HPE Discover EMEA As the competition for a share of the AI revenue increases, HPE is positioning itself to stay relevant by implementing an “AI native” strategy, according to CEO Antonio Neri.
HPE is aiming to guide customers through every stage of the AI model lifecycle, from training to tuning and inferencing. The acquisition of Cray and access to supercomputing technology for training large AI models sets HPE apart from its competitors, as claimed by Neri.
With a focus on AI delivered via the Greenlake platform, HPE, like many others, sees the future as AI-driven and is seeking to convince the market that it has the essential components of the AI puzzle.
During his keynote at HPE’s Discover event in Barcelona, Neri highlighted the potential for AI use in enterprises, describing AI as “the most disruptive technology of our lifetime.”
Neri emphasized the impact of generative AI models and OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, calling it a game-changer for the industry.
“Imagine a future where every business decision is enabled by AI, predicting trends and driving new levels of activities to help make better, faster decisions and predict new business opportunities,” Neri said.
To support this vision, Neri was joined by Karl Havard, managing director of Taiga Cloud, which is utilizing HPE’s Cray XD nodes with Nvidia H100 GPUs for its AI processing platform.
Havard aims to democratize access to generative AI, allowing startups and smaller enterprises to access the resources they need for training models without having to build their own infrastructure or rely solely on big public clouds.
Partnerships with companies like Nvidia are crucial for HPE, particularly for its enterprise solution for generative AI, as acknowledged by Neri during the keynote.
While training AI models continues to receive attention and investment, HPE believes that AI inferencing represents the larger portion of an AI model’s lifecycle.
Neri also highlighted the potential demand for new infrastructure to support AI inferencing, following a recent decline in revenue for its Compute business.
What if the industry doesn’t buy into the promise of AI?
Matt Harris, HPE’s managing director for UK, Ireland, Middle East, and Africa, firmly believes that AI is fundamentally changing the way businesses operate and will continue to do so in the future.
“I think AI will infiltrate our lives and has already done so, if you consider how internet search has improved over the years or the use of chatbots to solve customer queries or problems,” Harris said.