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Columbia, SC – Regus at Meridian Building

1320 Main Street, Suite 300, Columbia, United States, 29201

The venue is located in the heart of Columbia’s Central Business District within the Meridian Building on Main Street, easily reachable by car via I‑77 or I‑20 with attached eight-level garage parking and nearby municipal lots. From Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), about 12 miles southwest, a taxi or rideshare takes approximately 15–20 minutes via Hwy 48 and Elmwood Avenue. Public transit access is convenient: several COMET bus routes stop within a block, and the Columbia Amtrak station is a 5‑minute walk away—making it accessible even for attendees without a vehicle.

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EXO: End-to-End Local AI Cluster Deployment

 21 Hours
This instructor-led program, delivered either remotely or on-site at designated locations, provides system administrators and DevOps engineers with the operational guidance necessary to deploy, configure, and maintain EXO clusters. The curriculum focuses on enabling private large language model (LLM) inference capabilities across distributed environments comprising multiple Apple Silicon or Linux nodes. Designed for government entities and public sector organizations requiring secure, on-premises AI infrastructure solutions, this training ensures personnel possess the technical proficiency needed to manage these systems effectively within regulated compliance frameworks tailored for government applications.
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EXO for DevOps: Building Private AI Infrastructure

 21 Hours
This instructor-led, live training session, available online or onsite, is designed for DevOps engineers and infrastructure architects seeking to automate the deployment, oversight, and lifecycle administration of private AI clusters utilizing EXO. This program provides essential knowledge and practical skills for government personnel tasked with managing advanced computing resources effectively.
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EXO Security and Governance: Offline Model Management

 14 Hours
This faculty-led, hands-on instructional session, offered via online or physical venues in Columbia, targets security engineers and compliance personnel seeking to fortify Exchange Online (EXO) infrastructure, regulate model access, and manage artificial intelligence operations within a fully on-premises environment. This comprehensive curriculum is designed specifically for government agencies requiring strict control over data sovereignty and operational security for government systems.
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Secure Local Agentic AI: On-Prem Ollama Development for Regulated Industries

 21 Hours
This instructor-led instructional program, delivered in Columbia (remote or on-site), is designed to equip software engineers and technical personnel with the skills necessary to develop and deploy private agentic AI solutions utilizing Ollama and open-source models within internal infrastructure. Upon completion of this training, participants will demonstrate proficiency in installing and configuring Ollama, executing open-source models locally, designing basic retrieval-augmented and agentic workflows, and implementing requisite security and governance protocols suitable for regulated environments for government
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Ollama: Self-Hosted Large Language Models Replacing OpenAI and Claude APIs

 14 Hours
Ollama provides an open-source solution for executing large language models on both consumer-grade and enterprise infrastructure. By consolidating model quantization, graphics processing unit resource allocation, and API service delivery into a unified command-line interface, this platform enables federal agencies to deploy proprietary models—such as Llama, Mistral, and Qwen—independently. This capability supports secure data handling protocols by allowing organizations to operate these technologies for government use without transmitting sensitive information or query prompts to external commercial providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google.
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Sovereign AI for Regulated Organizations: Controlling Data, Models and Inference Environments

 7 Hours
This instructor-led program, available via remote or on-premises delivery at Columbia, is designed for intermediate-level information technology executives, compliance officers, security specialists, and enterprise architects seeking to implement sovereign artificial intelligence frameworks. The curriculum focuses on governance best practices that safeguard sensitive information, adhere to data localization mandates, and mitigate vendor dependency. Upon completion, participants will be equipped to articulate core principles of sovereign AI for government and non-government entities, assess hosting and regulatory alignment options, establish controls for prompt management and logging, and develop actionable adoption strategies.
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Upcoming Courses

EXO for DevOps: Building Private AI Infrastructure

2026-08-21 09:30
21 hours
Columbia, SC – Regus at Meridian Building
$ 4054 (Online)
$ 5854 (Classroom)

Sovereign AI for Regulated Organizations: Controlling Data, Models and Inference Environments

2026-09-04 09:30
7 hours
Columbia, SC – Regus at Meridian Building
$ 1630 (Online)
$ 2230 (Classroom)

EXO: End-to-End Local AI Cluster Deployment

2026-09-18 09:30
21 hours
Columbia, SC – Regus at Meridian Building
$ 4054 (Online)
$ 5854 (Classroom)

EXO for DevOps: Building Private AI Infrastructure

2026-10-02 09:30
21 hours
Columbia, SC – Regus at Meridian Building
$ 4054 (Online)
$ 5854 (Classroom)

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