Before we delve deep into this subject, let's hear what expert-level research has to say about both of these technologies: We can keep on going with the many more remarkable statistics about AI and IoT, but these ones should be enough for now. The re-emergence of the decades-old technological ideas like Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, at the right time and right place, has suddenly disrupted the traditional industrial norms – for the better this time. It has kickstarted a digital revolution that was only possible way back in the science fiction writings of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, or other masterminds of Sci-Fis. It has ushered the classical Industrial Revolution of the 18th century into the Industry 4.0 of the 21st. The early proponents and experts of both technologies were simply ecstatic about the outstanding transformational possibilities a union between AI and IoT could produce.

According to Digitimes Research, Taiwan-based server vendors, including suppliers of motherboards, end systems, storage devices and related network equipment, continue to enjoy growth in 2018. In terms of volume, global server shipments will show continuing growth throughout 2018 and 2019.

Today there are AI-powered apps that can tell you the breed of your dog or the species of a plant in seconds simply by taking a photo. When you upload an image to Facebook, your friends are identified immediately based on facial recognition technology. The ability for machines to do this specific type of analysis has, in some cases, surpassed humans, and the lifeblood of these advanced AI technologies is visual data. The entire concept of artificial intelligence is that machines can be built to perform the most human of tasks. In order to do that, they're modeled after human intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, though they've been around for a while, are finding maturity in 2017. There's buzz around both of these technologies -- IoT for your home, IoT systems for your distribution centers, Alexa for your office, Google Home for your, well, home -- but what's going to make the most impact on your business' bottom line?