Cohesity has expanded its Gaia platform to provide artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities for backup data stored on-premises, claiming an industry-first.
The data security company's solution, built with NVIDIA AI, features validated reference architectures for use with Cisco Unified Computing Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Nutanix infrastructure.
The expansion addresses growing enterprise concerns around data sovereignty, with many organisations preferring to keep valuable data on-premises to meet security, compliance, and performance requirements.
Leveraging NVIDIA accelerated computing and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, Cohesity Gaia brings generative AI capabilities directly to data backups and archives without requiring data to leave customer infrastructure.
Sanjay Poonen, chief executive of Cohesity, said that many of the company's customers require an AI solution for on-premises environments.
"This solution allows them to maintain complete control over sensitive data while benefiting from generative AI capabilities at the same time," Poonen said.
"Australian companies recognise that their data – primary and secondary – enabled through AI creates significant competitive advantage," Paul Henaghan, Cohesity's managing director for Australia and New Zealand said.
The solution's ability to maintain data within company boundaries has particular relevance for Australian businesses navigating strict data sovereignty requirements.
Key benefits of the on-premises solution include complete control over backup data security, high-performance AI processing using NVIDIA accelerated computing, and multi-lingual indexing capabilities for global enterprises.
The platform also offers customisable infrastructure, validated reference architectures across multiple hardware platforms, and pre-packaged on-premises large language models that eliminate cloud data transfers.
These deployments will leverage integrated compute, storage, and networking infrastructure optimised for AI workloads, including Cisco AI PODs and HPE Private Cloud AI solutions co-developed with NVIDIA.
The company expects Cohesity Gaia for on-premises environments to be generally available by mid-2025.
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