Lablup’s Backend.AI Becomes Asia Pacific’s First Solution Certified for NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software Program

Backend.AI has become the one of enterprise-grade software solution certified for using on NVIDIA DGX systems.

Seoul, August 10, 2021 - Lablup Inc. today announced that the company’s Backend.AI has become Asia Pacific’s first solution certified as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software program. Backend.AI efficiently uses computational resources for cloud computing and data centers to enable large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) model development, and run and manage large-scale computational workloads, including high-performance computing.

The NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software program features enterprise-grade solutions that are tested and certified for use on NVIDIA DGX systems. Backend.AI has been validated as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software program, the first such certification in the Asia Pacific region.

Backend.AI optimizes the enormous computing power of NVIDIA accelerated computing, including DGX systems and NVIDIA GPUs, managing computing resources efficiently to maximize GPU utilization without impacting user experience. Also, combined with Lablup's container-level fractional GPU virtualization technology, Backend.AI enables flexible GPU capacity configurations for new workloads while keeping existing jobs running.

Jeong-Kyu Shin, CEO of Lablup, said, “Backend.AI has successfully supported the deployment of AI platforms for all sizes of organizations from educational institutions to large enterprises with the hyperscale AI infrastructure. We are pleased that Backend.AI has become Asia Pacific’’s first solution certified as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Software program, demonstrating our capability. We will help all users both inside and outside of the country accelerate their AI development journey and optimize the AI lifecycle from deployment to utilization of AI infrastructure.”

“NVIDIA DGX systems accelerate AI initiatives, solvinge the complex data science challenges across healthcare, manufacturing, commerce, and much more,” said Tony Paikeday, senior director of AI Systems at NVIDIA. “The DGX-Ready Software program helps to speed customer success by validating enterprise software solutions such as Lablup’s Backend.AI that enable organizations to streamlines AI development workflows and optimizes utilization across AI infrastructure.

About Backend.AI

Backend.AI is a cloud resource management platform. Whether you‘re a scientist, DevOps engineer, enterprise or AI hobbyist, Backend.AI’s fractional GPU resourcing allows you to scale efficiently on demand.