Monday Morning Impact – September 23
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Introduces One-Click Deployment of AI Applications
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has rolled out “HPE Private Cloud AI,” a new initiative that introduces new features to automate and streamline AI applications. The company describes the platform as a turnkey, cloud-based experience co-developed with Nvidia to help businesses of every size build and deploy generative AI applications that was introduced as part of the Nvidia AI Computing by HPE portfolio. The objective is to give enterprises the ability to deploy virtual assistants in one click and operationalize them in seconds, simplifying the process from end-to-end.
“Businesses are deploying GenAI in an environment where they are simultaneously under pressure to begin quickly and show real value,” said Fidelma Russo, executive vice president and general manager, hybrid cloud and CTO at HPE. “However, implementing AI applications requires organizations to string together various models, datasets, tools and other resources. Solution accelerators are a key differentiator within HPE Private Cloud AI, simplifying a project that could take months to deploy and consolidating that timeline down to a single moment for the enterprise.”
The first available solution is a GenAI virtual assistant to help developers quickly build interactive chatbots that answer questions asked in natural language, informed by an organization’s private data and powered by open source large language models (LLMs). Businesses can customize their AI applications for multiple uses: tech support, sales quote generation, marketing content creation and more. The next version of the virtual assistant will support voice, images and multi-agent support, enabling more advanced content-generation and multi-task execution.
Future solution accelerators will feature commonly-used AI applications for vertical industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, energy and public sector. A selection of upcoming solution accelerators will be based on Nvidia NIM Agent Blueprints, reference AI use cases that enterprises can continually refine based on data and feedback.
“Enterprises are looking for accelerated, customized AI tools to meet the needs of their company-specific use cases,” said Justin Boitano, vice president of enterprise AI software products at Nvidia. “Nvidia NIM Agent Blueprints allow AI applications developed with HPE Private Cloud AI to be refined using human feedback, improving models in a continuous learning cycle.”
Solution accelerators are customizable, modular low-code or no-code applications using Nvidia NIM microservices that are designed to shorten time-to-value for businesses. Solution accelerators run in HPE Private Cloud AI managed through HPE GreenLake.
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The initiative is expected to simplify AI application deployment, which typically involves acquiring new skills, adopting complex workloads, as well as integrating and configuring agents, multiple microservices, vector databases, data warehouses, disparate data sources, user management systems, scale-out inference servers, data sets, AI models and other IT resources.
AWS Launches Global Passport Program to Accelerate Customer Growth
Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of its AWS Global Passport Program targeting independent software vendors (ISVs) with guidance, resources, and strategic support to accelerate time-to-revenue, lower risk, and maximize ROI as customers pursue new international growth opportunities.
“Today’s software companies are up against a number of challenges that can hinder their ability to scale and expand into new regions as they look to accelerate growth,” said Miguel Alava, EMEA GM for software companies at AWS. “AWS has extensive expertise and technical capabilities to help companies fast-track growth into global markets. We want to provide the resources that empower businesses to scale on a robust cloud-first technology foundation that strengthens their resilience, increases revenue, and reduces their dependency on single markets so they can reach more customers and make greater impact.”
Participating partners receive a market evaluation workshop to assess opportunities, challenges, and create an international expansion roadmap. They also receive guidance on architectural best practices for multi-region deployments, international expansion needs, cost optimization opportunities, and software capacity planning. Industry-certified assessors within AWS Security Assurance Services help participants evaluate local regulatory and compliance requirements. In addition, participants have access to co-selling with AWS sales teams, co-marketing initiatives, and connections to regional resellers and distribution channels.
Once selected, customers participate in a 3-part, half-day workshop in-person. Upon completion, customers will receive a comprehensive report including recommendations and a business plan, a technical framework and user-story level roadmap for any compliance-related development work, a joint go-to-market launch plan, and AWS service credits for any expansion related workloads that meet the return-on-investment threshold.
Along with the technical guidance provided by AWS, the company has also partnered with a global growth consultancy to provide additional counsel as software companies scale their businesses. This includes workshops, deep-dive interviews, reports, strategy, and execution consulting.
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AWS Global Passport is intended to enable software companies to reach new customers and accelerate entry into international markets, unlocking global growth potential of ISV customers through strategic planning, regulatory, technical, and go-to-market expertise.
CompTIA: Tech Employment Data Signals “Cautious” Hiring
The latest employment data confirms a continuation of caution in tech hiring among employers, according to analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data by CompTIA, a suburban Chicago-based industry association.
Overall tech industry employment was essentially flat month-over-month. Companies in the tech services and custom software development sector continue to be a pocket of growth adding 3,400 new workers for the month. However, this was offset by the tech manufacturing sector shedding 2,500 workers.
Across the entire economy, tech occupation employment declined by 28,000 positions in August. The unemployment rate for tech occupations inched up to 3.4%, compared to the national unemployment rate of 4.2%. About 6.3 million people are employed in core tech occupations by companies of all types across the economy.
Active employer job postings for tech positions increased modestly to just over 500,000 last month. Positions for software developers and engineers and data scientists saw the largest month over month increase. Demand also remains solid for tech support specialists, data analysts, IT project managers and network analysts.
“The bumpy stretch of tech labor market data requires the usual balancing of shorter-term and longer-term perspectives,” said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA.
Among metropolitan areas, the largest numbers of tech job postings were in the Washington, D.C., New York and Dallas markets. California, Texas, Virginia, New York and Florida topped the list of states.
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It’s easy to observe that the market has hit another round of layoffs amidst a modest uptick in employer job postings for future tech staffing.
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