The role of AI in cloud computing
AI Cloud computing essentially means combining artificial intelligence (AI) with cloud computing. According to Dipanshu Shekhar and Swathi Sreekant, Advisor Digital Strategy & Advisor Automation Strategy at DXC Technology respectively, it means that AI tools and AI software are synced with the power of cloud computing, which provides an enhanced value to the existing cloud computing environment and this combination makes enterprises efficient, strategic and insight-driven.
Cloud computing helps enterprises to be more agile and flexible and provide cost benefits by hosting data and application on the cloud. With this new layer of AI, which helps in generating insights from the data, it gives intelligence to existing capabilities and delivers exceptional customer experience. This leads to a powerfully unique combination that enterprises can use for their benefit.
In a post-COVID world, Cloud-computing has accelerated with spending increasing to 37% to $29 billion in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to the first quarter of 2019, according to Gartner. Therefore, synergizing AI and cloud computing solutions will bring organizations closer to their end customers and improve their operational effectiveness.
Benefits of AI Cloud Computing
There are several benefits of using AI in the cloud:
Enhanced data management: We live in a data-driven world with countless data out there. Simply managing that data is a huge challenge that enterprises face. AI tools and applications that run over the cloud that help to manage data effectively by identifying it, updating it, cataloging it, and offering real-time data insights to customers. AI tools also help in detecting fraudulent activities and noticing some patterns in the system that look out of place. Financial institutions and banks are heavy users of this technology, this allows them to stay relevant and secure in very risky environments.
Automation: This combined technology of AI and cloud removes the barriers to Intelligent automation and enables enterprise-wide rollout across the organization. AI brings in predictiveness as algorithmic models provide real-time insights based on data pattern, historicity, etc. Leveraging AI and cloud computing solutions can generate forces of hyper-automation for enterprises as it will not only bring in cognitive automation on semi-structured and unstructured documents but also push boundaries for effective infrastructure management thereby ensuring minimum disruption. This leads to cost transformation for enterprises and transformative end customer experience
Cost Savings: The adoption of the cloud enables enterprises to only pay as much as they use. This is a huge cost saving over traditional infrastructure costs of setting huge data centers and managing them. The cost saved from this arrangement can be used to set up the more strategic development of AI tools and accelerators that can be further used to generate greater revenue and save fundamental costs for the enterprise.
The future of AI Cloud Computing
Christopher Patten, Cloud & DevOps leader at Centrica, believes that the future of AI Ops is ultimately to be the de facto model for operating the cloud.
Dipanshu and Swathi think similarly. Indeed, they believe AI will add to the already powerful capabilities of the cloud and make it an even more potent technology. Analysis and management of data will completely change with this combination. In this world where we are inundated with massive amounts of data, AI + cloud combination is a game-changer and will provide unmatched value to end-users.
Cloud computing and AI are causing disruption in sectors of all shapes and sizes in the post COVID world and are leading to democratization owing to its wider availability. We are seeing a world where technology has become a reality and occupied its position from operational to strategic priority.
In the pre-COVID scenario, as per the Gartner report in 2019, the AI market was expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.2% from 2019 to 2027. This has increased much more as more sectors have awakened to the reality of a post COVID world.
Most organizations have already doubled their focus on moving to a cloud-enabled world. With the inclusion of AI, the organization expects to solve more visible and new problems and create a new world for its prospective customers.
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining in popularity, it is now clear that its evolution also complements the growth of cloud computing. Using AI within the cloud can then enhance the performance and efficiency of the cloud as well as drive the digital transformation of organizations.
AI capabilities within the cloud computing environment are a strategic key to make businesses more efficient, strategic, and insight-driven, all the while giving them more flexibility, agility, and cost savings by hosting data and applications in the cloud. Contact SouthLights DevOps teams if you want your organization thrive by implementing cloud computing tecnology.
Source: devopsonline
