Lee Caswell, VP of Product Marketing in the Cloud Platform Business Unit at VMware, joins host Jake Smith to talk about the company’s long-standing partnership with Intel as a founding member of the Intel Select Solutions program ecosystem and its leadership in the hyperconverged space. Lee and Jake discuss the history of hardware and software evolution, the advancements in flash storage, and how all of these factors came together for the two companies to help support remote workers and distance learning by recently introducing the Intel Select Solutions for Horizon VDI on vSAN. For more information: http://intel.com/selectsolutions Follow Lee Caswell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecaswell Follow Jake Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

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Addressing Today’s Challenges with Intel and VMware – CitC Episode 209

Guest Michael Shaulov, CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, talks with host Intel’s Jake Smith about how the company is leveraging Intel SGX “chip-level isolation technology” and multiparty computation (MPC) to protect the transfer of $16B in crypto assets per month for the largest financial institutions. Michael talks about why Fireblocks has built out their network infrastructure with Intel SGX in order to deliver operational efficiency with enterprise-grade security and goes into detail about how the technology works across various customer examples. For more information about Fireblocks, visit: https://www.fireblocks.com For more about Intel SGX, visit: https://www.intel.com/sgx

Securing Cryptocurrency with Chip-level Isolation – CitC Episode 208

David Williams, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at netElastic Systems, talks with host Jake Smith about being an emerging player in network virtualization. The company solves some pressing network challenges by helping carriers move to a virtualize network infrastructure, focusing on high performance data plane routing in a software environment though its virtual broadband network gateway. With over forty engineers decided to this issue, the company has been successful very early on in the market. The two talk more about why agile network infrastructure is so important today, given the dramatic increase in network traffic due to videoconferencing and remote work, and look to what the industry might become in the future. For more information about netElastic Systems, visit: https://netelastic.com/

Why Agile Networks Are More Important Ever Before - CitC Episode 207

Angela Harvey, Senior Director for Ecosystem Marketing at SAP, and Vishal Sanghvi, Director of Global Marketing at Intel, talk with host Jake Smith about the long-standing partnership between the two companies in the digital transformation space. The two guests discuss some of the top challenges facing customers today, including pandemic management, business continuity, and sustainability. Angela and Vishal talk more in-depth about the security features and optimizations of SAP HANA on Intel architecture, and some of the customers the two businesses have helped, like Mercy, Siemens, and New South Wales Rural Fire Service. For more information about how Intel and SAP are working together, visit intel.com/sap.

Strategies for Intelligent Enterprise with Intel & SAP - CitC Episode 206

Today’s challenging work environment has placed a higher demand on commercially proven solutions. In this episode, Patti Shaffner Jordan, Sr. Director of Solutions Marketing at Intel, talks with host Jake Smith about Intel Select Solutions, pre-configured, pre-verified, technology recipes developed in tandem with software vendors and equipment manufacturers. Recently, Intel and partners updated four current solutions with new technology features and introduced three new solutions to the market, including Intel Select Solutions for VMware Horizon VDI on vSAN. Building on a long-standing partnership, Intel and VMware we were able to develop and launch the new VDI solution in less than two months in order to respond to the increased demand on the data center from remote work. To learn more about the latest Intel Select Solutions, read Patti’s blog with further details: https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/select-solutions-innovation/

Developing New Solutions in Record Time – CitC Episode 205

Shekhar Mishra, Director of Product Marketing for Software Defined Data Center at Lenovo, joins us to discuss trends in software-defined storage. Shekhar supports Intel® Select Solutions because pre-validation gives customers confidence that they are using the right recipe for their business needs - especially for customers adopting new technologies. Combining Intel’s validation with Lenovo’s testing, as well as Microsoft’s certification, reduces risk and creates configurations that are optimized for high-priority workloads. Lenovo’s latest Azure Stack HCI solution is a result of collaboration between all three companies and is designed to simplify deployment by taking the guesswork out of system configuration. For more information about the solutions that Lenovo offers, go to: www.lenovo.com. For more information about Intel Select Solutions go to: www.intel.com/selectsolutions

Optimizing Software-Defined Storage with Lenovo – CitC Episode 205

This week we are joined by Carl Li, Managing Director of China Enterprise & Government, Data Center Group at Intel. On this episode, Carl discusses the Intel Select Solutions PRC portfolio, and how Intel was able to adapt to geo-specific customer needs. These pre-configured solutions will start from China, and scale into the global market. The cloud and analytics solutions save time to market and reduce cost, helping to solve problems more efficiency. In the future, Carl expects to see even faster technology adoption and views Intel Select Solutions as a cornerstone in the digital transformation businesses. Learn about Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

How Intel Select Solutions Adapted to Customer Needs in China – CitC Episode 204

This week we are joined by Bill Giard, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Transformation & Scale Solutions, Data Platforms Group, at Intel. On this episode, Bill discusses Intel Select Solutions for hybrid cloud and security. He champions Intel Select Solutions because the solutions are easy to deploy, reduce engineering complexity and help enterprises move faster. With host Jake Smith, he dives into hybrid cloud infrastructure, apps and IT transformation, workload placement, and the challenges businesses face to modernize and grow quickly. Learn about Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

Intel Select Solutions for Hybrid Cloud, and Beyond – CitC Episode 203

Vangel Bojaxhi, Global AI & HPC Director at Inspur, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss AI Inferencing applications and Inspur’s new solution. Vangel describes the collaboration between Intel and Inspur, delivering optimized AI solutions for customers, and Inspur’s open source projects for deep learning inference. As an Intel Select Solution, Inspur’s AI Inferencing is a fully optimized, tested, and ready-to-go configuration. The solution reduces the deployment time and cost for end-users while ensuring scalability. Explore Inspur’s AI Inferencing and other solutions here: https://www.inspursystems.com/. Discover Open Source Deep Learning Inference Engine Based on FPGA at https://github.com/TF2-Engine/TF2. Learn about Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

Inspur’s AI Inferencing and Open Source Project – CitC Episode 202

Rick Cnossen, Senior Director of Global AI Sector Solutions at Intel, joins us on this week’s Conversations in the Cloud to discuss the latest trends in the AI and Analytics market, and how Intel solutions streamline implementation. Rick describes the vast applications of analytics and AI in the modern age. Companies want to operationalize analytics and AI but it's complicated, especially when integrating with legacy data. He discusses how Intel Select Solutions help companies on efficient implementation and deployment with specific workload solutions. Explore Intel Select Solutions for AI, Analytics and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

Faster AI & Analytics Implementation with Intel Solutions – CitC Episode 201

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Sim Upadhyayula, Senior Director of Solutions Enablement at Supermicro. Sim discusses the vSAN market, and Supermicro’s latest Intel® Select Solutions for VMware vSAN. Their new solution is a culmination of and collaboration between Supermicro, Intel, and VMware. He is excited by the efficiency and performance of Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory, describing how it enables customers to do more with less. Sim also speaks to Supermicro’s Green Computing mission to reduce environmental cost and impact of data centers. Learn more about by visiting supermicro.com. Explore Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

Green Data Centers & vSAN with Supermicro – CitC Episode 200

Mileidy Giraldo, Ph.D., Global Lead, Genomics R&D at Lenovo HPC & AI, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss the future of genomics-based precision medicine and Lenovo’s new Genomics Analytics solution. Genomics analytics are increasingly the first step for life sciences studies, but long execution times of complex workflows limit their large scale implementation. Mileidy discusses how Lenovo and Intel’s work is helping researchers deliver faster time to scientific insights and flexibility to scale. Lenovo’s Genomics Optimization and Scalability Tool (GOAST) is built on the foundation of Intel Select Solutions for Genomics Analytics and expands its features to enable precision medicine at the population scale. The computing and storage capacities of the solution help researchers accelerate genomics at the population level – which is having a huge impact on timely deployment of translational and precision medicine initiatives worldwide. Learn more about GOAST at https://en.resources.lenovo.com/intel-select-solutions/goast and explore Lenovo’s other HPC solutions here https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/solutions/hpc. Learn about Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

Population Level Genomics with Lenovo’s GOAST – CitC Episode 199

James Myers, Director of Data Center Storage Solutions Architecture at Intel, joins us on this week’s Conversations in the Cloud to discuss Intel® Optane™ SSD and Intel Select Solutions. James takes a deep dive into the Intel Optane technology and how it revolutionizes performance for demanding storage workloads. He discusses the importance of balanced architecture and bottle neck prevention for resilient enterprise systems. Many Intel Select Solutions leverage Optane SSD to keep workloads responsive with low latency and fast caching. James is passionate about Select Solutions because the solution benchmarks are designed to deliver proven, real-world value. Select’s validation process includes testing hardware like Optane so it’s optimized for data centers out-of-the-box. Explore Intel Select Solutions and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions. Learn more about Intel Optane Technology at http://intel.com/optane.

Revolutionize Storage Performance with Optane SSD - CiTC Episode 198

Tim Henning, Director of Architecture and Engineering at SHI, joins us on this week’s Conversations in the Cloud to discuss new verified Lenovo configurations for Intel® Select Solutions from SHI. SHI is committed to helping customers modernize their data centers and prepare for future data growth. Tim discusses the new multi-tenant capabilities of the SQL version 2 environment, where multiple databases can run on the same server. He notes that using 2nd Gen Intel Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel Optane™ DC Persistent Memory requires less hardware, which is more efficient for customers. Tim values Intel Select Solutions because the pre-validated designs provide an easy to follow “cook book” for consistent and high-performing configurations. To learn more about SHI’s solutions go to https://www.shi.com/intelselectsolutions. Explore Intel Select Solutions for SQL and other performance optimized configurations at intel.com/selectsolutions.

Multi-Tenant Databases and Data Center Modernization with SHI – CitC Episode 197

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 more about QCT’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.

QCT Leverages Intel Technologies to Exceed vSAN Standards – CitC Episode 196

Intel® Conversations in the Cloud is a biweekly podcast with IT leaders who are driving the future of a software-defined infrastructure based data center. Featuring members of the Intel® Builders programs, Intel experts, and industry analysts, this recurring podcast series provides information on delivering, deploying, and managing cloud computing, technology, and services in the data center and enterprise.

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