3Pillar Launches NEXUS™ – A Flexible, Multi-Cloud Application Deployment Platform
Allows enterprises to accelerate their application deployment strategy by focusing on innovation, not infrastructure
FAIRFAX, Va. – December 10, 2024 – 3Pillar, a leading modern application strategy, design, and engineering firm, today announced the launch of 3Pillar NEXUS, a suite of pre-configured, cloud-agnostic Infrastructure-as-Code templates that enable easy development, deployment, management, and scaling of enterprise and AI applications. Developed in the company’s Innovation Lab, its testing ground for new technologies that drive tangible client impact, and designed to streamline cloud adoption and foster innovation, NEXUS empowers organizations to accelerate their enterprise AI journeys with customizable solutions tailored for Azure, AWS, and GCP environments while limiting vendor lock-in.
Built with enterprise-grade technologies endorsed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, 3Pillar NEXUS integrates cutting-edge data and generative AI capabilities to drive business transformation. The platform can be customized to align with an organization’s unique business needs and integrates with existing architecture, acting as a bridge to enterprise applications, databases, and data warehouses.
“Our mission is to empower businesses to innovate faster and smarter,” said Michael Detwiler, CEO, 3Pillar. “With NEXUS, organizations can unlock unparalleled efficiency and flexibility in their cloud strategies while harnessing the power of intelligent data and AI solutions.”
Key benefits of 3Pillar NEXUS
- Rapid deployment: Offers a modular toolkit of pre-configured templates that enable quick setup and customization of enterprise-grade environments, allowing organizations to focus on solution development rather than building infrastructure.
- Enterprise readiness: Leverages robust technologies designed for scalability, security, and performance.
- Robust security and compliance: Features enterprise-grade security and continuous monitoring to protect data, ensuring safety and compliance across operations.
- Extensible architecture: Includes support for multiple Large Language Models (LLMs) and Large Vision Models (LVMs), allowing NEXUS to support AI application development.
- Maximum flexibility: Enables businesses to migrate applications across cloud platforms, avoiding vendor lock-in and boosting cost efficiency.
Core components of NEXUS
Enterprise infrastructure
- Keycloak: Securely manage user identities and access.
- Kafka: Streamline event processing with real-time data flow management.
- Prometheus & Grafana: Monitor and optimize system performance.
- Loki: Aggregate logs for efficient troubleshooting.
- KNative: Enable serverless application development.
Intelligent data & AI services
- DataHub: Foster data governance and collaboration.
- Flink: Manage complex data pipelines for real-time analytics.
- KubeFlow: Simplify machine learning workflows.
- Dify: Seamlessly integrate generative AI agents and workflows into your solutions.
- Versatile Databases: Utilize relational, vector and graph database technologies for semantic search over grounded data sources.
To showcase the versatility of NEXUS, 3Pillar has developed reusable demo applications, including:
- SmartCam: Streaming video with facial recognition.
- AI chat application: Secure corporate knowledge and general LLM-based applications.
- Conversational avatars: Human-like avatars for enhanced customer engagement.
- OCR services: Optical Character Recognition models transform printed text into digital formats.
When combined with 3Pillar’s data governance framework, NEXUS provides a streamlined solution for managing diverse data sources while ensuring governance and accessibility. This integration enables organizations to extract maximum value from their data assets efficiently and cost-effectively.
About 3Pillar
At 3Pillar, we believe something truly incredible happens at the intersection of product engineering and cognitive computing. As the leading modern application strategy, design and engineering firm, 3Pillar brings unrivaled expertise that enables clients to execute the mission-critical software development initiatives needed to compete in the digital economy. Our global team doesn’t just develop software—we help clients set bold ideas into motion and accelerate innovation. 3Pillar supports its clients with offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Learn more at www.3pillarglobal.com.
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