To handle the data challenges posed by AI, many CIOs are leveraging resilient and powerful hybrid IT infrastructures.
Key Takeaways
- How can a business successfully leverage big data while keeping information secure?
- A legacy IT system can stand in the way of AI innovation
- A hybrid IT infrastructure can support new solutions
- The right IT system solution prepares businesses for challenges and opportunities coming down the road
Artificial intelligence is opening up new possibilities for businesses and presenting significant challenges, including data privacy threats.
So, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs) are tasked with staying on top of the issues and understanding how to use new technologies. They must gain a competitive edge and transform how their business is done while staying safe and compliant at the same time.
To build organizational resilience, CIOs and CTOs must ensure they have a robust IT infrastructure to handle the demands of AI, machine learning (ML), and other new technologies.
A hybrid infrastructure is often called for, combining on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure to get the required capabilities.
To stay current and competitive, C-suite executives must learn to:
Effectively Handle AI Digital Privacy Priorities
Leveraging big data is both the opportunity and the challenge posed by AI. CIOs must understand the best ways and tools to mine data riches while staying safe from cyber criminals.
How can technology executives ensure the quality, quantity, security, and accessibility of data? To accomplish all this,, companies must:
- Implement strong data governance protocols ensuring clear data ownership and security protocols covering the data throughout its lifecycle
- Put in place next-generation cybersecurity measures, anticipating and thwarting increasingly sophisticated attacks before they cause damage
- Figure out how to stay compliant with regulations set by local and global governments for data security (or else face hefty fines and penalties-
- Effectively leverage the appropriate data analytics to transform how business is done
Of course, having innovative new tools isn’t enough. Companies also need the talent to use them, which requires a hiring strategy to acquire the appropriately skilled staff and a training, skills-upgrade strategy for existing staff, teaching them how to stay relevant in the new age of AI.
Update the Legacy Infrastructure Holding a Business Back
Incorporating AI’s automation benefits is difficult if a business has an outdated legacy system. CIOs must evaluate their current setups to ensure that their companies have the infrastructure to handle new capabilities and see what gaps need to be filled. The hybrid solution should leverage the dependable capabilities that the company has enjoyed with its legacy infrastructure while drawing on the innovative new capabilities of a cloud or multi-could environment.
Doing this effectively and to budget requires a digital transformation partner with proven AI services and solutions. The partner should be able to conduct an AI readiness assessment covering:
- How AI can add value to your business as judged by vision casting and maturity scoring
- How ready you are for AI, covering your enterprise landscape, governance, risk assessment, and value streams and capabilities
- Development of an AI roadmap and change management plan to support your business transformation and end-user adoption.
Without a resilient hybrid system, your business risks incurring high maintenance costs, extensive debugging needs, and not being able to have the flexibility to scale and change as needed.
Create a Flexible and Powerful Infrastructure
What are the best ways to create an IT infrastructure that can handle modern demands with the ability to evolve with a company’s requirements? Businesses should:
- Implement hybrid IT infrastructures and combine cloud and on-premises capabilities
- Create a system that can scale up and scale down according to the company’s needs
- Leverage AI for automation, streamlining processes, and freeing staff to focus on their key areas of competency
- Ensure the data strategy aligns with business strategy, breaking silos, boosting competitiveness, and enhancing decision-making
But most importantly, a hybrid IT infrastructure must enable a company to make the most of the vast data available. Sadly, most organizations only leverage a tiny fraction of the insights that they can possibly use.
To get your data talking, turn to the proven tools of Microsoft Azure OpenAI-powered CoreConversations. NRI’s data and analytics team customizes these proprietary conversational agents using your unique datasets. You can engage customers in real-time, encrypted chat conversations to access vital insights securely and efficiently, turning the potential of your data into an active gold mine.
Explore NRI’s Services to Evolve Your IT with Scalable Hybrid Solutions
Understanding the potential and risks of new technology is made much easier with a partner with proven expertise in next-generation applications and data strategies. NRI’s CoreAIR application infrastructure readiness assessment is a good place to start.
We can comprehensively evaluate your on-premises, off-premises, or hybrid application and data infrastructure as the first step in seeing where you stand. You can map the way forward to reimagining and rebuilding your core capabilities so you can successfully navigate the evolving technological landscape.
If you want to harness the power of AI while keeping your sensitive data secure, start with a conversation with one of our team members. Your path to the future starts here.
