NEWS
Nutanix expands AI ecosystem with NVIDIA, Supermicro and Netris
Nutanix has announced expanded collaborations with
NVIDIA, Supermicro and Netris to simplify the deployment of production AI infrastructure, accelerate enterprise AI adoption and help organisations reduce operational complexity and costs.
Announced at NVIDIA GTC in Johannesburg, South Africa, the collaborations aim to help enterprises and service providers deploy and scale AI workloads more efficiently by integrating Nutanix software with advanced computing, networking and infrastructure technologies.
As part of its collaboration with NVIDIA, Nutanix plans to deliver Day Zero support for the NVIDIA Vera CPU. Combining NVIDIA’ s high-performance CPU architecture with the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform( NKP) running on bare metal is expected to provide a predictable, low-latency environment for advanced agentic AI workloads.
Nutanix is also working with Supermicro on a jointly engineered system that combines standardised Supermicro servers with Nutanix’ s Agentic AI full-stack software. The proposed solution aims to simplify the deployment of private AI inference infrastructure, improve security and reduce token costs for enterprises.
Meanwhile, the integration of Nutanix Cloud Platform with the Netris Network Automation, Abstraction and Multitenancy( NAAM) platform will enable service providers to simplify multitenant AI infrastructure across bare-metal and virtualised environments.
“ Organisations need more than just advanced infrastructure to move agentic AI into production – we believe they need an AI cloud that simply connects intelligence, agents, enterprise applications, and data across CPUs, GPUs, virtual machines, containers, on-premises environments, and cloud,” said Thomas Cornely, Executive Vice President, Product Management at Nutanix.
Oman targets OMR 1.5 billion GDP contribution from digital economy by 2030
Oman has launched the second phase of its National
Digital Economy Programme, targeting OMR 300 million in annual technology investment and the creation of 3,000 direct jobs each year as part of its economic diversification strategy under Oman Vision 2040.
Announced on 22 October, the programme covers 2026 – 2030 and aims to contribute OMR 1.5 billion to the country’ s GDP by 2030. It marks a shift from digital government development towards accelerating digital transformation across strategic economic sectors.
According to the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, the digital economy currently accounts for 9 % of Oman’ s GDP.
The programme prioritises the adoption of artificial intelligence, e-commerce and electronic payments, alongside initiatives to help small and medium-sized enterprises improve productivity and strengthen domestic technology capabilities.
Oman has also launched a Strategic Intelligence Platform in collaboration with the World Economic Forum to monitor emerging technology trends and support evidence-based policymaking.
Developing national technology talent remains a central priority. Ali bin Amer Al Shidhani, Undersecretary for Communications and Information Technology, said Omanisation across technology-related economic activities increased from 33 % in 2022 to 46 % in 2026, while participation in technology occupations rose from 50 % to 72 %.
Thomas Cornely, Executive Vice President, Product Management at Nutanix
More than 5,000 technology jobs have been created for Omanis over the past five years. Training programmes have developed over 170 semiconductor specialists and 800 AI specialists. •
12
INTELLIGENT CIO MIDDLE EAST www. intelligentcio. com