Unisys has partnered with Rafay Systems to help enterprises operationalize and scale AI workloads across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. The collaboration combines Unisys’ AI and managed cloud expertise with Rafay Systems’ infrastructure orchestration platform to support governed AI deployments with enhanced security, consistency, and operational control.
The partnership comes as enterprises accelerate AI adoption while managing increasingly complex regulatory, governance, and infrastructure requirements. According to the companies, the joint offering is designed to simplify AI deployment and orchestration for organizations navigating large-scale AI operations.
Enterprises are increasingly adopting AI and cloud-native technologies, but many organizations still face operational challenges in scaling AI workloads securely and efficiently. Unisys and Rafay Systems aim to address these concerns through a unified software-as-a-service AI infrastructure layer that spans AI agents, models, and modular deployment environments.
The collaboration enables organizations to deploy and manage AI workloads consistently across hybrid cloud infrastructures while maintaining governance and compliance standards. The companies stated that the solution is designed to help businesses move beyond AI experimentation and operationalize enterprise-grade AI deployments.
The joint offering also supports GPU-intensive AI workloads across hybrid environments, integrating AI infrastructure management directly into broader cloud and application operations.
A major focus of the partnership is governed AI orchestration across distributed environments, including on-premises data centers, edge infrastructure, and public cloud platforms.
Rafay’s self-service orchestration capabilities provide organizations with tools for Kubernetes management, lifecycle automation, workload governance, and cost optimization. The companies also highlighted support for agentic AI frameworks and enterprise AI workflows designed for regulated industries and complex operational environments.
"We are proud of the partnership with Rafay and our shared mission to enable organizations to move beyond proof of concept, making AI-powered innovation scalable, operational and sustainable," said Manju Naglapur, senior vice president and general manager, Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure (CA&I), Unisys. "This unified approach reduces complexity and helps our clients confidently navigate compliance demands amidst innovation while optimizing costs and control across hybrid environments."
According to the announcement, the platform also includes enterprise-grade metering capabilities, AI token pricing visibility, and access control tools to help organizations better manage operational costs and governance requirements.
The partnership is designed to support enterprises operating AI workloads in regulated and security-sensitive environments. Organizations can deploy private AI environments across hybrid infrastructures while maintaining integrated security and governance frameworks.
Additional capabilities highlighted by the companies include:
"Rafay is proud to support governed AI capabilities delivered across Unisys' Cloud, Applications & Infrastructure portfolio, helping enterprises accelerate secure AI adoption through turnkey, enterprise-ready capabilities and technology," said Haseeb Budhani, chief executive officer and co-founder, Rafay Systems. "Our orchestration technology powers the foundation's ability to deliver GPU and AI services within enterprise environments as easily consumable, governed, and self-service experiences. Together with Unisys, we're enabling organizations to operationalize AI faster—without compromising compliance, efficiency, or control."
As organizations continue investing in enterprise AI infrastructure, partnerships focused on hybrid cloud orchestration, governed AI operations, and scalable deployment frameworks are becoming increasingly important for supporting production-grade AI initiatives.
Rafay Systems is a leading platform provider for modern infrastructure and AI workloads, delivering Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities that enable organizations to operationalize compute infrastructure with self-service automation, governance and multi-tenancy. The Rafay Platform helps enterprises, cloud providers and sovereign AI cloud operators transform raw infrastructure into fully operational platforms for AI, Kubernetes and cloud-native applications. By simplifying infrastructure orchestration and lifecycle management, Rafay enables organizations to accelerate innovation while maintaining security, consistency and operational control. For more information, visit rafay.com.
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