NEWS
Bonseyes partners with HPC leader, Verne
Global, to power open AI innovation
erne Global, a provider of
advanced data centre solutions
for high performance computing
(HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), has
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announced that it has partnered with
Bonseyes, a secure marketplace and
collaborative platform for building and
trading AI applications with headquarters
in Switzerland; a move that
provides its platform users
with access to Verne Global’s
HPC optimised bare-metal
infrastructure, hpcDIRECT.
The Bonseyes marketplace is
one of the most advanced ways
to collaborate on AI solution
development and to productise
its capabilities, connecting
innovators that want to address
a specific enterprise or industry
challenge with specialist AI
developers, researchers and
data scientists.
Tim Llewellynn, President at Bonseyes
Community Association
Launching in early 2020, the
open AI platform will remove
the need for users to invest
high levels of finance, time and energy in
building their own in-house AI teams or
contracting third-party services.
Driving an extreme Edge device centric
model, this paradigm shift not only
opens up numerous opportunities for
organisations to collaborate, going
beyond the limitations of traditional cloud
models, but also puts Europe on the path
to become a leading global player in the
coming ‘AI-as-a-Service’ economy.
“By collaborating with Verne Global, the
Bonseyes marketplace users will be able
to turn their competitive AI concepts
into reality, knowing it is supported by
a first-class, HPC-optimised data centre
and a skilled team of engineers and
advisors,” said Tim Llewellynn, President
at Bonseyes Community Association. “The
Verne Global team provided top-notch
support to us from the start and they’re a
natural partner for this project.”
Vertiv to list on New York Stock Exchange
through business combination with GS
ertiv, a Platinum Equity
portfolio company and a
global provider of critical
digital infrastructure and continuity
solutions, has announced it will
become a publicly traded company
through a merger with GS Acquisition
Holdings Corp, a special purpose
acquisition company co-sponsored
by an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc and David M Cote.
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tremendous job over the last several years
positioning Vertiv for long-term success.
The company is exactly the asset we
were looking for, with a great position in a
good industry, products differentiated by
technology, strong organic and inorganic
growth potential, and opportunities for
sustained improvements over time.”
With operations in more than 130
countries, Vertiv is a global leader in
delivering the hardware, software,
analytics and ongoing services
customers rely on to enable their
vital applications to run continuously,
perform optimally and grow with their
business needs.
Cote, CEO of GSAH and former Executive
Chairman of the Board and CEO of
Honeywell, will serve as Executive
Chairman of Vertiv. Vertiv’s existing
management team will continue to be
led by 30-year industry veteran CEO Rob
Johnson. The transaction is expected to
close in the first quarter of 2020 and at
close Vertiv’s stock will trade under the
ticker symbol NYSE: VRT.
Cote said: “Platinum Equity, Rob
Johnson and his team have done a
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