Hardware always matters, especially in AI and now software is automating your AI data centre infrastructure. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Gina Rosenthal, Barton George, Andy Banta, and Alastair Cooke. Generative AI brought new hardware into enterprise data centres; GPUs, TPUs, NPUs, XPUs all offload AI processing from CPUs for more performance and efficiency. Feeding these accelerators requires fast networks and fast storage, common topics for AI Infrastructure Field Day events. In parallel, sophisticated software to automate the deployment and operation of this new hardware is vital to return value fast and optimize the value from the hardware investment. Automation platforms are moving up towards delivering multiple AI applications on shared XPU infrastructure, where AI inference delivers the business value.
Panelists
Alastair Cooke | ![]() |
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Alastair is a Tech Field Day event lead at the Futurum group, specializing in Cloud, DevOps, and Edge. |
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Andy Banta | |||
Storage Janitor – seasoned technology professional |
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Barton George | |||
Community builder and strategic storyteller focused on Open Source, AI, Cloud, Devops |
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Gina Rosenthal | |||
Product Marketing leader who knows how to turn complex technology into stories that inspire and connect. |