Hitachi Vantara and NVIDIA have announced a joint initiative for a groundbreaking portfolio of AI solutions in industrial markets, aptly named Hitachi iQ. With a focus on driving tailored AI outcomes, Hitachi Vantara's collaboration with NVIDIA heralds a new era of AI-enabled digital transformation.
As the demand for AI-driven insights surges, solution partners and organizations everywhere grapple with the challenge of supporting resource-intensive AI workloads. According to a recent S&P Global Market Intelligence report, only a third of organizations can consistently meet internal AI workload demand, underscoring the pressing need for innovative solutions.
Through this strategic partnership with NVIDIA, Hitachi Vantara aims to alleviate these challenges by leveraging hybrid cloud-enabled AI capabilities, facilitating swifter, actionable insights. Offered through multiple consumption models, Hitachi Vantara will provide options for organizations and solution providers to consume the data storage they need.
Sheila Rohra, CEO of Hitachi Vantara, emphasizes the collaborative spirit behind this endeavor. "Successful collaboration is built to meet customers’ needs, both for today and the future,” she says. ”This [partnership] empowers us to integrate NVIDIA’s AI leadership with Hitachi Vantara’s expertise in future-facing hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions and services to help our customers establish a data foundation for innovation."
AI-driven Architectures
At the core of the Hitachi iQ portfolio lies NVIDIA's AI technologies, synergistically integrated with Hitachi Vantara's storage platforms. Scheduled for launch in the first quarter of Hitachi’s fiscal year, the initial offering powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs will pave the way for AI-driven architectures.
Beyond the launch, the Hitachi iQ portfolio will encompass a spectrum of offerings, including high-end NVIDIA HGX solutions, midrange PCI-E based offerings, and accelerated storage nodes powered by Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF) storage technology.
Charlie Boyle, vice president of DGX platforms at NVIDIA, affirms the impact of these solutions, saying "With solutions built with NVIDIA DGX infrastructure and software, Hitachi Vantara customers will be able to create AI Centers of Excellence to turbocharge their generative AI strategies."
Moreover, leveraging Hitachi's deep expertise in industrial markets and operational technology (OT), the collaboration extends to the creation of industry-specific generative AI models, aiming to address the unique challenges of diverse industrial sectors.
Through Hitachi iQ, Hitachi and its partner ecosystem are committed to unlocking the transformative potential of AI, empowering enterprises to thrive in an increasingly data-driven landscape.
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