NetApp To Combine Its Data Management Engine With NVIDIA AI Software To Empower AI Applications

SUNNYVALE (dpa-AFX) – NetApp (NTAP) has announced a pioneering generative AI data vision and a series of comprehensive integrated solutions. These innovations combine NVIDIA’s AI software and accelerated computing technologies with NetApp’s sophisticated data infrastructure, empowering enterprise retrieval augmented generation and setting the stage for the future of agentic AI applications.

The key highlight of this initiative is the integration of NetApp’s AIPod architecture, NetApp ONTAP, and the NetApp BlueXP unified control plane with NVIDIA NeMo Retriever and NIM microservices. These elements form a part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, creating a robust foundation for AI-driven advancements.

By embedding the new NetApp AI capabilities into the certified NetApp AIPod for NVIDIA DGX BasePOD infrastructure and NVIDIA OVX solutions, and managing them through BlueXP, this collaboration aims to deliver unprecedented ease of data discovery, search, and curation. This applies both to data stored on-premises and in public clouds, broadening the horizons for enterprise data management.

NetApp’s initiative to merge these powerful technologies underscores their commitment to driving innovation in AI infrastructure. Customers will benefit from streamlined operations and enhanced abilities to harness data, facilitating more effective AI application development and deployment.