HCLTech and Red Hat Join Forces to Deliver Enterprise AI Infrastructure

Chennai — In a move to strengthen its AI capabilities, HCLTech has unveiled a partnership with Red Hat aimed at providing enterprise-grade AI infrastructure solutions to organizations looking to scale their artificial intelligence initiatives. The collaboration expands HCLTech's AI Factory ecosystem, which brings together leading technology providers to deliver comprehensive AI infrastructure offerings to customers.

The joint offering, built on Red Hat AI Enterprise, creates a unified platform for deploying and operating AI workloads across on-premises data centers, cloud environments, and edge computing infrastructure. The solution focuses on enhancing infrastructure efficiency and lowering inference expenses through techniques such as model optimization, distributed serving capabilities, and centralized operational management. Additionally, it incorporates an enterprise-grade data management layer that provides governance and traceability features to enable dependable AI operations at significant scale.

Rampal Singh, Senior Vice President and Global Business Head of HCLTech's Hybrid Cloud Business Unit, emphasized the shift in how enterprises approach AI adoption. "Enterprises are moving beyond experimentation to operationalizing AI across their core businesses," Singh stated. "The HCLTech AI Factory with Red Hat is designed to help organizations industrialize AI, bringing together the right foundational building blocks to translate AI investments into measurable business outcomes."

Ryan King, Vice President of AI and Infrastructure Partners at Red Hat, highlighted the significance of the collaboration. "The launch of HCLTech AI Factory, powered by Red Hat AI Enterprise, is a significant milestone in bringing enterprise-grade AI to our customers," King said. "By building on the trusted foundation of Red Hat AI Enterprise and our full portfolio of enterprise-grade, AI-optimized open source software, HCLTech is providing organizations with a unified, scalable platform to deploy and manage their critical AI workloads consistently, from the core data center to the edge. This collaboration helps enterprises industrialize AI, translating their investments into real business value."