Everpure sees AI infrastructure strategy move beyond virtual machines

AI infrastructure strategy is expanding beyond compute and storage specifications as artificial intelligence reshapes who manages enterprise applications and data. Infrastructure teams are increasingly being asked to support virtual machines, Kubernetes, graphics processing units and AI workloads together.

That expansion is reshaping responsibilities traditionally divided among infrastructure, data science and DevOps teams. Platform decisions increasingly require a shared view of how workloads will be built, operated and scaled, according to Cody Hosterman (pictured), senior director of product management at Everpure Inc.

“The conversations I’ve been having in our meeting room and at our booth and in the hallways have not once been about VMs. It’s actually been talking about the datasets and the applications that are consuming them with people who are traditionally infrastructure administrators,” he said. “So the conversation has fully changed.”

Hosterman spoke with theCUBE Research’s Christophe Bertrand and co-host Alison Kosik at VMware Explore, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed hybrid infrastructure, Everpure’s partnership with Broadcom Inc. and the importance of connecting AI investments to business objectives. (* Disclosure below.)