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GigaSpaces Integrates InsightEdge Platform with BigDL for Scalable Deep Learning InnovationGigaSpaces (News - Alert), a leading provider of in-memory computing (IMC) platforms, today announced the new capability to simplify artificial intelligence (AI) through an integration between GigaSpaces' InsightEdge platform and the Intel (News - Alert)® BigDL open source deep learning library for Apache Spark. The combined solution forms an enhanced insight platform based on Apache Spark; offering a distributed deep learning framework that empowers insight-driven organizations. Adoption of AI innovations like deep learning is growing rapidly across industries such as financial services, healthcare, transportation, and retail; where GigaSpaces has a strong track record in delivering high performance solutions. In addition, the company has expanded its analytics portfolio over the past year to incorporate full-stack analytics (SQL, streaming, machine learning) through Apache Spark. The BigDL and AI portfolio provide an infrastructure-optimized solution for deep learning workloads leveraging Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. Together the technologies fill a critical market gap by creating an intelligent insight platform that makes it easy to innovate on real-time advanced analytics applications with low risk and TCO. Key benefits of the integration include:
The solution will be demonstrated at the Strata Data Conference in New York, NY September 26-28 2017 and at Microsoft (News - Alert) Ignite in Orlando, Florida September 25-29 2017. The demo presented will feature:
During the demo, in order to illustrate an enhanced customer experience, customers will speak in their own words to a company's interactive voice response (IVR). The IVR will be able to quickly understand what the customer needs and solve their problem through ML. "BigDL's efficient large-scale distributed deep learning framework, built on Apache Spark*, expands the accessibility of deep learning to a broader range of big data users and data scientists," said Michael Greene, Vice President, Software and Services Group, General Manager, System Technologies and Optimization, Intel Corporation. "The integration with GigaSpaces' in-memory insight platform, InsightEdge, unifies fast-data analytics, artificial intelligence, and real-time applications in one simplified, affordable, and efficient analytics stack." For more information, visit www.gigaspaces.com. About GigaSpaces GigaSpaces provides the leading in-memory computing platform for fast data analytics and extreme transaction processing. With GigaSpaces InsightEdge Platform, and its core engine XAP, organizations can overcome the complex obstacles of big data and advanced analytics to deliver real-time business impact. Hundreds of Tier-1 and Fortune-listed organizations worldwide leverage GigaSpaces across financial services, retail, transportation, telecom, healthcare, and others. GigaSpaces' offices are located in the US, Europe and Asia. More at www.gigaspaces.com and blog.gigaspaces.com.
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