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06 August, 2018

NetApp, NVIDIA announce ONTAP AI architecture

NetApp has introduced NetApp ONTAP AI architecture powered by NVIDIA DGX supercomputers and NetApp AFF A800 cloud-connected all-flash storage.

According to NetApp, although there is interest in artificial intelligence (AI), many organisations do not have enough control over their distributed data stores to ensure that complete, current, and accessible data is available for their AI projects.

“Companies of all sizes and across various industries are making significant inroads in using AI to solve real-life problems, especially in the enterprise. However, while very exciting, AI models and workloads are not easy to deploy, and many organisations are struggling,” said Ritu Jyoti, Program VP, IDC. 

“The NetApp ONTAP AI proven architecture is a powerful solution that will help users accelerate AI-driven business outcomes and overcome deployment obstacles.”

“Developing disruptive AI technology and turning this into breakthrough products and services for our customers is a vital requirement across many markets we work in,” said Monty Barlow, head of artificial intelligence, Cambridge Consultants, a management consulting company with offices in Singapore and Japan. 

“NetApp ONTAP AI powered by NVIDIA DGX supercomputers and NetApp all-flash storage is simplifying and accelerating the data pipeline for deep learning.”

“Organisations everywhere are making significant investments in AI, but they often lack the infrastructure required to optimise their data for AI projects and scale their applications and workflows to create the business impact they expect,” said Octavian Tanase, Senior VP, ONTAP, NetApp. “NetApp’s cloud-connected data solutions and new proven architecture with NVIDIA DGX create a single data environment for AI. This gives customers the control, access, and performance they need to provide the right data at the right time at the right location to their AI applications – all at scale and all integrated, managed, and protected by the NetApp Data Fabric.”

ONTAP AI is a joint NetApp and NVIDIA proven architecture that combines NVIDIA's graphics processing unit (GPU) solutions with NetApp's fast, cloud-connected flash systems and software. By leveraging the NetApp Data Fabric, ONTAP AI removes performance bottlenecks and enables secure, non-disruptive access to data from multiple sources and data formats.

“The combination of NVIDIA DGX and NetApp all-flash arrays meets the infrastructure challenges of today’s AI deployments,” said Jim McHugh, VP and GM of Deep Learning Systems at NVIDIA. “NVIDIA’s leadership in AI and GPU computing, combined with NetApp’s innovation in all-flash storage systems, gives customers a faster way to deploy AI with proven performance and a simplified operations model.”

“As long as we have partnered with NetApp, their products have been able to adapt to address the challenges around data that come with major technological advances. AI is a key component to building modern applications that are engaging, real time, and distributed. NetApp ONTAP AI and Data Fabric make it easier to leverage data wherever it is, to build and deploy powerful AI-powered applications,” said Mark Kelly, chief strategy officer at ePlus, a channel partner with two offices in India. 

“ONTAP AI simplifies ongoing operations and accelerates time to results. With our AI expertise and track record in converged infrastructure, we can help customers focus less on infrastructure and more on driving outcomes from their deep learning environments.”

“Customers deploying AI and deep learning are looking for ways to reduce their time to outcomes. A highly available and powerful deep learning environment ensures that data scientists stay productive,” said Bob Olwig, vice president of Corporate Business Development, WWT. WWT has a presence in Singapore, India, China and Japan.

“ONTAP AI is a proven architecture from NetApp and NVIDIA that complements WWT’s broad portfolio of solutions and services for deep learning, giving customers an AI stack that can be implemented quickly with higher efficiency and lower risk."

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