AI workloads are driving new opportunities, from virtual assistants in healthcare to telco router optimization in remote locations.
Open source solutions, including MicroK8s and Charmed Kubeflow, are providing greater flexibility and security for edge AI scenarios.
Canonical, NVIDIA, and Lenovo can help companies bring AI capabilities to rugged, remote data sources by considering a purpose-built, pre-validated infrastructure stack.
The integrated architecture is designed to efficiently handle large datasets and for specific AI workloads, enabling a faster experimentation and scaling process.
Canonical's open source infrastructure stack includes Ubuntu Pro, a streamlined approach to managing Kubernetes containers, and Charmed Kubeflow, a distribution of Kubeflow for Kubernetes environments.
Lenovo ThinkEdge servers leverage the NVIDIA EGX platform to provide powerful performance capabilities for AI workloads at the edge.
The validated reference architecture offers developers and researchers a faster, more accessible path to AI initiatives.
The deployment process includes installing the Canonical software components on the ThinkEdge SE450 server and creating AI experiments using the NVIDIA Triton inference server.
The architecture provides accelerated computing, scalability, and security capabilities for edge AI, ultimately leading to reduced operational costs and more predictable outcomes.
Companies are increasingly turning to open infrastructure solutions for edge AI, as they offer faster iteration and experimentation, scalability, and secure, optimized hardware and software stacks.