Dell Technologies launches Dell AI Factory to enable accelerated innovation powered by AI

Dell Technologies today announced the launch of Dell AI Factory, giving customers access to the broadest portfolio of AI products in the industry. From the data center hardware level to the cloud and an open ecosystem of technology partners to build AI applications that meet an organization's specific needs. Whether purchased as a traditional purchase or through a Dell APEX subscription

“AI is transforming businesses at an unprecedented speed. Data centers must be designed from the ground up to support both AI speed and scalability, and Dell's new AI-enabled PCs are changing how work gets done and how we work together. (Collaboration)” Jeff Clark, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Dell Technologies “What we need is IT infrastructure and new equipment,” he said. “Designed solutions tailored to meet their unique AI needs help Dell AI Factory customers accelerate AI adoption through the world's broadest AI portfolio and leading partners in the all-cloud AI ecosystem.”

Providing the infrastructure to achieve all kinds of AI results

Dell's integrated AI suite is distributed across client devices, servers, storage, data protection, and networking systems. Forming the foundation of the Dell AI Factory, Dell Technologies is expanding this portfolio with new offerings. Created to meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence.

AI-powered computers are creating new rules for creativity and productivity.

• Dell launches its latest Copilot+ PC Powered by Snapdragon® Longer battery life with a transformative AI PC experience that allows users to easily manage processes and workflows through GPU, CPU and NPU processing.

Advances in data management and protection are fueling AI innovations.

• Dell PowerScale F910 All-flash storage to meet the power demands of AI workloads, giving you the power to create AI insights with up to 127% faster uptime in terms of performance and density
• PowerScale: Project Lightning is a new generation of high-performance parallel file system software architecture. It will be combined with PowerScale to accelerate training times for complex, large-scale AI processing tasks.
• The Dell AI Data Protection solution helps customers protect sensitive AI applications and data with data protection software. Dell security, hardware, and reference designs for smoother deployments

The networking wallet provides a fabric that accelerates AI performance.

• Powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk® 5 chipset, the Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON doubles the performance of AI applications. With a modern network architecture that provides highly efficient data transfer, reduces delay and can easily be scaled, it meets the most challenging network environments
• Dell PowerEdge delivers system scalability and higher performance by creating a powerful Ethernet network.
• Innovations in Enterprise SONiC deployment increase AI efficiency. While SmartFabric Manager for SONiC makes deployment easier. Resource Management Lifecycle management is made easier with a single view of the SONiC network.

Accelerate time to AI with a leading partner ecosystem.

Deep collaboration between Dell and leading ecosystem partners deliver tightly integrated solutions. And make it easier for customers to get started with AI.

• Dell Technologies is the first infrastructure provider to partner with Hugging Face to offer GenAI model adoption for optimized on-premises deployments. The Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face enables organizations to easily and securely train and deploy large-scale language models on-premises on Dell infrastructure. This experience accelerates time to value for customers building their own AI applications for use cases like chatbots. Customer service and support can be accessed directly from Hugging Face, the leading open platform for AI creators.
• Dell Technologies continues to work with Meta to facilitate deployment of the Meta Llama 3 model internally on Dell infrastructure. With test results, performance data and application formulas
• The Dell AI solution for Microsoft Azure AI Services accelerates the adoption of AI services, such as voice recording and translation capabilities, built on the Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure.

Simplify your AI journey with an expanded range of services.

Dell has expanded its comprehensive professional AI services portfolio to drive better business outcomes from AI initiatives.

• Microsoft Copilot solution deployment services help organizations change the way they work. With expert guidance on navigating the Microsoft Copilot experience across GitHub, Security, Windows, and Sales.
• Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face acceleration services reduce the time to leverage rapid AI prototyping through the Dell portal on Hugging Face, with strategic guidance on tool and model selection. Organizing use cases

Dell AI Factory works with NVIDIA to expand services to accelerate AI adoption faster than ever before

Dell Technologies announces expansion of Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA with new server advancements Dell AI Factory edge systems, workstations, solutions and services launched in March Help accelerate AI adoption by providing integrated Dell and NVIDIA capabilities together or a stacked solution Fully pre-checked for compatibility.

“Emerging AI workloads generate massive amounts of data traffic and require the highest performance capabilities across clouds and data centers,” said Charlie Kawas, President, Broadcom Semiconductor Solutions Group. “We are proud to partner with Dell to unlock world-leading networking innovations. This gives enterprises access to the potential “Broadcom's mission is to support AI infrastructure with robust, open networking solutions that also scale and deliver energy savings.”

“The Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face is the result of strong collaboration between Hugging Face and Dell Technologies to make it easier to use open source AI for organizations using on-premises infrastructure.” Jeff Buder, Head of Product and Growth at Hugging Face “This new experience will help organizations build their own AI, combining the best of open source AI with the performance, reliability and security of Dell’s infrastructure.”

“While organizations are finding ways to leverage AI, it is clear that this is not a one-size-fits-all issue.” Mike Lyon is a senior analyst at the Corporate Strategy Group “Dell AI Factory brings together Dell's outstanding infrastructure, services and partner ecosystem to help customers quickly and easily adopt AI on their own terms.

Market readiness

• The XPS 13 and Inspiron 14 Plus are available for pre-order starting today.
• The Latitude 7455, Inspiron 14, and Latitude 5455 will be available next month.
• The Dell PowerScale F910 will be available worldwide on May 21, 2024.
• Dell's AI data protection reference design solution will be available in the first half of 2024.
• The Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON and Enhanced Enterprise SONiC will be available worldwide in August 2024.
• SmartFabric Manager for SONiC will be available in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. and Asia-Pacific in August 2024
• Broadcom 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters for PowerEdge XE9680 servers will be available starting July 2024.
• The Dell AI solution for Microsoft Azure AI Services will be available worldwide in Q2 2024.
• Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face will be available worldwide on May 21, 2024.
• Installation services for Microsoft Copilot solutions are available worldwide starting today.
• Acceleration services for Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face will be available in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. and Asia-Pacific in late May 2024

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