Continuing the Network Transformation Journey

Runtime programming languages (Python, Java, Node.js, etc.) are seeing unprecedented growth in the data center. The reason?

Dramatic changes in software development–with new applications built for the cloud—and increased pressure on developers to more quickly deploy applications. Runtimes can make or break the value proposition of a platform.

This session discusses the impact of runtime programming languages in the data center and provides insight into the evolution of performance optimization and measurement in the cloud and enterprise. Intel is working with the broad industry ecosystem to develop new performance benchmarks and accelerates time to innovation by extending hardware capabilities into software through dynamic languages.

Presenters

• David C Stewart: Senior Director of Engineering, Datacenter Software Technologies, Intel Software and Services Group.

• Monica Ene-Pietrosanu: Director of Software Engineering, Datacenter Scripting Languages Runtimes Optimization, Intel Software and Services Group

This presentation will offer CSPs insights into advancing business models, infrastructure approaches and a customer centric view of optimization, both at the software and hardware layer. Hear analysis and proof-points that demonstrate how the latest capabilities delivered with the Intel® Xeon® cloud-ready platform enable optimization across several dominant and emerging workloads.

Intel® Omni-Path Architecture (Intel® OPA) delivers the performance for tomorrow’s high performance computing (HPC) workloads and the ability to scale to tens of thousands of nodes—and eventually more—at a price competitive with today’s fabrics.

Susan Bobholz, Fabric Alliance Manager, Connectivity Group, Data Center Group, Intel Corp, will give an overview of Intel OPA, talk about Intel OPA's key features, discuss why customers are choosing Intel OPA, and look ahead to new features and capabilities that will make Intel OPA even better.

The world’s most advanced compute core features a new microarchitecture and delivers workload-optimized performance with innovations spanning every critical domain of your cloud data center—from compute to storage and memory to network to security.

Every new generation of Intel® Xeon® processor-based platforms offer a leap forward in capabilities that deliver the industry’s best per-core performance with strong TCO/performance per $ to help Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) maximize ROI from their infrastructure and drive compelling end-user experiences. In this session, top Cloud Service Providers will share their expertise on the systems that are powering tomorrow’s advancements – smarter and faster.

NFV and SDN have tremendous momentum, because these technologies promise communication service providers unmatched service agility, power and cost efficiencies, among many other benefits.

Through its work with a broad ecosystem of partners and communication service providers, Intel understands the work required in the critical areas of Orchestration, Analytics, Benchmarking, Platform Optimization and Solution Stack complexity.

Learn how Intel is helping communication service providers and partners address different aspects of NFV, SDN deployments with Intel® Select Solutions for NFVI and Intel® Select Solutions Fast Track Kit for NFVI.

Intel® Select Solutions for NFVI is optimized, verified solutions from a broad ecosystem targeting today’s complex network workloads. Customers will be able to deploy infrastructure achieving reliable, secure and workload-optimized performance. Spend less time, effort and expense in evaluating hardware and software integrations.
Intel® Select Solutions Fast Track Kit for NFVI are the result of Intel’s engagement with leading network operators to define the configurations and optimizations that work well for target NFV workloads. They provide integrated, tested and tuned hardware and software platforms that accelerate market evolution by providing Network Builders Developers with faster access to advanced platform configurations to speed availability of optimized, NFV solutions.

High Performance Computing (HPC) is driving discovery across a broad range of fields, from astrophysics, to product design, to security. In this session, Dr. Bill Magro, Intel Fellow, Software and Services Group, and Chief Technologist for Intel HPC Software, talks about how the Intel Xeon Scalable platform and Intel's holistic HPC solutions portfolio are increasing HPC capabilities and enabling more customers to take advantage of HPC's value.

As consumer and business applications generate even more data, companies need high powered computing (HPC) for transformation, movement and storage. Just some of the workloads that are driving increased need for HPC are large data sets, analytics, AI, video processing, big data processing, machine learning, packet processing, etc.

Network Function Virtualization is the way of the future, but NFV poses challenges in the area of service assurance. Communication service providers deliver services based on service level agreements. Downtime and failures can result in costly penalties and fines.

These service providers must be able to provision applications, perform maintenance, manage operational cost and manage SLA for customers. They do this by measuring and tracking network performance with early detection and fault resolution capabilities.

Learn how NFV changes performance, security and monitoring requirements compared to traditional, fixed devices. Find out how Intel® Xeon® Scalable will support performance, security and service assurance as companies transform their networks in preparation for 5G.

Learn how to shift IT strategy from modernization to transformation. Organizations must prepare for enormous data storage requirements. Find out how Intel and its new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® SSDs are helping companies prepare to thrive.

Come learn about how to get started programming with Open Programmable Acceleration Engine (OPAE). OPAE is a part of the Acceleration Stack for Intel® Xeon® CPU with FPGAs, a collection of software, firmware and tools, designed and distributed by Intel, to make it easier to develop and deploy Intel FPGAs for workload optimization in the data center.

OPAE aims to simplify FPGA programming for the application developer by providing a lightweight, consistent API across FPGA products and platforms. In this tutorial, learn about the architecture behind OPAE, common uses and steps for creating your first OPAE program. Start developing for Intel FPGAs with OPAE today: https://01.org/OPAE

In today’s hyper-competitive, data-dependent world, businesses must compete smarter to differentiate effectively, deliver new products and see faster results. Cutting-edge business analytics and artificial intelligence are fundamental to achieving this. One of Intel’s analytics experts will describe how real-world enterprises harness the power of analytics and the latest technology platforms like the Intel® Xeon® Scalable platform to drive business growth and innovation.

Hybrid cloud is catching the eye of Enterprise IT with roughly 70% of U.S. organizations considering strategic deployments in the next 24 months (IDC 2016). However, building a successful hybrid cloud strategy can be daunting. Attend this session to hear from one of Intel’s enterprise cloud experts who will discuss considerations for effective deployments, including the latest technology advancements, like the Intel® Xeon® Scalable platform, and how to guide your organization to realize its full benefits.,

State-of-the-art remote workstation experiences are now possible on any device, using infrastructure as a service (IaaS) hosted on the Intel® Xeon® processor E3 v5 family with Intel® Iris™ Pro graphics. Intel’s on-chip graphics technology powers a broad range of workstation-class applications for engineers, designers, and architects. Simple access is now available to companies of all types and sizes, on a trial basis and beyond. Leverage the capabilities of remote workstations with support provided by IMSCAD, a global consultant in graphics virtualization technology.

Intel® Nervana™ neon™ is a reference deep learning framework targeting ease of use, extensibility, and optimal performance on all hardware. neon supports many commonly used layers and offers a Model Zoo to help you accelerate development of your own models. This webinar will provide an introduction to using deep learning in data science workflows, as well as to using Intel® Nervana™ neon™, including demonstrations on network design, model training, and inference.

Applied analytics requires scientists to be aware of both the intricacies of the statistical tools at their disposal as well as the domain-specific idiosyncrasies of their data in order to create a successful analytical solution. This webinar will discuss examples of characteristics of data that enable and disallow certain data science techniques.

The unprecedented growth in the number of connected devices has spurred new opportunities for analytics ranging from consumer devices that monitor health to self-driving cars. The Internet of Things has also led to new computing paradigms which leverage both cloud and edge technologies to push analytics closer to users who need real-time access. This webinar explores implications of the growth of IoT on analytics, and the distributed architectures needed to support the vast amounts of data generated by these devices.

New developments in AI are more exciting than ever. The next big wave promises to provide insights at a greater accuracy to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. In this webinar Pradeep will discuss how Intel is driving AI forward with industry’s most comprehensive road map portfolio to deliver end-to-end AI solutions, and collaborating with thought leaders to address the technical challenges posed by AI.

Deep neural networks have been used successfully in domains like speech recognition, computer vision, and natural language processing. Deploying a successful deep-learning solution requires high-performance computational power to efficiently process vast amounts of data. This webinar will share insights on the effectiveness of different neural network architectures and algorithms.

Hyperconverged infrastructure is the hottest trend in IT. In this fascinating discussion, we will explore how to achieve truly adaptive infrastructure using complete hyperconvergence which extends the benefits of simplicity and speed to more applications and use cases. We will describe how to fully unlock the potential of Hyperconvergence as part of a comprehensive data center strategy with Cisco HyperFlex Systems, powered by Intel Xeon Processors.