprise shores and is bringing a need to totally rethink enterprise network design, support models, and functional capabilities. HPE is spending billions to develop offerings for IoT, distributed computing, and artificial intelligence (AI).The years-long build is leading to HPE’s realization that a more advanced network offering is critical to the successful deployment of its AI portfolio, hence the pending Juniper acquisition.
HPE Updates Partner Programs for AI
At HPE Discover 2024, HPE announced an ambitious new AI enablement program in collaboration with NVIDIA to boost profitability and deliver new revenue streams for partners. This program includes enhanced competencies and resources across AI, compute, storage, networking, hybrid cloud, sustainability, and HPE GreenLake offerings.
Research Note: NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE
At its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA announced a collaborative effort to accelerate the adoption of generative AI across enterprises.
The collaboration, branded as NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE, introduces a portfolio of co-developed AI solutions and joint go-to-market integrations to address the complexities and barriers of large-scale AI adoption.
Research Note: VAST Data/Cisco AI Collaboration
VAST Data and Cisco announced a new collaboration to deliver a robust, high-performance AI data infrastructure that integrates seamlessly with an Ethernet-based AI fabric designed to handle data at an exabyte scale. Each company brings specialized expertise to create a unified, high-performance AI data platform.
Quick Take: Mirantis and Portworx Collaboration
Pure Storage’s Portworx and Mirantis announced a new collaboration to address the complexities of data management in Kubernetes environments, providing enterprises with a robust solution that enhances their containerization strategies.
Quick Take: Hammerspace Integrates Gryf with SourceCode/GigaIO Partnership
Hammerspace announced a significant addition to its Global Data Platform, enabling it to process, store, and manage data in edge compute environments. This advancement is achieved through the integration with Gryf, a portable AI supercomputer developed by SourceCode and GigaIO. This combined solution brings increased shared AI processing power to edge locations, even those with limited or no network infrastructure.