AI Infrastructure Field Day 2
43 Episodes
AI Infrastructure Field Day 2 is returning for a four day event you won't want to miss, from April 22–25 in Santa Clara, offering live insights into the latest AI infrastructure advancements. Starting with a full day at Google Cloud learning about Google’s AI hypercomputing systems, we'll be continuing sessions with Juniper Networks, Solidigm, Phison, Netris, Nutanix, Aviz Networks, and Keysight. The event will cover critical AI infrastructure topics, including GPU and TPU acceleration, data management, liquid cooling, on-premises LLM solutions, networking automation, and AI data center optimization. Tune in and watch these presentations live on LinkedIn, on our website, or on Techstrong TV.
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Day 2: Operating your AI data center with Juniper Networks
Episode 1
Juniper Networks presented its latest Apstra functionality for AI data center network operations at AI Infrastructure Field Day. It focused on providing operators with the context and tools to manage complex AI networks efficiently. Jeremy Wallace, a Data Center/IP Fabric Architect, emphasized th...
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Getting to Know the Unsung Hero of AI Infrastructure with Solidigm
Episode 2
Solidigm's presentation at AI Infrastructure Field Day emphasized the critical role of data storage in the evolving landscape of AI solutions, using the framework of the AI data pipeline. The amount of data used for training an AI model directly correlates with its accuracy, making storage a crit...
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AI Data solutions are not One Size Fits All with Solidigm
Episode 3
Solidigm's presentation focuses on AI performance and efficiency, highlighting the role of high-performance SSDs in addressing the challenges of rapidly growing AI development and optimizing the total cost of ownership. Scott Shadley, Director of Leadership Narrative and Evangelist at Solidigm, b...
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Why Storage Matters to AI in 2025 with Solidigm
Episode 4
Solidigm focused on the evolving role of storage in AI, specifically highlighting its significance in the AI data pipeline through 2025. The presentation emphasizes that the AI workflow involves a series of distinct tasks, each with unique demands on hardware, and that it's often distributed amon...
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Industry First SSDs Tackle AI Challenges with Solidigm
Episode 5
Solidigm's Director of Leadership Narrative and Evangelist, Scott Shadley, introduces their new SSDs designed to tackle the challenges of AI infrastructure. Shadley begins by highlighting the industry-first status of their 122TB SSDs, emphasizing their potential to revolutionize storage solutions...
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Affordable on premises LLM training and inference with Phison aiDAPTIV+
Episode 6
Phison's show their aiDAPTIV+ technology, designed to make on-premises AI processing more affordable and accessible, particularly for small to medium-sized businesses, governments, and universities. The core of their innovation lies in leveraging flash storage to offload the memory demands of lar...
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GPU Memory Offload for LLM fine-tuning and inference with Phison aiDAPTIV+
Episode 7
With aiDAPTIV+, Phison makes on-premises AI processing more accessible and affordable, especially for small and medium-sized businesses, government entities, and educational institutions. CTO Sebastien Jean explained that the primary goal of Phison’s solution is to facilitate fine-tuning of large...
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Innovation in the enterprise SSD market driven by Phison
Episode 8
Phison, a leading innovator in the enterprise SSD market, is driving the future of data-intensive applications with its Pascari SSDs. Michael Wu, GM & President, presented at AI Infrastructure Field Day, highlighting Phison's commitment to innovation, focusing on performance and reliability in th...
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Demonstration of Day 2 AI network operations, monitoring and anomaly detection with Aviz
Episode 9
Aviz Networks' AI Infrastructure Field Day demonstration focused on Day 2 operations, monitoring, and anomaly detection for AI workloads. The core challenge addressed is the specialized networking requirements of AI, including multiple networks, differentiated QoS, and the need to manage compute ...
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Introduction to Multi-Tenancy & Network Automation for AI Infrastructure Operators with Netris
Episode 10
Netris helps GPU-based AI infrastructure operators automate their networks, provide multi-tenancy and isolation, and offer essential cloud networking features like VPCs, internet gateways, and load balancers. Netris focuses on network software designed for AI and cloud infrastructure operators be...
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How it works. Multi-Tenancy & Network Automation for AI Infrastructure Operators with Netris
Episode 11
Netris, as presented by CEO Alex Soroyan, offers cloud-provider-grade network automation and multi-tenancy software tailored for AI Infrastructure operators. The core of their solution lies in the Netris Controller, which acts as the centralized source of truth for network engineers. It allows fo...
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Multi-Tenancy & Network Automation for AI Infrastructure Operators Demonstrated with Netris
Episode 12
Netris CEO Alex Soroyan demonstrated the multi-tenancy and network automation solution in AI infrastructure. The presentation began with a live demonstration of the Netris controller, showcasing how it facilitates the setup and management of AI infrastructure networking. Utilizing Terraform modul...
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Company Overview and AI Challenges we address with Nutanix
Episode 13
GenAI's rapid advancement and impact present a significant challenge for enterprises seeking to leverage its potential. Nutanix helps businesses transition from GenAI possibilities to production with its Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) solution, a full-stack AI infrastructure designed specifically fo...
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20:51Episode 14
Let's take a look at Nutanix Enterprise AI
Episode 14
Ashwini Vasanth presented Nutanix Enterprise AI, which simplifies the complexities of adopting and deploying GenAI models and addresses common customer challenges. The product, launched in November 2024, focuses on providing a curated and validated approach to model selection, deployment, and sec...
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21:50Episode 15
Nutanix Enterprise AI Demonstration
Episode 15
As presented by Laura Jordana, Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) is designed to simplify the process of deploying and managing AI models for IT administrators and developers. The presentation begins by demonstrating the NAI interface, a Kubernetes application deployable on various platforms. The primar...
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AI Inferencing Sizing Considerations on Nutanix Enterprise AI
Episode 16
Jesse Gonzales, Staff Solution Architect, offers sizing guidance for AI inferencing based on real-world experience. The presentation focuses on the critical aspect of appropriately sizing AI infrastructure, particularly for inferencing workloads. Gonzales emphasized the need to understand model r...
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Wrapping up and summarizing Nutanix Enterprise AI
Episode 17
The Nutanix presentation at AI Infrastructure Field Day focused on enterprise AI solutions, emphasizing giving customers a solid technical understanding of Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) and its role in addressing key customer challenges. The discussion highlighted the curated model catalog, offerin...
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Design, deploy, and monitor networks for AI with Aviz
Episode 18
Thomas Scheibe, Chief Product Officer, offers solutions for designing, deploying, and monitoring networks for AI workloads. Their focus is on addressing the specialized networking needs of AI, including multiple networks, differentiated Quality of Service (QoS), and the integration of compute int...
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Our Major Takeaways from AI Infrastructure Field Day 2 - Tech Field Day Takeaways
Episode 19
In this episode of Tech Field Day Takeaways from AI Infrastructure Field Day, Alastair Cooke, shares key insights from the event, highlighting how AI infrastructure must align with each phase of the AI pipeline—from data ingestion to training, fine-tuning, and inference. Training phases demand hi...