This CRN article by Steven Burke spotlights solution-provider giant SHI International as an emerging "AI all-star" for the groundbreaking HPE Private Cloud AI smart city solution it delivered for Vail, Colorado, in the spotlight at Nvidia's GTC conference. The solution was assembled in just four months using SHI's "Imagine, Experiment, and Adopt" methodology, and is already delivering tangible benefits: an early wildfire-detection capability powered by an AI-based video fire-alert system, and a Section 508 website-accessibility compliance solution built in a matter of weeks that saved the town what was expected to be three years of manual work. SHI's Jack Hogan tells CRN these are "meaningful benefits to the tune of millions of dollars of productivity gains and potentially hundreds — if not thousands of lives saved" through early wildfire prevention and detection, and are repeatable for other public-sector entities. Based on the Vail breakthrough, SHI has released a productized Section 508 compliance solution with HPE, Nvidia, and ISV Kamiwaza — an automation and real-time decision-making software provider that, along with HPE, singled out SHI as the right partner for the complex full-stack integration. The broader ecosystem also included BlackShark.ai for geospatial AI and fire detection, ProHawk AI for enhanced computer vision, and Vaidio for video intelligence. The article credits SHI founder and CEO Thai Lee's major AI investment for powering the effort. For the channel, it positions Kamiwaza at the center of a repeatable public-sector AI play. Read the full article on CRN.
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