AI Data Infrastructure Field Days - What We Can Take Away
The Futurum Group, Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
In Santa Clara, Tech Field Days hosted the first AI Data Infrastructure Days, bringing together Data Engineers and Data Storage Pros - what we can learn from the gathering.
What is Covered in this Article:
- How Object, File, and Block all play into generative AI
- Cloud Native and Multi-Cloud are part of the solutions
- Performance and scale are critical
- Security, governance, and protection take a key theme
The News: Tech Field Days hosted data engineering and data storage pros to review and discuss what is going on in data infrastructure and AI. With most of the technology press focused on GPUs, the data side has seen limited exposure, yet it is the core to training and inferencing. Vendors including Minio, Google, HPE, Infinidat, Solidigm, and Pure Storage (presenting in that order) provided their perspectives and capabilities to the delegates. This article provides a view into the takeaways.