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How AI is reshaping the data centre
The emergence of smart technologies like AI have propelled technology developments on a mass scale and business leaders are discovering innovative ways in which they can be used to generate efficiencies . Saifuddin Khwaja , Senior Sales
Director at Western Digital , talks us through some of the defining trends as the rise of
AI continues to shape data centre operations . n the past decade , the rise of Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and
I Machine Learning ( ML ) has transformed how businesses handle data in almost every business operation and industry . In fact , as of a year ago , 37 % of organisations have implemented AI in some form , which is a 270 % increase over the last four years .
The ability to harvest data for insight has sparked a new digital revolution and the more data we create , the more vital the data centre becomes .
In order to effectively implement largescale data collection and analysis across an entire business , organisations must build unified infrastructure that is devoted to AI projects . This article will outline some defining trends as the rise of AI continues to shape the data centre .
The rise of embedded intelligence
As devices become increasingly more connected with each other , the reality is that we are moving towards an era of embedded intelligence . It is therefore crucial that devices within the same ecosystem are able to communicate with each other and access data in the cloud , at the edge and in the core .
An example of this is the development of autonomous vehicles that need a common ‘ language ’ to communicate , regardless of the car manufacturer . The safety of autonomous driving is dependent on an ecosystem of smart traffic signals , roadside units and pedestrian alerts , which is why standardisation and interoperability are key . Ultimately , this will make an AI / ML
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