Versa Intel Partner to Deliver AI Powered Edge Security

Powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors and the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform, the collaboration enables enterprises to run AI-driven networking, security, and analytics directly within distributed edge infrastructure.

News Summary

• Versa and Intel are collaborating to advance Enterprise AI deployment where it is needed the most – at the Edge – transforming the traditional edge to an Intelligent Edge.

• The collaboration is intended to pilot AI inference for select AI/ML workloads, including traditional machine learning, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), and Small Language Models (SLMs), running directly within branch, campus, and other edge infrastructure.

• Intel Xeon 6 processors, including Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), provide the compute foundation, while VersaONE and VOS provide the software platform for secure networking, policy enforcement, and hosting AI workloads.

• The effort is aligned with Versa’s Intelligent Edge vision: a distributed architecture where networking, security, and AI work together as one operational system on a universal platform.

Versa, the global leader in unified security and networking, today announced a strategic collaboration with Intel to advance AI processing at the Intelligent Edge. The collaboration is intended to help enterprises run select AI-driven security, networking, and analytics functions closer to where users, devices, applications, and data operate.

Combined with the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform and Versa Operating System (VOS), this architecture supports Versa’s vision of the Intelligent Edge: a distributed infrastructure layer where networking, security, and AI capabilities work together as a unified system.

As enterprises adopt AI-driven security, networking, and analytics capabilities, many of these functions require real-time inference close to where users, devices, and applications operate. Running capabilities such as Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and predictive analytics at the network edge enables faster detection, policy enforcement, and operational insight while reducing latency.

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Through this collaboration, Versa is working with Intel to explore and enable AI edge acceleration using Intel Xeon 6 processors, which include Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) hardware capabilities designed to accelerate the matrix operations used in modern AI models. Initial testing indicates that AMX-accelerated inference on Xeon 6 can deliver significant improvement in throughput for edge AI workloads compared to previous-generation processors.

“AI is moving beyond the data center and into the environments where enterprises actually operate,” said Nikhil Desai, senior director, product management, Versa. “Our collaboration with Intel is focused on helping customers explore how AI-powered security, networking, and analytics can run more efficiently at the edge, with the performance, control, and security required for distributed enterprise operations.”

Across industries, organizations are exploring how AI inference at the edge can unlock new use cases and operational capabilities. Retailers are using computer vision to improve in-store experiences, manufacturers are applying AI to predictive maintenance and operational analytics, and financial institutions are detecting fraud and anomalies in real time. These scenarios require AI inference to operate locally with low latency while maintaining strong security and governance controls.

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Versa’s Intelligent Edge architecture is designed to support this shift. Built on the VersaONE platform and VOS, it integrates elastic compute, resilient connectivity, pervasive security, and autonomous operations across branch, campus, cloud, and sovereign environments. Working with Intel helps extend this architecture to support AI-powered networking and security capabilities closer to where enterprise data and activity originate.

This collaboration advances Versa’s broader vision of the network as the enforcement fabric for the AI-driven enterprise, a unified platform that governs connectivity, security, and AI-enabled operations across every edge, every direction, and every environment where organizations operate.

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