AI and storage
AI places heavy demands on all IT infrastructure. Storage is a key part of that infrastructure and must be specified to handle a variety of I/O access requirements, from lots of small files and known and regular use cases to as-yet unknown AI needs and large repositories of unstructured data.
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16 Dec 2025
SAN vs NAS: For AI, virtual machines and containers
We look at block vs file storage for contemporary workloads, and find it’s largely a case of trade-offs between cost, complexity and the level of performance you can settle for Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2025
Reinventing the Arabic newsroom: How Al-Masry Al-Youm is harnessing AI, data, and cloud to transform
Al-Masry Al-Youm CIO Omar Badr reveals how Egypt’s leading independent daily has navigated a decade of digital disruption, balancing editorial freedom with cutting-edge technology Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2020
Computational storage: What is it and what are its key use cases?
Computational storage brings the CPU to the storage and so boosts system performance by tackling processing tasks, such as near the edge or in AI/machine learning workloads Continue Reading
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03 Sep 2019
Scale-out NAS hits the spot for large datasets, AI and machine learning
Despite the rise of cloud and object storage, scale-out NAS is a key choice for the big datasets increasingly prevalent in artificial intelligence and machine learning scenarios Continue Reading
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16 Aug 2019
How to deploy NVMe flash storage for artificial intelligence
We run the rule over NVMe flash as a storage choice for AI applications and the key decision points in form factor and hardware specification Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2019
AI storage: Machine learning, deep learning and storage needs
Artificial intelligence workloads impact storage, with NVMe flash needed for GPU processing at the highest levels of performance – and there are other choices right through the AI data lifecycle Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2019
Pivot3 to target Azure, Google clouds and enhance AI/ML
Hyper-converged infrastructure maker Pivot3 plans to extend backup for its appliance clusters to additional public clouds and optimise service levels across storage tiers and cache Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Sep 2018
SaaS HR a seedbed for innovations in AI, people analytics
The leading edge of 'intelligent' HR technology resides in SaaS, fueled by the cloud's computing power and storage. But getting machines to predict human behavior is challenging. Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2018
NetApp AI storage packages OnTap all-flash FAS A800, Nvidia
NetApp follows Pure Storage's lead, adds Nvidia GPUs to its all-flash arrays to build a storage product designed for data scientists and others dabbling in artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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18 Apr 2018
IBM admits poor storage results but promises to do better
IBM’s first-quarter 2018 results shows failings in its storage business, while cognitive computing via Watson remains its main growth engine Continue Reading