Intelligent Data Centres Issue 10 | Page 57

Pure makes customers’ AI-first infrastructure a reality P ure Storage has announced a host of new and improved AI solutions that provide enterprise customers with the features and functionality needed to execute increasingly complex AI initiatives through any phase or scale. Built on Pure’s industry-leading file and object system, FlashBlade, and its joint AI-Ready Infrastructure (AIRI) offering with NVIDIA, customers can develop and deploy AI rapidly to keep pace with modern business. “Enterprise organisations that have existed and done business one way for decades now find themselves working hard to build a business for the future. To truly compete going forward will require large-scale, multi-phase AI initiatives, and Pure has innovated with that particular set of challenges in mind,” said Amy Fowler, VP of Strategy and Solutions for FlashBlade at Pure Storage. Powering the Artificial Intelligence Pipeline – AI Data Hub Built with industry leader and long-time partner NVIDIA, AI Data Hub is an end- to-end AI pipeline solution that gives enterprise customers what they need to design, develop and deploy AI quickly, and at scale. Organisations today are stuck with a siloed, traditional analytics infrastructure. AI Data Hub extends traditional analytics and provides more performance and security at a lower cost. Data scientists can expect major improvements in productivity, faster time-to-market and more informed data-driven models. “With AIRI powered by NVIDIA DGX systems and Pure Storage Flashblade, NVIDIA and Pure have been making it faster, easier and more cost-effective for every enterprise to deploy and manage AI at scale,” said Charlie Boyle, Vice www.intelligentdatacentres.com Pure Storage FlashBlade Issue 10 57