VMware said that the Next G-AI Research and Innovation Center is part of the TETRA initiative
VMware announced the opening of the VMware Next G-AI Research and Innovation Center in Montreal, Canada.
In a release, the company noted that the new facility will bring together VMware’s multi-cloud infrastructure, advanced networking and modern application development expertise with the latest in emerging cloud native development techniques, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to deliver a sustainable path to advanced 5G and future 6G technologies.
“Montreal has one of the most significant clusters of AI researchers in the world, as well as a thriving community of innovative startups,” said Kit Colbert, CTO at VMware. “Through partnerships with researchers, startups and industry partners, we will be able to bring together cloud, networking and AI to build 6G technologies that are sustainable and centered on human needs.”
The Next G-AI Research and Innovation Center is part of the TETRA initiative. Located within Centech and ÉTS in Montreal, it supports three connected programs:
-Applied Research: In partnership with Mitacs, VMware is working with researchers across Canada to develop “sustainable 5G+ and 6G technologies”, improve digital equity and “rearchitect the Internet to an Open Grid”.
-Next G-AI Research and Innovation Lab: The Research and Innovation Lab provides researchers and industry partners with access to software and hardware that allows them to quickly validate and demonstrate key concepts.
-Modern Application Software Factory: The VMware Tanzu Modern Software Factory provides VMware customers and partners with access to VMware Tanzu solutions and open-source technologies.
Through partnerships with Mitacs, Centech and the IEEE, VMware said it will also provide selected researchers and startups access to both the Next G-AI Innovation Lab and Modern Application Software Factory.
“The Next G-AI Research and Innovation Center will enable local, national and international research collaboration, and contribute significantly to the Montreal innovation ecosystem,” said John Hepburn, CEO of Mitacs. “We are proud to support this critical research to develop 6G technologies, with a focus on ensuring that they are sustainable, equitable and will benefit Canadians across the country.”
Through the VMware Tanzu Modern Applications Software Factory, select partners and startups associated with Centech will have free access to Tanzu solutions and open-source technology. This set of enterprise-grade, platform-agnostic tools will allow participants to learn how to better build, deliver, and manage cloud native apps designed to run on any Kubernetes on-premises, in the public cloud or edge environments.
Richard Chenier, director general of Centech, said: “Access to these powerful tools will allow startups to swiftly deploy modern applications, significantly speeding time to market and enabling them to be deployed in any environment.”
Last month, VMware announced changes to its telco cloud portfolio with the aim of helping Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with modernization efforts around 5G, Radio Access Network (RAN) and edge computing deployments. The company’s announcements include Telco Cloud Platform 2.5, Telco Cloud Automation 2.1, and Telco Cloud Service Assurance 2.0.
