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Wendy Wu, Business Development Manager at Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), joins Conversations in the Cloud to talk about QCT’s new Intel® Select Solutions for VMware vSAN. QCT has partnered with VMware since 2014 and QCT’s vSAN version 2 solution exceeds program standards. Wendy talks about that success and how innovations like Intel Optane® SSD and 2nd Generation Xeon® processors achieve high performance. QCT offers a wide variety of customizations that are validated for performance between Intel and VMware. They have been able to customize profile offerings for workloads and scenarios such as remote office data storage or animation use cases. QCT and Intel Select Solutions share a common value: to simplify the deployment process for customers. Pre-validated offerings are workload optimized to ensure performance, which saves time and gives confidence to users. As demands for hybrid cloud continue to climb, Wendy expects QCT will work to minimize customer effort and stay ahead on trends like HCI. To learn

Geraldine Van der Auwera, Director of Outreach and Communications for Data Sciences Platform at the Broad Institute, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss the Broad Institute’s collaboration with Intel and Intel Select Solutions for Genomics Analytics. The Intel-Broad Center for Genomic Data Engineering was launched in 2017 and works to optimize data pipelines and make data available more quickly. Genomics analysis creates enormous amounts of data to process, and together they developed Intel Select Solutions for Genomics Analytics. Geraldine finds value in Select Solutions because the provided configurations are tailored for genomics workloads. They are verified by Intel, customized for complicated genomics pipelines, and ready to work right out of the box. The result is end-to-end processing that’s faster and won’t create a backlog. Learn more about the Broad Institute at intel.com/broadinstitute and GATK at gatk.broadinstitute.org. Explore Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized con

Howard Lo, Vice President Sales and Marketing at DataON, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss hybrid cloud solutions and analyze announcements following Microsoft Ignite 2019. Howard discusses his excitement at the growing demand for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, especially seeing companies like Microsoft making strides to support the demand. DataON is a hybrid cloud computing company that helps customers both launch and monitor their hyperconverged infrastructure. They offer customers a complete solution to bridge from traditional solutions to leading edge hyperconverged infrastructure. Their latest solution, Intel Select Solutions for Azure Stack HCI, is built on pre-validated Intel architecture and leverages Intel Optane™ technologies to achieve high performance for key workloads. Howard explains how Azure Stack HCI is a perfect example of flexible, workload-based architecture for hybrid cloud that can scale from a remote office to a primary data center running SQL. For more information o

Dr. Jen-Yao Chung, Associate Vice President at Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), joins Conversations in the Cloud to talk about QCT’s new Intel® Select Solutions for Azure Stack HCI. QCT and Intel have been partners for a long time, collaborating to consistently offer top cloud solutions. QCT helps customers create data centers that are optimized for specific workloads. Dr. Chung talks about the evolution he’s seen in the industry, from centralized mainframes to private cloud services. He discusses key features and benefits of QCT’s solution for Azure Stack HCI and QCT Windows Admin Center extension, which leverage the latest Intel technologies to optimize storage efficiency and improve performance for first time users or hyperscalers alike. To learn more about Quanta’s solutions go to https://www.qct.io/ or go.qct.io/solutions/qct-premier-intel-select-solutions/. Explore Intel Select Solutions for Hybrid Cloud and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

David Shyu, Solutions Product Manager at Hitachi Vantara, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss Hitachi Vantara’s Intel® Select Solutions for VMware vSAN and the next generation of hyperconverged infrastructure. Hitachi Vantara’s vSAN ReadyNodes take advantage of 2nd Generation Intel Scalable processors with Intel Optane™ DC persistent memory. Their newest VMware vSAN solutions leverage Intel technologies to provide higher capacity, lower latency, and give customers more scalable options over the previous version. David has been impressed with the IOPS produced by DC persistent memory and how systems see high performance at a lower TCO. Customers can manage their storage on a unified platform server across hyperconverged infrastructures. Hitachi Vantara continues to see exciting benefits from the latest Intel technologies. Intel Select Solutions provide pre-verified solutions so customers can quickly deploy optimized solutions. David explains that Optane's increased capacity allowed Hitachi Vantara to

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Brock Taylor, Director of HPC Solutions Engineering at Intel. High Performance Computing (HPC) is crucial for research, academia and increasingly for enterprises. But customers were struggling to keep homegrown ecosystems validated and components tied together. That challenge prompted the development of Intel® Select Solutions for HPC. These solutions offer quick-to-deploy infrastructure optimized for analytics clusters and HPC applications. Pre-validation reduces complexity and helps make HPC more accessible and easier to maintain. Brock outlines the current portfolio of Intel Select Solutions for HPC: Simulation & Modeling, Simulation & Visualization, Genomic Analytics and HPC & AI Converged Clusters. Quick adoption of the HPC portfolio continues to impress Brock. Partners appreciate working with Intel to define all key hardware, software, and integration requirements. But there is still room for vendor differentiation to add their own value on to

Ken LeTourneau, Solutions Architect in Intel’s Data Center Group, joins us on this week’s Conversations in the Cloud to discuss Intel® Select Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server on Windows and Linux. Ken highlights the major differences between versions of Intel® Select Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server. While the original designs were very workload focused, the version 2 solutions are built to be general purpose with multi-tenant environments in mind. The new design is based on Windows Server 2019 and incorporates Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory as well as Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drives (SSD). Using persistent memory means high endurance and IOPS so customers can scale with the same quality of service. He also discusses the SQL Server for Linux, which introduces multi-tenancy via containers. Users can stack containers onto servers, allowing more room to grow before a new server is needed. Linux for SQL Server is now supported by Microsoft and has performance parity with Windows. As an architect,

Dana Chang, Vice President and Co-founder at Atipa Technologies, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss Atipa’s Polaris High Performance Computing and Visualization (HPCV) platform. Atipa has over 18 years of experience in HPC. The company researches, builds and configures HPC clusters, servers and workstations. Atipa’s development of the Polaris HPCV platform won them Intel's 2018 Partner of the Year Award for HPC Technical Solutions. Today’s scientists need faster insights and visualize increasingly large data sets. Atipa’s Polaris Select HPCV clusters are optimized for high-performance computation and visualization to meet these growing demands. The Atipa Polaris HPCV Platform uses 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and the Intel® Rendering Framework for CPU-based rendering. This enables a balanced performance for simulation and modeling or simulation and visualization. The pre-validated hardware of Intel® Select Solutions saves time that would have been spent assessing and procuring c

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Sim Upadhyayula, Senior Director of Solutions Enablement at Supermicro. In his role, Sim works with various enterprises and service providers to understand their data center needs and identify solutions. Sim discusses Supermicro’s newly available Intel® Select Solutions for SAP HANA and its benefit to end customers, as well as their on-going collaboration with Intel. Supermicro has been working with Intel since 1993, and their continued adoption of Intel technologies helps customers to maximize business outcomes. Supermicro strives to be on the leading edge of new technologies and deeply values standards for long term performance and availability of systems. Sim views Intel® Select Solutions for SAP HANA as part of the next generation of data center integration. Using Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory in the solution enables large-scale memory for data persistence, which is ideal for the SAP HANA platform. Users can expect shortened SAP database

This week we welcome back Todd Christ, Enterprise Solutions Architect at Intel, to discuss Intel® Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos. Google Cloud’s Anthos is a scalable hybrid cloud solution, built with VMware vSAN and powered by Intel processors, storage, and networking technologies. Hybrid cloud solutions are increasing important to help businesses meet regulatory needs, control data placement, and incorporate existing equipment securely. Todd discusses how the new solution stems from years of engineering collaborations between Intel and Google. The result is a pre-tested solution, validated from the hardware up through the firmware stack to the vSAN software and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) On-Prem. The new Intel Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos is optimized for 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and gives customer’s flexibility wherever their cloud resides. A big goal of the hybrid model is to help customers manage data easily across on-premises and cloud environments. T

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Lee Carter, Vice President Global Alliances at Bright Computing. Bright Computing offers comprehensive software for deploying, managing, and monitoring clustered infrastructure, in the data center or the cloud. Lee discusses how the Bright Cluster Manager Software provides infrastructure tools to help customers reduce complexity, understand their cluster, and manage servers as a single resource. Bright Cluster Manager Software offers a full suite of solutions and support through the cluster infrastructure lifecycle. In the past, cluster infrastructure management tools were largely used by HPC. Lee notes that the industry is now seeing a trend of adoption by AI, container-based, and cloud (on-premise and public) workloads. Bright Computing relies on Intel® Select Solutions to provide a proven set of tools and technologies that enable customers to setup infrastructure that is more reliable. Used together, the Bright Cluster Manager Software allows use

Dave Krenik, Senior Solutions Manager at Hitachi-Vantara, joins us on this week’s Conversations in the Cloud to discuss the company’s solutions for SAP HANA. Hitachi-Vantara has partnered with SAP for more than thirty years and helps businesses make the migration to SAP HANA. Given key deadlines for SAP support for non-HANA databases in the next five years, Hitachi-Vantara is seeing customers looking to make plans for the future. There are lots of disparate data sources and businesses are challenged to pull it all together to get an accurate picture of their customers. Hitachi-Vantara helps customers utilize SAP products including SAP HANA to help stay competitive in this area. The company is one of the leaders in enterprise certifications on the SAP HANA appliance and with SAP HANA TDI. Hitachi-Vantara solutions, including their recently verified Intel® Select Solution for SAP HANA, take advantage of the new 2nd gen Intel® Scalable® processor with Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory, which provides more p

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Tim Henning, director of architecture and engineering at SHI. SHI offers custom IT solutions and offers services including detailed assessment tools, volume licensing expertise, and simplified billing solutions. Tim talks about his role as the head of the SHI Customer Innovation Center, a facility where customers can test and evaluate the latest technology. The Innovative Center continues to grow and explore future technology disruptors that can benefit their customers. SHI will include Intel® Select Solutions in the Innovation Center. SHI recently began offering the Intel® Select Solution for VMware vSAN, a preconfigured solution that is performance optimized for high-capacity memory workloads. This solution is built on the 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor, utilizing Intel® Optane™ SSDs and Intel® Networking technology. Moving from traditional on-prem datacenter to private and hybrid cloud, it’s about getting the most money from your i

In this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Esther Baldwin, Artificial Intelligence Solutions Architect at Intel. Esther talks about AI for Good and how she was inspired by her mother to make a difference in the world. She encourages young people entering the industry to have courage – to talk to experts and leaders, to learn and grow, and not to let them themselves be held back. Esther recommends following fellow Intel star Riva Tez at https://twitter.com/rivatez for inspiration on this. A Forrester study noted that pre-configured and verified IT infrastructure was a key strategy for addressing solution complexity. Esther notes that our work isn’t complete unless solutions are consumable by customers at scale. On the topic of HPC & AI converged clusters, there’s a perception that if you want to do AI, you must stand up a separate cluster, which Esther notes is not true. Existing HPC customers can do AI on their existing infrastructure with solutions like HPC & AI converged clusters. Howev

Ullrich Becker-Lemgau, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Intel, joins Conversations in the Cloud this week to discuss Intel® Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling. Ulli is on a team at Intel that works to streamline HPC technology so that all the components fit together, including optimizing the applications that work on the HPC platforms. Ulli discusses his history in the field of simulation, and how he was motivated by an engineering problem that needed to be solved, ranging from optimizing the performance of a car to finding a cure for a disease. Beyond the engineering, the next step is how to bring together different technologies into a comprehensive solution to solve the problem. In the past, HPC was the realm of the specialist but it’s now broadening with more mainstream companies now running HPC clusters. Ulli notes that HPC has a positive impact on revenue, even for smaller enterprises. The Intel Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling offers easy to deploy infrastructure that reduce

On this episode of Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Katrina Feliciano-Stoddard, Product Line Leader, Visualization Solutions at Intel. Katrina talks about simulation and visualization, its role in innovation, and how the technology is being used across industries such as manufacturing, oil & gas, aerospace and defense, media and entertainment, and health and life sciences. Scientists search for new discoveries, engineers are looking at new ways to do things, to design and develop new products – but everyone is looking to do achieve innovations in less time and at reduced costs. They are looking for increased efficiencies and better ways to get more intelligence. Katrina explains that companies with engineers and scientists often need to bring in a new role to help manage the software and systems that actually perform the computational and visualization tools. They require expertise in optimizing the performance of the hardware and software so that the engineers and scientists can focus on innovat

Learn how Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY server line-up, updated with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory, can significantly impact your business in this Conversations in the Cloud podcast featuring Marcel Schuster, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Fujitsu. In this podcast, Marcel provides insights into how the addition of persistent memory to Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY platforms will enable users to derive insights from data much faster, will accelerate the performance of critical workloads, offers rapid scalability of applications, and provides the ability to manage and store larger amounts of data. He also talks about Fujitsu's new Intel Select Solutions--Microsoft SQL Server* on Windows Server* and Simulation and Modeling— that are simple and easy to deploy because they are pre-configured and tested on proven benchmarks. Marcel also discusses Fujitsu’s involvement in the Next GenIO project, which is one of the European Union’s research and innovation project. The go

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Brian Lin, General Industrial IoT Sector Leader at Advantech, who talks about the company’s evolution to focus on solutions. Brian discusses how visualization is becoming more important and Advantech is working to make these larger, high resolution images more precise and more broadly accessible. Utilizing 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Advantech offers Intel Select Solutions for Professional Visualization, which offers users a turnkey solution to help speed processing times. Brian highlights VM density, which seeks to consolidate power into a smaller footprint, moving from racks to 2U servers. Advantech offers a range of 2U high density servers, including products verified for Intel Select Solutions for Professional Visualization. There are billions of devices now bringing data to the cloud, on premise, and the edge. Ultimately, customers want a solution that is quick to deploy and helps them see immediate benefits. Brian sees

Find out about Nor-Tech’s cutting edge, High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, and their easy to deploy hardware and software solutions, in this Conversations in the Cloud podcast featuring Dominic Daninger, VP of Engineering for Nor-Tech. Named to CRN’s list of top 40 Data Center infrastructure providers, Nor-Tech’s HPC technology is backed by the company’s no-wait-time support guarantee and a world-class team of HPC engineers. Dominic discusses Nor-Tech’s demo cluster, a no-cost, no-strings opportunity for their customers to test-drive applications so when they receive their product they are able to deploy it seamlessly. And if they run into any issues, Nor-tech’s support team is right there to help them get up and running quickly. Dominic also talks about how HPC is moving into the commercial space and how engineers and designers are using simulation and modeling tools to design a variety of products, from diapers to toothpaste tubes. By using these tools, their customers can be confident that whe

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we talk to Howard Lo, VP of sales and marketing at DataON. Howard talks about DataON’s focus on software-defined data center and hybrid cloud solutions. The company works with Intel to deliver cutting-edge technology to their end users, to enable them to implement hybrid cloud infrastructure, realize better performance for their workloads, and experience intelligence at the edge. DataON seeks to bring peace of mind to its customers through an assurance the solutions they are implementing are validated and tested for their workloads. This aligns with DataON’s collaboration on Intel Select Solutions, pre-verified solutions for specific workloads that easy and quick to deploy. Howard explains the extensive testing that happens in order to build and fine tune solutions that are optimized for specific customer workloads. This includes detailed work around deployment configuration provisioning and stress testing to ensure the customer has a complete solution ready to go.