Going Ga-ga over storage networking technologies ….
I have been reading a couple of articles over the weekend which started by placing the weights of outdated networking infrastructure slowing down AI ambitions. The 2 articles are: I did not fully agree that networking infrastructure is the main inhibitor of AI ambitions per se. Not from the experiences … Continue reading →
The IT industry uses the word “platform” all the time. Often, I find myself shifting between the many jargons circling “platform”, loosely. I am pretty sure many others are doing so as well. I finally found the word “platformization” giving right vibes in a meaningful way in February last year, … Continue reading →
[ Preamble: This analysis focuses on my own journey as I incorporate my experiences into this new market segment called AI Data Infrastructure. There are many elements of HPC (High Performance Computing) at play here. Even though things such as speeds and feeds, features and functions crowd many conversations, as … Continue reading →
[ Preamble: This analysis focuses on my own journey as I incorporate my past experiences into this new market segment called AI Data Infrastructure, and gaining new ones. There are many elements of HPC (High Performance Computing) at play here. Even though things such as speeds and feeds, features and … Continue reading →
When I first heard of the word “AI Factory”, the world was blaring Jensen Huang‘s keynote at NVIDIA GTC24. I thought those were cool words, since he mentioned about the raw material of water going into the factory to produce electricity. The analogy was spot on for the AI we … Continue reading →
There was a time some years ago when some storage vendors, especially the object storage ones, started calling themselves the “last line of defence”. And even further back, when the purpose-built backup appliances (PBBAs) first appeared, a very smart friend of mine commented that they shouldn’t call it “backup appliance”, … Continue reading →
It has been 2 months into my new role at DDN as a Solutions Architect. With many revolving doors around me, I have been trying to find the essence, the critical cog of the data infrastructure that supports the accelerated computing of the Nvidia GPU clusters. The more I read … Continue reading →
Towards the middle of the 2000s, I started getting my exposure in Data Governance. This began as I was studying and practising to be certified as an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) circa 2002-2003. My understanding of the value of data and databases in the storage world, now better known as … Continue reading →
I am strong believer of using the right tool to do the job right. I have said this before 2 years ago, in my blog “Stating the case for a Storage Appliance approach“. It was written when I was previously working for an open source storage company. And I am … Continue reading →
Data governance has been on my mind a lot lately. With all the incessant talks and hype about Artificial Intelligence, the true value of AI comes from good data. Therefore, it is vital for any organization embarking on their AI journey to have good quality data. And the journey of … Continue reading →