At the NVIDIA AI Summit 2024 in Mumbai, the company announced its partnership with F5, which specialises in network security and multi-cloud management.
The goal is to enhance AI efficiency and security in sovereign cloud environments by integrating NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs with F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes, an open-source system that automates software development and management.
“This partnership is ideal for industries with strict data governance, privacy or compliance requirements and addresses the growing demand for scalable AI infrastructure,” said Ash Bhalgat, senior director, of cloud, telco and cybersecurity market development in NVIDIA’s official blog.
Regarding this partnership, Ahmed Guetari, VP, general manager and service provider at F5 said, “We’re working with NVIDIA to enable industries to deploy scalable, secure AI solutions faster, with better performance, all while ensuring data remains protected.”
NVIDIA BlueField-3
BlueField-3 networking platform is a solution designed to boost data centre performance and security. It combines networking, storage, and security capabilities into one system, powered by accelerated computing.
BlueField-3 uses SmartNIC technology and has built-in security features, such as hardware-based isolation and encryption, to protect sensitive data from potential threats.
The platform is also highly scalable, handling a variety of workloads, from traditional organisational applications to modern cloud-based environments. This partnership with F5 accelerates BlueField-3 and enhances performance, security, and operational efficiency in modern data centres.
The Sovereign Cloud Approach
Sovereign clouds are essential for companies that maintain sensitive information, such as those in the telecommunications and financial services industry.
With this new NVIDIA collaboration with F5, organisations can now achieve a secure AI networking infrastructure that maintains data privacy. The integration allows for efficient AI task processes and reduces energy consumption, optimising GPU resource use.
According to the announcement, the sovereign cloud market is expected to grow significantly and reach $250 billion by 2027. In the meantime, the market for foundation models will be $30 billion by 2027. This efficient AI workload management also claims to help NVIDIA NIM microservices, which accelerate the setting up of foundation models.
NVIDIA had also previously partnered with VMware Cloud Foundation to enable enterprises to customise models and run generative AI applications, including intelligent chatbots, assistants, search and summarisation.
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