Research Note: DeepSeek’s Impact on IT Infrastructure Market
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek recently introduced an AI model, DeepSeek-R1l that the company claims that it matches or surpasses models from industry. The move created significant buzz in the AI industry. Though the claims remain unverified, the potential to democratize AI training and fundamentally alter industry dynamics is clear.
NAND Insider Newsletter: January 21, 2025
Every week NAND Research puts out a newsletter for our industry customers. Below is an excerpt from this week’s.
Research Note: Dell AI Products & Services Updates
Dell Technologies has made significant additions to its AI portfolio with its recent announcements at SC24 and Microsoft Ignite 2024 in November. The announcements span infrastructure, ecosystem partnerships, and professional services, targeting accelerated AI adoption, operational efficiency, and sustainability in enterprise environments.
IT Infrastructure Round-Up: Emerging Trends in Infrastructure and Connectivity (Nov 2024)
November was a busy month of announcements in infrastructure and connectivity, revealing a convergence of innovation to meet the stringent demands of AI-driven workloads, scalability, and cost efficiency.
SC24: Shaping the Future of IT with High-Performance Computing and AI
Last week’s Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) conference in Atlanta brought together IT leaders, researchers, and industry innovators to unveil advancements in HPC and AI, with even a little quantum computing thrown in.
Research Note: Dell AI Portfolio Updates
Dell Technologies made significant strides in AI infrastructure with its Integrated Rack 7000 (IR7000) launch and associated platforms for AI and HPC. The announcements introduce enhancements in computing density, power efficiency, and data management, catering specifically to AI workloads.
Research Note: Dell and Red Hat Collaboration on APEX/OpenShift
Dell Technologies and Red Hat announced a deepening of their partnership. The companies will focus on the convergence of virtualization, containerization, and AI to simplify enterprise IT operations.
The collaboration integrates Red Hat’s OpenShift container orchestration platform into Dell’s APEX Cloud Platform, enabling virtual machines (VMs) and containerized applications to coexist within the same architecture.
Research Note: Dell & Nutanix Expand Relationship & Offerings
Dell Technologies and Nutanix recently announced a strategic expansion of their partnership aimed at capturing disillusioned VMware customers following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.
The updated partnership sees Dell offering Nutanix software on its PowerEdge servers and integrating Dell’s PowerFlex storage with the Nutanix Cloud Platform.
Research Note: Dell PowerStore Prime
Dell Technologies announced its new PowerStore Prime solutions at the 2024 Dell Technologies World. PowerStore Prime combines cutting-edge all-flash storage technology with strategic business enhancements designed to address the rapidly evolving needs of modern enterprises.
Research Brief: Dell AI Factory
At NVIDIA GTC earlier this year, Dell announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to deliver the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA that was heavily based on NVIDIA technology. At this year’s Dell Tech World, Dell went further, introducing its own Dell AI Factory, while also updating the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA.
Quick Take: New Dell PowerEdge Models
Dell Technologies announced enhancements to its PowerEdge server portfolio. The servers are designed for versatility and aim to simplify operations across various sectors, including CSPs, small businesses, and edge operations.
Nvidia And Dell Build An AI Factory Together
At last month’s Nvidia GTC conference, Dell Technologies unveiled the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia, a comprehensive set of enterprise AI solutions aimed at simplifying the adoption and integration of AI for businesses.
Dell also announced enhancements to its flagship PowerEdge XE9680 server, including options for liquid-cooling, which allows the server to deliver the full capabilities of Nvidia’s newly announced AI accelerators.
Research Note: Dell APEX Files for Microsoft Azure
Dell recently introduced its new APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure, designed to enhance businesses’ multi-cloud capabilities. The new solution integrates Dell PowerScale OneFS, its high-performance storage system, into the Azure cloud, allowing customers to manage and consolidate data efficiently, reduce costs, and improve data security and protection. It also utilizes Azure’s AI tools to provide quicker insights.
Quick Take: Dell Technologies New 5G Solutions
Dell Technologies introduced several new offerings designed to simplify the deployment of advanced 5G solutions by communication service providers.
The new offerings center around the Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite, which automates the management and orchestration of a CSP’s network infrastructure. The new suite also sits at the center of Dell’s Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat update.
Research Note: Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA
At the 2024 NVIDIA GTC conference, Dell Technologies unveiled the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia, a comprehensive set of enterprise AI solutions aimed at simplifying the adoption and integration of AI for businesses.
Dell also announced enhancements to its flagship PowerEdge XE9680 server, including introducing Dell’s first liquid-cooled server solution, which allows the server to deliver the full capabilities of NVIDIA’s newly announced AI accelerators.
Research Note: Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat 2.0
Dell Technologies has updated its Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat, which is a strategic solution offered by Dell Technologies, specifically designed to aid telecommunications operators in deploying and scaling out modern telecom networks, particularly for 5G. These blocks are critical components in simplifying the implementation of cloud-native network infrastructures.
Research Note: Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite
Dell Technologies introduced its new Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite to help CSPs navigate this terrain by delivering a groundbreaking solution to streamline the transition to modern, cloud-based telecom networks.
Quick Take: Dell’s PowerScale F210 and F710
Dell Technologies today announced the introduction of two new all-flash storage arrays, the PowerScale F210 and F710, as part of its commitment to delivering AI-optimized infrastructure. The PowerScale platform is designed to be AI-ready, offering exceptional performance, scalability, efficiency, federal-grade security, and multi-cloud agility.
Dell Partners with Hugging Face & Meta for Enterprise AI
Dell and Hugging Face are working together to aid enterprise adoption of AI by providing a platform where businesses can easily select, deploy, and fine-tune AI models for their specific use cases using Dell’s infrastructure.
Dell Introduces APEX Cloud Platform for OpenShift
Dell continues its push into multi-cloud with announcement of its Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift.
Research Note: Inside the Dell PowerMaxOS 10.1 Update
Dell Technologies has updated its high-end block storage OS, PowerMaxOS, with version 10.1. The update focuses on several key areas, including data reduction, power usage monitoring, and cybersecurity certification.
Dell Launces APEX Block Storage for Azure
This week, Dell has launched its new APEX Block Storage for Azure, just days after it released its APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure.
Let’s look at what Dell is delivering.
Dell’s Validated Design for Generative AI + New Tools & Services
Dell Technologies announced a significant expansion of its Generative AI Solutions portfolio to empower businesses embarking on their GenAI journeys. This expansion delivers advanced infrastructure, professional services, and a collaborative data solution to help organizations derive intelligence from their data securely and efficiently.
Dell Launches APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
Today Dell Technologies launched its APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure. This makes Dell the first partner in Microsoft’s Premier Solutions for Azure Stack HCI category, the latest in a long history of joint innovation between the two companies.
Let’s look at the new Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Azure.
Dell Launches APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
Dell Technologies today launched its APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure. This makes Dell the first partner in Microsoft’s Premier Solutions for Azure Stack HCI category, the latest in a long history of joint innovation between the two companies.
Dell Technologies & NVIDIA Collaborate On Full-Stack Generative AI Solutions
Dell & NVIDIA deliver new validated designs for inference systems based on NVIDIA accelerators and software, a professional services offering to help enterprises embrace generative AI, and a new Dell Precision workstation for AI development.
APEX Is The Center Of Dell’s Multi-Cloud Strategy
Background Nearly every OEM today offers some form of consumption-based infrastructure. Hewlett Packard Enterprise paved the way, and bet the company, on its HPE GreenLake offerings. Lenovo’s TruScale is another excellent option. The storage industry has also stepped up, with Pure Storage’s Evergreen offerings and NetApp’s Keystone each making industry-best storage solutions available as consumption-based […]
The 2023 Enterprise Storage Agenda
2023 is going to be an exciting year in enterprise storage. Principal Analyst Steve McDowell walks us through his predictions for the storage industry over the coming calendar year.