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How to Perform Cloud Selection for AI Workloads


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Sam Zamanian, a principal advisory director at Infotech Research Group with over 20 years of IT and architecture expertise, joins us to dissect the critical decisions surrounding AI infrastructure selection. This episode promises to equip you with the insights needed to navigate the complexities of AI workloads, from data preparation to model training and deployment. With Sam's guidance, you'll uncover the intricacies of optimizing each stage, leveraging high-performance computing and AI accelerators to tailor cloud solutions for any AI challenge.

Choosing between cloud and on-premises infrastructure is a nuanced decision influenced by various factors. We explore the flexibility and potential trade-offs involved, weighing the cloud's convenience against the control offered by on-premises solutions. Whether it's the ease of rapid deployment or the need for customization and predictability, our discussion provides a roadmap for selecting the best infrastructure setup based on specific use cases, performance, cost, and security considerations.

The evolving AI hardware landscape brings both challenges and opportunities, as discussed in our final segment. With supply bottlenecks and market dynamics shifting, new collaborations like AMD and Microsoft's partnership are making waves. We delve into optimization strategies to enhance efficiency, highlighting tools like the DeepSeek model for cost reduction in training large AI models. As the AI industry rapidly evolves, we capture the excitement of future developments and the potential for broader hardware adoption, setting the stage for the next era of technological advancement.

How to connect with Sam:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-z-77028a59/

Purchase Chris and Tim's new book on AWS Cloud Networking: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Advanced-Networking-Certification-certification/dp/1835080839/

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