Check out the full schedule for the Strata Data Conference in San Francisco, March 25-28, 2019. Early price ends February 15. Profiles of IT executives suggest that many are planning to spend significantly in cloud computing and AI over the next year. This concurs with survey results we plan to release over the next few months. In a forthcoming survey, "Evolving Data Infrastructure," we found strong interest in machine learning (ML) among respondents across geographic regions.

AI is expected to generate USD 70 billion in productivity-led gains for global IT-BPM service providers particularly in the areas of consulting, engineering services, application development, management & testing, BPM and infrastructure services. AI could also open up USD 400 billion of net new addressable market; USD 100 billion realisable by 2020. Keeping in mind the impact that AI is most likely to have in our everyday lives and in business, and the potential business opportunity it has to offer, NASSCOM in partnership with The Boston Consulting Group, has worked on a report "AI, Beyond the Myth and the Hype" that aims to present the scope of this technology, its impact on various industries, the market opportunity it presents and the roadmap to achieve the target. In the meantime, we are sharing a few insights from the report. We will have a Q&A session with the research team too.