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Exploring the Importance of Solid Data Infrastructure at AI Data Infrastructure Field Day 1

The use of artificial intelligence technology is taking hold in the enterprise, and many are discovering the importance of a solid data infrastructure for these new applications. No matter what model or technology is used, or whether it’s part of training or inferencing or RAG, data is the foundation for productive AI applications. That’s why the next Tech Field Day event will focus on AI Data Infrastructure, serving as a companion to our recent AI Field Day event, happening October 2 and 3. Tune in live or watch our recordings. Here’s a quick overview of what to look forward to.

AI Data Infrastructure Field Day is broadcast live on LinkedIn and Techstrong TV starting at 8:00 AM Pacific time Wednesday and Thursday, with more presentations throughout the day. All of our sessions will be recorded and posted to YouTube in case you miss anything!

Kicking things off Wednesday October 2 at 8:00 AM Pacific with MinIO, who are building an enterprise object store for AI data. MinIO will discuss the considerations for large-scale object storage for AI, including connectivity, caching, and observability. Google Cloud presents at 10:30 AM, focusing on storage solutions for different stages of the AI pipeline. We recently heard about Google Cloud storage at our Cloud Field Day event, and this will dive deep into Vertex integration and managed AI services. After lunch we’ll hear from HPE at 1:30 PM. HPE recently announced NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE, a new private AI solution that provides turnkey accelerated computing.

On Thursday we will start with Infinidat at 8:00 AM. They are bringing advanced cybersecurity and AI features to their leading enterprise storage platform. At 10:30 AM we welcome enterprise SSD leader Solidigm back to Tech Field Day. Their presentation focuses on the way SSDs can bring TCO and performance benefits to AI workloads. We’ll wrap up AI Data Infrastructure Field Day at 2:00 PM with Pure Storage. Their consolidated scale-out storage platform known as FlashBlade is seeing rapid adoption with AI workloads.

You can also catch the AI Data Infrastructure Field Day delegates on our Tech Field Day podcast, including two special episodes recorded next week. Check out our appearances on Techstrong Gang and the Gestalt IT Rundown, too. And tune in for behind-the-scenes shorts, Tech Talks, and extras recorded in Silicon Valley!

All of our sessions are broadcast live on LinkedIn at the Tech Field Day page and recorded and shared on YouTube. You can also catch the sessions on Techstrong TV, with our coverage continuing on Techstrong AI. We welcome participation on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and Mastodon using hashtag AIDIFD1.

You can learn more about the event and our panel of independent technical influencers by The Tech Field Day website. Each of our delegates has their own blog, podcast, or social media platform where they share their thoughts on enterprise technology from servers to storage to networking and beyond. We’re proud to have Camberley Bates and Steven Dickens from The Futurum Group joining us on the delegate panel, and we look forward to their analysis and reactions.

Thank you for joining AI Data Infrastructure Field Day live October 2 and 3. While you are on YouTube, please subscribe to our channel, and please follow our LinkedIn page for more Field Day content.

About the author

Stephen Foskett

Stephen Foskett is an active participant in the world of enterprise information technology, currently focusing on enterprise storage, server virtualization, networking, and cloud computing. He organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series for Gestalt IT and runs Foskett Services. A long-time voice in the storage industry, Stephen has authored numerous articles for industry publications, and is a popular presenter at industry events. He can be found online at TechFieldDay.com, blog.FoskettS.net, and on Twitter at @SFoskett.

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