The race is on for companies to deploy and scale AI solutions rapidly. However, in doing so, organizations face a myriad of challenges. The data, infrastructure, and personnel that have driven their past success often need to be matched to the unique demands of AI. IT leaders are, therefore, looking to Tier One providers like Dell Technologies and UNICOM Engineering to fill critical technology gaps and stay competitive.
The Challenges of Deploying and Scaling AI
With AI, the traditional rules of enterprise computing often don’t apply. Thus, as leaders seek to harness its possibilities, they find true success elusive. Common challenges include:
- Data Structure - Many organizations find themselves awash with data. What's needed, however, is to structure the data so that AI systems can ingest and use it.
- Infrastructure Performance - With the deployment of LLMs or other AI models, it's crucial that the systems put in place perform at the speed required by end users. In other words, when a user presents a question or other request to an AI, the system must respond reasonably.
- Infrastructure security - Given the sophistication employed by today's bad actors, AI infrastructure needs to guard against attacks from the outside and within the organization.
- Time to Value and Deployment - Successful deployments with slow, untested systems cannot be delayed. Therefore, high-performing, turn-key servers must be deployed in configurations designed to maximize value and productivity.
- Flexible Scalability - Once in place, the capacity and performance expectations placed on AI can be challenging to predict. Therefore, effective deployments must be planned with growth in mind. This includes quickly adapting to energy consumption and cooling needs.
- Onsite Deployment Expertise - Often already challenged to handle day-to-day operations, internal teams face an uphill battle when deploying AI. Experts can play a crucial role in high-stakes AI rollouts beyond the specification of hardware and software. As systems prove themselves, more is expected of them. Therefore, onsite experts who know how to customize and scale systems are essential.
Dell Integrated Rack Scalable Systems (IRSS)
Dell Technologies continues to monitor and lead the changing AI landscape, and today, it has over 500 AI solutions in the AI Factory. One integral component of this approach, the Dell Integrated Rack Scalable System (IRSS), is a pre-tested, multi-faceted compute solution for rapid AI deployment. Complete with factory integration, the Dell IRSS provides:
- Servers - Scaling up to 768 internetworked GPUs, IRSS systems can quickly deliver productivity and insights necessary for success. With proven designs, time and complexity can be minimized.
- Storage - Dell's AI-Ready Data Platform enables leaders to leverage the value of their unstructured data with PowerScale, ECS, and ObjectScale, their premier file and object storage portfolio.
- Networking - With the Dell PowerSwitch Z-series, AI deployments can use up to 800GbE throughput to support the most advanced workloads.
- Infrastructure Management and Security - Thanks to its APEX AIOps observability and management suite, Dell customers can enjoy faster resolutions to infrastructure issues, quicker than ever resolutions to application issues, and overall reductions in customer-reported issues.
- Maximum Scalability - By combining predefined compute units up to 768 GPUs with Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) or Rear Door Heat eXchanger (RDHx) racks, the IRSS enables organizations to grow as incrementally or rapidly as needed.
- Dell AI Factory Integration - As mentioned, the IRSS is one component in Dell's AI Factory, their comprehensive AI strategy of AI tools and solutions to help customers transform data into revolutionary business cases. Therefore, it is compatible with many other Dell AI solutions.
Onsite Integration and Deployment with UNICOM Engineering
Successful AI implementations require expertise above and beyond what most organizations have on payroll. In-house teams often have their hands full with the daily demands of operational needs. For over 15 years, Dell has trusted UNICOM Engineering for the experience and skill needed to design and build solutions for its OEM customers.
UNICOM Engineering has won the distinguished award of Dell OEM Partner of the Year for several years, and its experts are deeply embedded in Dell’s product development cycle. As a result, companies that work with UNICOM Engineering can benefit from the latest technology when needed. And, thanks to their worldwide network of experts, customers can grow their AI infrastructure alongside their business.
With capabilities extending well beyond the average systems integrator, UNICOM Engineering offers advantages including:
- Streamlined Application Development - with services such as system design, lifecycle management, compliance, and OEM branding
- Predictable and Repeatable Results - through products and processes that comply with ISO 27001, ISO 9001, TL 900, and 14001 standards
- OEM Hardware and Appliances - that achieve the best possible fit for customers and end-users in a life-cycle managed solution
Deploy Your High-Performing and Scalable AI Solution with Dell Technologies and UNICOM Engineering
Ready to take the lead in your industry’s race to AI? Contact UNICOMEngineering today to learn how we can help you make AI deployment stress-free with Dell Technologies solutions.