Stimuler l’innovation en matière d’IA grâce aux solutions intégrées d’Eaton et de CDW
Alors que de plus en plus d’organisations se concentrent sur l’IA de pointe pour l’automatisation industrielle, les défis de la latence et de la puissance peuvent étouffer l’innovation. Découvrez comment les solutions intégrées d’Eaton aident à construire et à gérer une infrastructure d’IA de pointe réalisable grâce à CDW.
Edge AI continues to show promising prospects for Canadian organizations seeking to automate their industrial and physical operations. From the Internet of Things (IoT) to digital experience, edge AI can help make real-time intelligence easier to integrate.
However, edge AI solutions require dependable power and unified management to achieve industrial scalability, which could be challenging for some organizations. Latency and security bottlenecks can often obstruct edge AI deployments, leading to subpar performance.
In this blog, we describe leading edge AI applications and explain how simplified power solutions from our partners at Eaton can help strengthen edge AI foundationally.
AI fatigue is real. Outcomes matter.
After years of hype and lofty promises, many organizations still lack a clear path to value. Real concerns such as security and confidentiality, legal risk, latency, upfront cost and ROI have slowed progress.
Proofs of concept are complete, but production remains elusive. And while running GenAI solely in the public cloud can work for some use cases, it doesn’t fit every workload or business constraint.
Edge AI: a practical path forward
Edge AI combines edge computing with machine learning to process the vast data generated by IoT devices close to where it’s created. As the digital edge evolves from basic observability to automation and intelligence, edge AI is accelerating real results across industries.
Gartner predicts that by 2027, deep learning will be included in more than 65 percent of edge use cases (up from less than 10 percent in 2021). Examples of such automation are already visible in cameras, drones and sensors that enable instant diagnostics and faster remediation in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, oil and gas, utilities, agriculture and construction.
What organizations are achieving with edge AI
- Healthcare: Improve patient monitoring and alerting, automate escalation and intelligent routing for critical conditions and deliver real-time diagnostics and decision support.
- Oil & gas: Monitor wells and equipment to reduce downtime and improve safety.
- Food & beverage: Enhance production quality management, lower costs and improve customer satisfaction.
- Water & utilities: Optimize plant-specific reagent dosing for more accurate, efficient water purification.
- Retail: Enhance point-of-sale operations and in-store experiences.
- Manufacturing: Advance production quality, asset management and predictive maintenance.
Manage your distributed infrastructure with Brightlayer
Edge AI depends on resilient, secure and remotely manageable infrastructure. Eaton’s Brightlayer platform is a software and services ecosystem built for intelligent power management.
It captures real-time data from Eaton and third-party assets, applies analytics and machine learning and delivers actionable insights across cloud, edge or on-premises environments.
The platform gives you centralized visibility and control across distributed sites so you can monitor power, performance and health, automate routine tasks and respond faster when conditions change.
Leverage Eaton’s expertise
Eaton provides the building blocks to power and protect AI at the edge, including:
- Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS): Right-sized from 5 to 50 kW to support accelerated computing and highpower GPUs.
- High‑rating power distribution units (PDUs): Reliable, scalable power distribution to keep critical loads running.
- Rack enclosures & accessories: Sturdy racks, cable management and connectivity designed for edge environments.
- Remote management: Visibility, automation and control via the Brightlayer platform.
Bottom line: If AI’s promise feels distant, Edge AI can deliver results today securely, reliably and close to your data. Eaton brings the power infrastructure, remote management and services to help you deploy with confidence and scale with ease.
Enable faster time to value for edge AI with CDW and Eaton
CDW Canada’s experts can help you leverage Eaton’s power management solutions for building reliable edge AI applications.
Our deep partnership with Eaton allows us to configure your edge computing facilities with power design and installation. We help you scope your requirements for the best fit and find efficient power management solutions so your edge use case can be successfully implemented.
From sourcing the right technology to ensuring you can actively operate your edge AI installations, CDW engages with you throughout the project. Our deep partner expertise and product knowledge helps us right-size your investment to meet your unique business needs.