Frederic Van Haren is the Chief Technology Officer @HighFens. He has over 20 years of experience in high tech and is known for his insights in HPC, Big Data and AI from his hands-on experience leading research and development teams. He has provided technical leadership and strategic direction in the Telecom and Speech markets. He spent more than a decade at Nuance Communications building large HPC and AI environments from the ground up and is frequently invited to speak at events to provide his vision on the HPC, AI, and storage markets. Frederic has also served as the president of a variety of technology user groups promoting the use of innovative technology. As an engineer, he enjoys working directly with engineering teams from technology vendors and on challenging customer projects. Frederic lives in Massachusetts, USA but grew up in the northern part of Belgium where he received his Masters in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation.”
Introduction Agentic AI is the next evolution in artificial intelligence (AI), enabling systems to reason, act, and learn autonomously. Unlike traditional AI, Agentic AI agents can break down complex problems, plan iteratively, and adapt over time. At HPE Discover 2025, I had the opportunity to present my vision for…
More data is better than less data. But better data beats more data!
The basics Modern organizations understand that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is critical to survival. The driver for AI can be a competitor or new customer demand. However, not all organizations have the same understanding of what AI is. Furthermore, each organization is at a different stage of its digital transformation…
For the last few years, we have had to enjoy HPE Discover from the comfort of our homes. This year we are back in Las Vegas for HPE Discover 2022, as the “Edge-to-Cloud” conference. However, I must say that I did miss the interaction with customers, colleagues, and competitors.
Not all enterprises have reached the same Artificial Intelligence (AI) maturity level. The group consisting of large enterprises are the early adopters of the technology.
The democratization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes it easier for organizations to transform their business with AI. It wasn’t that long ago that applying AI to transform a business required a lot of technical expertise and hiring resources from a scarce talent pool. Let alone the expensive infrastructure to achieve such a feat. And something that only larger organizations can afford and justify as they are working on solving significant problems.
On April 6th, 2021, Intel announced a new Xeon platform as the “only data-center processor with Built-in AI acceleration”. It will bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) everywhere, from the Edge to the Cloud. This blog looks at the announcement from an AI perspective focusing on the new HPE servers with the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon scalable processor.
Introduction I recently joined Stephen Foskett from Gestalt IT on a video podcast to discuss “Improving AI with Transfer Learning”. This podcast is part of a series of podcasts on “Utilizing AI”. The series focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) practical applications in the modern enterprise…
Introduction We recently designed and deployed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution for an automotive customer based on our many years of experience building sizeable High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters for AI. The proposed data-centric architecture heavily relied on an innovative storage solution from Weka, an HPE partner. The customer was…
Every day, new users join a growing group of consumers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. Innovative applications such as voice assistants, self-driving cars, smart cities are all contributing to the democratization of AI. The amount of data generated from those applications, as well as wireless devices such as phones and tablets, is staggering.