Episode 12 was broadcast live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023. We continued the discussion focusing on VMware Private AI, reviewing what was announced at VMware Explore Las Vegas and sharing more on announcements in Barcelona.
Tune in as host Alexander Romero, senior director of Cross-Cloud Services at VMware, was joined by Prashanth Shenoy, vice president of Cloud Infrastructure Product Marketing, and Justin Murray, technical marketing architect. They reviewed the NVIDIA partnership and discussed new partnerships with Intel and IBM in the VMware Private AI ecosystem.
Chapter Segments:
0:19 – Host welcome, Alexander Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services (https://www.linkedin.com/in/romeroag/) and specialist introduction: Prashanth Shenoy, Vice President Cloud Infrastructure Product Marketing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashanthshenoy/); Justin Murray, Staff Technical Marketing Architect (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-murray-6118481/).
1:10 – What is the Multi-Cloud Expedition? Customer journey from cloud first to cloud smart.
2:41 – Review of VMware Explore Las Vegas announcements around Private AI and VMware’s architectural approach with privacy as a key focus. (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2023/08/introducing-vmware-private-ai-foundation.html).
8:25 – Architecture review of VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA partnership including a reference architecture. (https://core.vmware.com/resource/deploying-enterprise-ready-generative-ai-vmware-vmware-cloud-foundation)
17:00 – For more information on VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA please review Episode 10 of the Multi-Cloud Expedition: https://via.vmw.com/MCE-Episode10
17:15 – VMware Explore Barcelona announcement: VMware Private AI with Intel. Expanding our partner eco system.
21:20 – VMware Private AI with Intel architecture: Similarities and differentiations to other partner offerings.
25:10 – Next VMware Explore Barcelona announcement: VMware Private AI with IBM and deploying IBM watsonx on-premises.
30:17 – Use cases for VMware Private AI utilizing machine learning (ML) and large language models (LLMs) with privacy.
34:34 – Wrap up and topic review: Industry perspective through newest announcements.
Special thank you to Shannon Waddell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-waddell/) and Leanne Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannemjones/) for setting up and producing this episode.
Key links to learn more around VMware AI solutions:
https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/ai-ml.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2023/08/introducing-vmware-private-ai-foundation.html
https://core.vmware.com/blog/using-nvidias-aiml-frameworks-generative-ai-vmware-vsphere
Read more about this episode: https://blogs.vmware.com/multi-cloud/2023/10/24/the-multi-cloud-expedition-episode-12-live-from-vmware-explore-barcelona-2023-more-about-vmware-private-ai/
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