Cutting Edge Technology Center Demonstrates
Building and Consuming AI Use Cases
HERNDON,
Va., Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ePlus inc.
(NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) and Digital Realty today
jointly announced a partnership to launch a state-of-the-art AI
Experience Center to be hosted in Digital Realty's Innovation Lab
located in Ashburn, VA. As one of
only 10 NVIDIA DGX-ready managed service providers (MSP) globally,
ePlus focuses on accelerating the delivery of AI outcomes, as well
as the ongoing optimization of those technologies, which are on
full display in the AI Experience Center. Digital Realty is a
leading global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data
center, colocation and interconnection solutions, and ePlus is
a leading technology provider whose AI Ignite portfolio helps
organizations unlock the full potential of AI to drive meaningful
business outcomes.
Designed to help accelerate an organization's AI journey, the AI
Experience Center will enable customers to experience AI
technologies in data center facilities purpose-built for
AI-optimized infrastructure. Customers may explore AI-specific
requirements such as power, cooling, and advanced graphics
processing unit (GPU) resources that may not be available in other
data center facilities. Hosting the AI Experience Center inside of
Digital Realty's Innovation Lab enables customer easy access to
public and private cloud environments via ServiceFabric™.
Additionally, customers can orchestrate AI-specific workloads
across Digital Realty's Private AI
Exchange (AIPx).
For organizations focused on building AI-optimized
infrastructure, the AI Experience Center will demonstrate
deployment, management, and optimization of NVIDIA AI Enterprise
technologies and the surrounding ecosystem of software and services
that empowers AI outcomes.
In addition to the technology demonstrations at the facility,
customers can also take advantage of the suite of ePlus AI Ignite
assessments and workshops, which are designed to help them
understand their level of AI maturity and what solutions best match
their goals. These engagements help identify use cases, define
success criteria, assess AI preparedness, and rapidly deploy proofs
of concept (POCs).
"Our vision for the AI Experience Center is to help all
customers – whether just embarking on an AI journey or trying to
scale an existing solution – to make informed decisions about their
AI investments and unlock maximum value from their data," said
Darren Raiguel, chief operating
officer at ePlus. "ePlus and Digital Realty's combined expertise,
partnerships and resources make us the go-to partner to help
companies intelligently navigate this markedly new terrain in
business and technology."
"Part of the digital transformation journey is for enterprises
to innovate and take advantage of new opportunities powered by AI.
However, the solutions are all too often disjointed and complex,"
says Chris Sharp, Chief Technology
Officer at Digital Realty. "Through our partnership with ePlus and
its deep industry expertise, we are equipping IT and data science
teams with the intelligence and understanding they need to make
smart AI investments."
"We are excited to collaborate with ePlus and Digital Realty to
bring the possibilities of AI to life for customer organizations
looking to harness its power," said Rob
Cato, vice president North America Channel, ISO. "The
infrastructure required to support AI is one of the most critical
pieces to helping ensure its success, and that's where Lenovo comes
in. We're pleased to work alongside ePlus and Digital Realty to
provide customers with innovative technology and solutions to help
deliver advanced outcomes."
"Pure Storage is delighted to contribute to the ePlus and
Digital Realty AI Experience Center," said Josh Felicetti, National Partners Director at
Pure Storage. "This important initiative underscores our shared
vision with ePlus and Digital Realty to empower organizations with
modern technology, tools, and resources that guide them through
each step of their AI journey. Together, we are committed to
helping our customers future-proof their AI infrastructure,
alleviate complexity, and set them up for impactful AI
outcomes."
"Vertiv, ePlus and Digital Realty have a long-standing history
in delivering critical digital infrastructure solutions to our
customers, said Giordano Albertazzi,
CEO of Vertiv. "I'm excited to extend these relationships through
support of the ePlus and Digital Realty AI Experience Center, which
showcases power, cooling and IT solutions to demonstrate AI
deployment best practices. Our companies are dedicated to offering
innovative technologies to improve time to market and drive
scalability as customers prepare their infrastructure for the
high-performance computing wave."
"With the right tools and training, the possibilities with AI
are limitless. ePlus and Digital Realty's new AI Experience Center
will allow customers to conceptualize new and unique use cases that
will maximize the value of their AI investments," said Seann Gardiner, VP, Business Development at
Weights & Biases. "We're excited to contribute Weights &
Biases technology and resources to the initiative so customers can
accelerate and advance AI innovation."
To learn more about ePlus and Digital Realty's AI Experience
Center, please visit:
https://www.eplus.com/solutions/ai/AI-Experience-Center.
About ePlus inc.
ePlus is a
customer-first, services-led, and results-driven industry leader
offering transformative technology solutions and services to
provide the best customer outcomes. Offering a full portfolio of
solutions, including artificial intelligence, security, cloud and
data center, networking and collaboration, as well as managed,
consultative and professional services, ePlus works
closely with organizations across many industries to successfully
navigate business challenges. With a long list of industry-leading
partners and more than 2,300 employees, our expertise has been
honed over more than three decades, giving us specialized yet broad
levels of experience and knowledge. ePlus is
headquartered in Virginia, with
locations in the United States,
United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia–Pacific. For more
information, visit www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122,
or email info@eplus.com. Connect with
ePlus on LinkedIn, X,
Facebook, and Instagram.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering
the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection
solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center
platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a
proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution
methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data
Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to
the connected data communities that matter to them with a global
data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+
countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty,
please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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