- NetApp (NTAP, Financial) partners with NVIDIA to enhance AI infrastructure capabilities with the NVIDIA AI Data Platform.
- The integration aims to streamline AI data pipelines, aiding businesses in overcoming data silos and enhancing data retrieval and inferencing.
- The combined solution is designed to help enterprises drive AI innovation by providing seamless data management and access.
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to enhance its AI infrastructure capabilities through the adoption of the NVIDIA AI Data Platform. This partnership supports the NetApp AIPod solution, which aims to accelerate the deployment of agentic AI by providing secure and scalable AI data pipelines.
With the integration of NVIDIA's technology, NetApp AIPod users can expect improved retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and inferencing, allowing enterprises to unlock the full potential of AI innovation. The collaboration is set to aid companies in overcoming data silos, a common hindrance to technical innovation, by leveraging NetApp's mature data management capabilities.
A recent report by NetApp highlights the necessity of unifying data estates, with 79% of tech and business leaders believing this is critical for achieving top AI outcomes by 2025. As a NVIDIA-Certified Storage partner, NetApp is in a prime position to support businesses in developing high-performance AI factories capable of addressing real-world challenges.
According to Sandeep Singh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Storage at NetApp, the rise of agentic AI has reinforced the importance of a unified approach to data storage. He emphasizes the need to eliminate silos across IT environments to capitalize on AI advancements.
The NetApp AIPod solution, enhanced with NVIDIA's accelerated computing, promises to bring intelligence directly to business data. This advancement facilitates the scanning, indexing, classification, and retrieval of large data sets in real-time, ultimately augmenting AI agents' reasoning and planning capabilities.
Rob Davis, Vice President of Storage Technology at NVIDIA, notes that the NVIDIA AI Data Platform and NetApp's storage solutions are poised to deliver unprecedented productivity by providing fast access to high-quality data, thereby supporting complex problem-solving with agentic AI.
For more information on NetApp's data management innovations and AI solutions, visit their official website.
