Dell Teams with NVIDIA on GenAI

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announced today it is partnering with NVIDIA and its Tensor Core GPUs — including the coveted  H100 — to expand its generative AI portfolio for public cloud, on-premises and edge environments. The company said its Dell Validated Design for Generative AI with NVIDIA for Model Customization offers pre-trained models that extract intelligence from data without building ….

NVIDIA-Powered CoreWeave and VAST Data Partner on Public Cloud for GenAI, HPC

VAST Data and CoreWeave today announced a partnership to build an NVIDIA GPU-powered computing cloud for generative AI, high performance computing and visual effects workloads. Startup CoreWeave is a GPU cloud services provider that has attracted more than $400 million in investment funding (including $100 million from NVIDIA and $200 million from….

VAST Data Names Marianne Budnik CMO

New York  – September 20, 2023 – AI data platform company VAST Data has named Marianne Budnik chief marketing officer. She will lead all marketing functions including product marketing, field marketing, customer advocacy, communications and public relations, content, creative and brand strategy. Budnik has led marketing organizations for companies including CrowdStrike, CyberArk and CA Technologies, […]

Quantum Corp. Announces Pre-Configured ActiveScale Cold Storage Bundles

SAN JOSE, Sept. 13, 2023 – Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO), an unstructured data storage company, today announced pre-configured bundles designed to simplify purchasing and deploying Quantum ActiveScale Cold Storage, an S3-enabled object storage solution architected for active and cold data sets. With the massive amount of data organizations need to retain for business and compliance […]

At the HPC User Forum: 2 Full Days in Tucson of HPC and AI

This week saw HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research host the HPC User Forum, a supercomputing conference with an end-user emphasis held four times a year (two in the U.S. and two internationally) offering two intensive days of presentations and panels involving commercial and government users, along with hardware and software vendors.

Panasas Appoints Ken Claffey CEO, Shea to Remain as COO

SAN JOSE, September 6, 2023 – High performance data storage vendor Panasas has announced that Ken Claffey, former SVP/GM of Enterprise Systems at Seage Technology, has been named CEO. Claffey replaces Tom Shea, who will remain on the Panasas executive leadership team as chief operating officer.

Cornelis Partners with Penguin and Panasas on New HPC-AI Reference Design

WAYNE, PA. — August 22, 2023 – Cornelis Networks, a provider of high-performance networking solutions for data-intensive technical computing (HPC and AI) applications, today announced a partnership with Penguin Solutions, a provider of HPC, AI, and IoT technologies and services; and Panasas, a provider of HPC and AI storage solutions. The three companies have come together to define and […]

Zadara Partners with Node4 to Support Veeam BaaS Offering

IRVINE, Calif. August 21, 2023 – Edge cloud services company Zadara today announced it has partnered with Node4, a leading digital transformation and managed services provider (MSP), to deliver a multi-tenanted immutable and secure storage for its Veeam backup and recovery platform via its zStorage Object Storage solution. This new partnership with Node4 complements Zadara’s […]

PEAK:AIO Partners with Stormgrid on High Performance AI Solutions

Manchester, England, Aug. 7, 2023 — PEAK:AIO, a provider of a software defined storage platform designed for artificial intelligence, today announced a partnership with Stormgrid, a provider of hybrid AI solutions. Together, PEAK:AIO and Stormgrid plan to offer AI infrastructure providing enhanced performance and scalability for Stormgrid’s customer base. “Stormgrid is known for its state-of-the-art solutions […]

HPC and AI Workloads Drive Storage System Design

Many organizations are tied to outdated storage systems that cannot meet HPC and AI workload needs. Designing high‑throughput, highly scalable HPC storage systems require expert planning and configuration. The Dell Validated Designs for HPC Storage solution offers a way to quickly upgrade antiquated storage….