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And here is our biggest VIP guest – Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
The leather jacket game, as always, is strong – I’m pretty sure it’s the same one he wore at the Nvidia GTC 2024 a few weeks ago!
Dell and Nvidia have been partners for decades, and Michael asks Jensen about the “AI revolution.”
“The big idea of AI, regardless of the source… is that we can learn the meaning of information from data,” notes Huang. And now that we have the ability to generate information, this goes to the next level – “now we are producing intelligence”, as Huang says.
“The AI wave is huge,” he adds, with demand for tokens starting to grow to over 1 quadrillion by 2028.
“Eventually, the application of AI will be like the Internet – it will be as ubiquitous as the Internet, as electricity,” he says.
Next, we’ll turn to the company itself – Dell is highlighting the incredible work done by its employees and how this has helped the company and its customer base grow.
“We are reinventing ourselves once again to be a better partner for you,” he notes, saying that the company is evolving its AI generation vision in line with customer demand.
“It’s both a race and a marathon,” says Dell. “The acceptance and demand for AI is unprecedented – it will impact every industry, every organization.”
Our next guest is Sungwoo Hwang, President and CEO of Samsung SDS, the company responsible for helping drive Samsung’s AI mission, including providing cloud and AI tools to customers around the world.
Hwang notes how Dell is helping the company by driving automation, especially when building on-premises LLMs.
Hwang adds that Dell is providing PowerEdge servers to Samsung SDS, helping it serve more customers than ever before, as well as increasing security and developing custom AI services.
Turning to data centers, specifically at the edge, Dell gives us insight into AI inference, personalization, and assistance.
He says the company’s PCs are “an essential part” of the computing engine for inference at the edge.
To accompany Microsoft’s new Copilot Plus, there is nothing less than 5 new Dell PCs with AI featuring the new AI platform, offering unmatched speed and efficiency, plus all-day battery life.
“Our ecosystem is full of innovation,” he says.
Moving to unstructured data, Dell announces new F910 Power Scalewhich he says can “power the beast of accelerated computing.”
There is also the PowerEdge XE9680 – “at the heart of the AI factory,” he notes – offering industry-leading power that will make generative AI easier to access for more companies.
Extremely fast networks are offered through new power switch products, developed jointly with Broadcom and Nvidia.
“Data was and is at the center of everything – it is the rocket fuel,” says Dell.
“No one has delivered more data storage than Dell – and we’re pulling away,” he notes, announcing the new PowerStore Prime Storage product – with up to 66% more “world-class” performance and efficiency.
After this incredibly sensationalist view of AI (and a great deal of love between McDermott and his host), Michael Dell looks to move forward, making the most of data.
“What we’ve learned over time is that you don’t want to bring all your data into a publicized cloud,” he notes – highlighting some of the cost issues when it comes to just public cloud versus private cloud.
Inference and data gravity are the key issues, he says – “you want to bring AI to your data, not the other way around.”
McDermott says he believes every company needs to become an intelligence company in the age of AI – but speed will be the difference – can your company make the most of innovations early enough?
“I think AI is ushering in a new era,” he says, “where everything will be digitized.”
It’s time for our first guest – Bill McDermott, President and CEO of ServiceNow, decked out in full suit and sunglasses.
He is interested in promoting how ServiceNow can help businesses make the most of AI and innovation, with a new “revolution” driving “unbelievable acceleration”
“Every industry in the world will be changed by the AI generation,” says McDermott. “This is really big and moving really fast.”
“Human providence has increased by orders of magnitude… it’s been quite a journey,” says Dell – but this is just the beginning.
“We are moving from computation to cognition – toward the age of AI,” he says.
“We are unleashing technology that will unleash scientific technology and development… to transform the way we live and work.”
Comparing the development of AI to the first factories, he says AI can provide a wide range of innovations and progress.
Customers are putting their data to work, and Dell wants to help encourage companies to adopt AI.
“We created Dell Technologies to be your trusted partner,” says Dell, noting that the company celebrated its 40th anniversary this year.
Here we go – the lights go out and after a brief video extolling the virtues of AI (surprise surprise), which was apparently used to make the video – it’s time to get started.
Michael Dell, president and CEO, takes the stage.
So how many times will we hear the words “artificial intelligence” today?
I’d say we’ll stay at home, but I think we’ll lose count in the first quarter of an hour… but with Dell having influence across a wide range of technology sectors, it will certainly play an important role.
We go in and sit down before the talk – as always, it’s time for some deafening techno to warm us up… just what you want at 9:30am, right?
And there’s an Elvis impersonator on the record…because, you know, Vegas!
As is traditional for many technology conferences in Las Vegas, Dell sponsored Sphere to promote the event – and we got a good view of it from our hotel room!
Good morning from beautiful, sunny Las Vegas! We’re excited about the start of Dell Technologies World 2024, so we’ll head to the keynote later where President and CEO and Michael Dell will kick things off.
How many times will we hear the phrase “AI” today?
So what can we expect from Dell Technologies World 2024?
The show opens with a talk presented by the company’s president and CEO, Michael Dell, who will be joined by some very special guests.
The second day will focus more on AI, with a talk presented by Jeff Clarke, vice president and chief operating officer at Dell Technologies.
But there are also discussion sessions with some very intriguing guests from the world of music and entertainment – stay tuned for more….
