The better AI infrastructure that customers crave - IBM Business Partners Blog

There is no doubt that the AI marketplace is an attractive, fast-growing sector for IBM Business Partners to get engaged. IDC has forecasted the 2020 AI revenue opportunity at USD 49 billion, growing to USD 98 billion by 2023¹. Customers tell us that infrastructure for AI is not getting better, it’s getting worse. In their struggle to help meet escalating demands, many vendors resort to cobbling disparate portfolios that are not tightly integrated. The result is a jigsaw puzzle of data silos, multiple data copies and independent components, which lead to growing complexity with increased cost of ownership and poor data insights. Data locked in silos is complex to manage—it can also increase operating expenses, which, in turn, drives up capital expenses. It is also hard for users to collect, organize and analyze to extract value. AI needs data to achieve the holistic view that is required for meaningful insights that fuels business growth. How can Business…