
ISV Certification
Accelerate Ai Adoption at the Edge

Matthew Formica
Senior Director, AI Inference (OpenVINO) Product Marketing & Developer Ecosystem

Zeblok Ai-MicroCloud™ provides turnkey orchestration and an abstraction layer, including multi-cloud and bare metal configurations, making it easy for ISV developers to use Intel OpenVINO™ optimization tools for Ai model serving technologies that enable rapid scaling at the Edge
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Introduction
The global artificial intelligence (Ai/ML) market size to grow USD 58.3 billion in 2021 to USD 309.6 billion by 2026, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 39.7%. Numerous factors, such as growth of data-based Ai and advancement in deep learning and need to achieve robotic autonomy to stay competitive in a global market are expected to drive the adoption of Ai solutions and services. Key factors contributing to the growth of the market include growth in demand for low latency and real-time processing on Edge devices, emergence of Ai co-processors for Edge computing, cost reductions in data storage and operations, increasing enterprise workloads on the cloud and rapid growth in the number of intelligent applications.
Until now, the bespoke nature of integration involves working with different Ai vendors and developing microservices for each ISV to deliver their solution. This approach lacks standardization and does not scale. It could take 6-8 months of engineering to integrate each new AI solution, dramatically increasing costs and time to market.
ISV Certification Program
Zeblok's Edge Ai solution provides complete lifecycle management for Ai deployments from Cloud to Edge including Design, Deploy, Secure, Operate, Monitor, Manage and Support. The Ai-AppStore within the Ai-MicroCloud™ enables operating more than one Ai algorithm within a given Multi-Access Edge Computing data center (MEC) and provides optimized orchestration of the underlying hardware at the Edge.
Zeblok’s ISV certification program is designed to validate ISVs' Ai algorithms for smooth functioning on the Zeblok Ai-MicroCloud™, installed within public cloud environments (AWS, Azure), and on certified MEC hardware SKU’s to meet key operational criteria, including technology alignment (containerized solution), infrastructure topology alignment (cloud, Edge, hybrid-cloud, and on-prem), optimization alignment (leveraging Intel OpenVino™ and oneAPI™ toolkits).
The scope of the program includes but is not limited to:
I. Providing infrastructure, technical onboarding and support
II. Each ISV is expected to bring in their Ai application into Zeblok's Ai-MicroCloud™ and conduct testing to ensure smooth functioning with its foundational components
Infrastructure Provided
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Access to public cloud environment (AWS or Azure) with select composable foundational components of the Zeblok’s Ai-MicroCloud™ preinstalled for Ai application certification – 4 to 6 weeks
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Access to Hub data center environment, with select composable foundational components of Zeblok’s Ai-MicroCloud™ preinstalled as needed for the Ai application certification – 4 to 6 weeks as applicable
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Access to Satellite environment (MEC), with select composable foundational components of Zeblok’s Ai-MicroCloud™ preinstalled as needed for Ai application certification – 4 to 6 weeks as applicable
Onboarding Process
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Onboarding Technical Discussion - 1 hour to include:
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Overview of the composable foundational components such as Ai-MicroCloud™ Application Manager, Ai-WorkStation, Ai-AppStore, Ai-Data Lake and Ai-API Engine
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Overview of Zeblok’s Ai-MicroCloud™ microservices workflow
Support Provided
Level 1 Services:
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Slack channel support (Mon - Friday, 9am ET to 5pm ET), with SLA of 1 business day response time
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Support for public cloud environments will be provided through Slack channel support with SLA of 1 business day response time
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Support for Hub and Satellite environments will be provided based on back-to-back arrangement with hardware vendor providing the environment
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Removal of all deployed software and data from the evaluation system after the evaluation
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Basic troubleshooting
Level 2 Services:
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Architecture-level discussion at extra cost
Benefits

ISV Vendors Certified

Akai Kaeru has deep roots in visual data analytics research. Its Low-Code explainable Ai software discovers and visually explains interesting patterns and causal relations in complex data, supporting data analysts in the construction of trustable decision-making Ai models.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, VSBLTY is the world leader in Proactive Digital Display™ software, which transforms retail and public spaces as well as place-based media networks with SaaS-based audience measurement and security software that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning. Its proprietary technology effectively integrates with other digital retail solutions, including QR codes and mobile applications.

Tangent Works delivers forecasting and anomaly detection capabilities for time series data in a fast, accurate and explainable way. This No-Code software enables users to drive business value from predictive analytics, empowers them to take informed decisions and helps them improve processes.

Graymatics is a leading cognitive multimedia processing company leveraging the best and deepest of AI technologies for extracting deep insights and enabling compelling solutions around installed CCTV base. We were founded in Silicon Valley, and currently headquartered in Singapore, with various active markets globally. Our principal industry verticals include Smart Cities & Transportation, Smart Buildings & Factories and Smart Bank & Retail.
Use Cases




Predictive Insights From Time Series Data

Algorithms for Retail

Security and Public Safety Algorithms