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Techday NZ
12-08-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Dell unveils AI Data Platform upgrades with NVIDIA & Elastic
Dell Technologies has announced enhancements to the Dell AI Data Platform, expanding its support across the full lifecycle of artificial intelligence workloads with new hardware and software collaborations. The updates to the Dell AI Data Platform aim to address the challenges enterprises face with massive, rapidly growing, and unstructured data pools. Much of this data is unsuitable for generative AI applications unless it can be properly indexed and retrieved in real time. The latest advancements are designed to streamline data ingestion, transformation, retrieval, and computing tasks within enterprise environments. Lifecycle management The Dell AI Data Platform now provides improved automation for data preparation, enabling enterprises to move more quickly from experimental phases to deployment in production environments. The architecture is anchored by specialised storage and data engines, designed to connect AI agents directly to quality enterprise data for analytics and inferencing. The platform incorporates the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference architecture, providing a validated, GPU-accelerated solution that combines storage, compute, networking, and AI software for generative AI workflows. New partnerships An important component of the update is the introduction of an unstructured data engine, the result of collaboration with Elastic. This engine offers customers advanced vector search, semantic retrieval, and hybrid keyword search capabilities, underpinned by built-in GPU acceleration for improved inferencing and analytics performance. The unstructured data engine operates alongside other data tools, including a federated SQL engine for querying structured data, a large-scale processing engine for data transformation, and fast-access AI-ready storage. The array of tools is designed to turn large, disparate datasets into actionable insights for AI applications. Server integration Supporting these software advancements are the new Dell PowerEdge R7725 and R770 servers, fitted with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. Dell claims these air-cooled servers provide improved price-to-performance for enterprise AI workloads, supporting a diverse range of use cases from data analytics and visual computing to AI inferencing and simulation. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPU supports up to six times the token throughput for large language model inference, offers double the capacity for engineering simulations, and can handle four times the number of concurrent users compared to the previous generation. The integration of these GPUs in a 2U server chassis is positioned to make high-density AI calculations more accessible to a wider base of enterprise users. The Dell PowerEdge R7725 will be the first 2U server platform to deliver the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, allowing organisations to deploy a unified hardware and software solution without the need for in-house architecture and testing. This is expected to enable enterprises to accelerate inferencing, achieve more responsive semantic searching, and support larger and more complex AI operations. Industry perspectives "The key to unlocking AI's full potential lies in breaking down silos and simplifying access to enterprise data," said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. "Collaborating with industry leaders like NVIDIA and Elastic to advance the Dell AI Data Platform will help organisations accelerate innovation and scale AI with confidence." Justin Boitano, Vice President of Enterprise AI at NVIDIA, added, "Enterprises worldwide need infrastructure that handles the growing scale and complexity of AI workloads. With NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs in new 2U Dell PowerEdge servers, organisations now have a power efficient, accelerated computing platform to power AI applications and storage on NVIDIA Blackwell." Ken Exner, Chief Product Officer at Elastic, commented, "Fast, accurate, and context-aware access to unstructured data is key to scaling enterprise AI. With Elasticsearch vector database at the heart of the Dell AI Data Platform's unstructured data engine, Elastic will bring vector search and hybrid retrieval to a turnkey architecture, enabling natural language search, real-time inferencing, and intelligent asset discovery across massive datasets. Dell's deep presence in the enterprise makes them a natural partner as we work to help customers deploy AI that's performant, precise, and production-ready." Availability The unstructured data engine for the Dell AI Data Platform is scheduled for availability later in the year. The Dell PowerEdge R7725 and R770 servers with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs will also become globally available in the same period.
Business Wire
11-08-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Dell AI Data Platform Advancements Help Customers Harness Data to Power Enterprise AI with NVIDIA and Elastic
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), the world's No. 1 provider of AI infrastructure,1 today announced updates to the Dell AI Data Platform to help customers better support the full lifecycle of AI workloads from ingestion and transformation to agentic inferencing to AI-powered knowledge retrieval. Why it matters Enterprise data is massive, growing rapidly and increasingly unstructured, but only a fraction of it is usable for generative AI today. To unlock its value, organizations need continuous indexing and a vector retrieval engine that converts content into embeddings for fast, precise semantic search. As workloads grow, organizations need infrastructure that streamlines data preparation, unifies data access across silos and delivers end-to-end enterprise-grade performance. The latest updates to the Dell AI Data Platform enhance unstructured data ingestion, transformation, retrieval and compute performance to streamline AI development and deployment – turning massive datasets into reliable, high quality real-time intelligence for generative AI. Accelerating AI inferencing and analytics The Dell AI Data Platform helps customers quickly move from AI experimentation to production by automating data preparation. At the core of the Dell AI Data Platform's architecture are specialized storage and data engines that help seamlessly connect AI agents to high quality enterprise data. Together, the Dell AI Data Platform and the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design provide a validated, GPU-accelerated solution that integrates storage engines and data engines with NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking and AI software to power generative AI systems. Expanding the capabilities of the Dell AI Data Platform is the new unstructured data engine, designed to provide real-time, secure access to large-scale unstructured datasets for inferencing, analytics, and intelligent search. This engine, made possible through a new collaboration with open-source Search AI leader Elastic, will offer customers advanced vector search, semantic retrieval and hybrid keyword search capabilities—key capabilities for powering AI applications. Additionally, the unstructured data engine will leverage built-in GPU acceleration to deliver breakthrough performance. The unstructured data engine works alongside the platform's other tools, like a federated SQL engine for querying scattered structured data, a processing engine for handling large-scale data transformation, and storage designed for fast, AI-ready access. Powering enterprise AI discovery As AI becomes increasingly crucial for business-as-usual operations, Dell PowerEdge R7725 and R770 servers featuring NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs provide the mainstream computing foundation for accelerated enterprise workloads, from visual computing, data analytics and virtual workstations, to physical AI and agentic inference. These servers are ideal for running NVIDIA AI reasoning models such as the latest NVIDIA Nemotron models for agentic AI, as well as NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models for physical AI. Offering better price for performance for a wide range of enterprise use cases, these air-cooled systems make flexible high-density AI compute more attainable. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 offers enterprises up to six times the token throughput for LLM inference,2 double the capacity for engineering simulation performance3 and can support four times the number of concurrent users compared to the previous generation with support for MIG. The Dell PowerEdge R7725 server will also be the first 2U server platform to integrate the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design. When the Dell PowerEdge R7725 server featuring NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs is paired with the Dell AI Data Platform and its new unstructured data engine, enterprises can take advantage of a turnkey solution without the need to architect and test their own hardware and software platforms. The combination of the two delivers faster inferencing, more responsive semantic search and support for larger, more complex AI workloads. See innovation in action at SIGGRAPH 2025 Dell Technologies is showcasing how customers can accelerate media production pipelines and power intelligent asset management at scale using the Dell AI Data Platform, NVIDIA Omniverse software and Dell infrastructure at this year's SIGGRAPH conference (August 10-14) in Vancouver, Canada. Dell will also feature the new Dell Pro Max high-performance PC portfolio, including laptops, desktops and the upcoming Dell Pro Max with GB10, a compact AI developer workstation. Perspectives 'The key to unlocking AI's full potential lies in breaking down silos and simplifying access to enterprise data,' said Arthur Lewis, president, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies. 'Collaborating with industry leaders like NVIDIA and Elastic to advance the Dell AI Data Platform will help organizations accelerate innovation and scale AI with confidence.' 'Enterprises worldwide need infrastructure that handles the growing scale and complexity of AI workloads,' said Justin Boitano, vice president of enterprise AI at NVIDIA. 'With NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs in new 2U Dell PowerEdge servers, organizations now have a power efficient, accelerated computing platform to power AI applications and storage on NVIDIA Blackwell.' 'Fast, accurate, and context-aware access to unstructured data is key to scaling enterprise AI,' said Ken Exner, Chief Product Officer at Elastic. 'With Elasticsearch vector database at the heart of the Dell AI Data Platform's unstructured data engine, Elastic will bring vector search and hybrid retrieval to a turnkey architecture, enabling natural language search, real-time inferencing, and intelligent asset discovery across massive datasets. Dell's deep presence in the enterprise makes them a natural partner as we work to help customers deploy AI that's performant, precise, and production-ready.' Availability Unstructured data engine in Dell AI Data Platform will be available later this year. Dell PowerEdge R7725 and R770 servers with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs will be globally available later this year. Additional Resources Blog: Dell AI Data Platform Gets a Boost with NVIDIA and Elastic Connect with Dell on X and LinkedIn About Dell Technologies Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the AI era. Copyright © 2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell Technologies and Dell are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. _____________________________ 1 IDC Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Tracker, 2024H1 (Feb 2025) 2 Llama3 70B Inference; 8K/256, 20 tokens/s/user ; RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs NVIDIA L40S 3 Ansys Fluent (2025.2), FP32; RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition vs NVIDIA L40S Expand
Daily Maverick
25-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Maverick
Cape Town's Next Hot Property Launch? 93 Studios Under R1 Million at The Signal
Secure, stylish, and priced to move, this new Pinelands development is making waves with serious value and lifestyle perks. Cape Town's residential property landscape continues to evolve with developments that truly understand the needs of modern urban dwellers. The Signal, an exciting new studio development nestled in the heart of Pinelands, sets a fresh benchmark for convenient, community-driven living as it combines an unbeatable location, lifestyle-rich amenities, and exceptional value. Located in one of Cape Town's fastest-growing precincts, The Signal offers 263 thoughtfully designed studio apartments that cater perfectly to young professionals, first-time buyers, students, and investors. With 93 of these studios priced under R1 million, the development offers unmatched affordability for a prime urban lifestyle, making it an appealing choice for those looking to enter the property market without compromising on quality or convenience. This is Your Signal Studios priced from R770,000 – R1,5 million Safe, green, walkable lifestyle precinct Unbeatable amenities on your doorstep Conradie Park: Spine Blvd, Pinelands Completion in Q4 2026 Sales launch online on Wednesday, 9 July 2025 at 1pm Register and view the price list online A Precinct Designed for Living What truly makes The Signal stand out is its integration into a vibrant, secure, and amenity-packed precinct. Imagine starting your day with a jog through landscaped parks stretching across 22,000m², grabbing a coffee downstairs, working from the top-floor co-working space, and then ending the day with beautiful Table Mountain sunset views. This is what The Signal offers and more. Fitness enthusiasts can enjoy a modern gym facility in the building, or take advantage of the fitness centre within the precinct that comprises Padel courts, basketball courts, Fives Futbol Fields, and jogging paths. With The Pines Shopping Centre quite literally beneath you, everyday convenience is built in. Restaurants, cafés, beauty and wellness stores, grocery stores, and everyday essentials are within arm's reach. The precinct prioritises security with 24/7 roaming patrols and well-lit, pedestrian-friendly pathways, providing peace of mind for residents and enhancing the sense of community. The Pines Shopping Centre is located on the ground floor and many more amenities are within walking distance. Conradie Park, a carefully curated R4 billion, 22-hectare lifestyle ecosystem, has been thoughtfully planned to make daily life effortless, social, and enjoyable. It's an oasis of calm yet connected living just 10 minutes from Cape Town's central business district. Discover more online. Smart Living with Stunning Views Inside each studio, the design ethos centres on maximising space, light, and functionality. The apartments feature contemporary interiors with the option of premium finishes, giving buyers the freedom to personalise their new home. All studios come with private balconies, some of which offer stunning Table Mountain views. The emphasis on quality and detail ensures that The Signal apartments are not only affordable but also stylish and built to meet the demands of modern urban lifestyles. Studios are priced from R770,000 – R1,5 million and sized from 20m 2 – 44m 2. View all online. 263 Thoughtfully designed studio apartments are for sale at The Signal. Investment Potential: Break Even from Day One 77 Units are cash flow positive from day one, meaning that with our estimated rental projections, from the first month you will receive rental income higher than your bond repayment, rates and levies. Plus, the demand for studios in the rental market is strong and growing, especially in areas offering lifestyle amenities and convenient access to urban centres. The Signal ticks all the boxes for rental appeal: a secure precinct, lifestyle amenities on-site, and proximity to education and employment hubs. This creates a compelling proposition for investors seeking reliable rental income and capital growth potential. For first-time buyers and young professionals, The Signal offers an affordable entry point into a vibrant community without compromising on style or security. The development fosters a connected living experience where neighbours become friends, and residents enjoy the best of urban lifestyle combined with a peaceful, secure environment. Residents can enjoy a communal co-working space, gym, and beautiful Table Mountain sunsets on the entertainment deck. A Prime Location with Exceptional Connectivity Location remains a crucial factor for property buyers, and The Signal benefits from a unique position within a well-established and rapidly developing precinct. The proximity to key hubs like the Cape Town CBD and the University of Cape Town offers easy access to work, study, and social life, making the development ideal for those who want to balance city convenience with the comforts of community living. Public transport options and major road links are easily accessible, and this connectivity enhances the appeal of The Signal not just for owner-occupiers but also for investors seeking high-demand rental properties. Find out more online. Sales for The Signal go live on Wednesday, 9 July 2025 at 1pm. Interested buyers and investors can register online to view the price list and early buyers will receive a R50,000 discount on the launch. DM
IOL News
17-06-2025
- Business
- IOL News
R770 million National Dialogue bill sparks uproar: final say lies with finance minister
Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana will have the final say regarding funding amid widespread criticism from trade unions and political parties. Image: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapers As questions swirl around the projected R770 million price tag for the forthcoming National Dialogue, Deputy President Paul Mashatile has confirmed that the ultimate decision on funding will rest with Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Last week, the National Dialogue preparatory committee announced that the process could cost as much as R770 million. This announcement has triggered public outcry and political scrutiny regarding government spending, with South Africa's largest trade union, Cosatu, and several political parties criticising the estimated figures. "COSATU like other sober-minded South Africans was amazed that anyone could even suggest the Dialogue should be allocated R700 rash thumb-suck budget figure should be dismissed as a verbal gaffe and a reckless typo better left deleted and forgotten," Matthew Parks COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator said. Deputy President Paul Mashatile confirms that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will hold the final say on funding amid widespread criticism from trade unions and political parties Image: GCIS The National Dialogue was initiated by President Cyril Ramaphosa and aims to promote inclusive discussions on the country's most pressing social, economic, and political challenges. "The dialogue will be a people-led, society-wide process to reflect on the state of our country in order for us to reimagine our future," Ramaphosa said. Speaking to journalists outside the North West University's Rag Farm Stadium on Monday, Mashatile said the minister of finance will have the last say on the budget. "Trade unions, the churches so it's going to be everybody what we are trying to come together as South Africans talk about our challenges but also solutions to our challenges. We want to come out of that dialogue and say this is the South Africa we want to build together," Mashatile said. "The issue of the costs, obviously, will be looked upon by the minister of Finance, and normally when there are activities like this, officials will start planning and projecting the costs. The minister will decide whether funds are available in that regard or we need to cut down". [email protected] IOL Business Get your news on the go, click here to join the IOL News WhatsApp channel
