WWT Named Partner of the Year for Deep Learning AI by NVIDIA

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Wide Technology (WWT) today announced that it has been selected by the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) as the 2019 Deep Learning AI Partner of the Year for the Americas. This is the third year that WWT has been honored in this category.

The NPN selected WWT for its ongoing AI research and development program. To help customers develop AI leadership, WWT published six white papers about leveraging the compute power of NVIDIA DGX systems to develop Machine Learning and Deep Learning models for real-time edge video analytics, network optimization, and performance comparisons of multiple reference architectures for ML model development. The WWT research into ML and Deep Learning is tied to real-world business outcomes, and improvements in mining safety, utilities grid optimization, and resource management for manufacturing.

In addition, the WWT Advanced Technology Center (ATC) offers Lab-as-a-service environments for AI development, MLOps, Deep Learning, and testing of storage and networking with GPU-accelerated compute. WWT [also] engineered and deployed some of the largest clusters of DGX-2 servers in North America and China for production of Natural Language Processing applications at massive scale.

“It’s due to the strength of our engineering and data science partnership with NVIDIA that WWT’s customers are today realizing strategic value from Deep Learning and ML solutions that WWT has deployed,” said Tim Brooks, Managing Director of AI Solutions for World Wide Technology. “Our customers are leveraging Natural Language Processing, computer vision, robotics, and geospatial analysis for intelligent agents, autonomous vehicles, retail loss prevention, mining safety, and manufacturing QA.”

“NVIDIA has long worked with WWT to deliver AI solutions for data center and cloud-hosted environments across numerous industries,” said Craig Weinstein, Vice President of the Americas Partner Organization at NVIDIA. “Together with NVIDIA and our OEM partners, WWT provides customers with AI solutions that leverage the power of NVIDIA GPUs and 30 years of engineering and global deployment reliability of WWT.”

The NPN honors its top North American partners who have shown growth in their GPU business through the growth, leadership, and investments made throughout the year.

About World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a technology solution provider with $12 billion in annual revenue that provides digital strategy, innovative technology and supply chain solutions to large public and private organizations around the globe. While most companies talk about delivering business and technology outcomes, WWT does it. Based in St. Louis, WWT employs more than 6,000 people and operates approximately 4 million square feet of warehousing and integration space in more than 20 facilities throughout the world.

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