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The top benefits of AI in cloud computing Instantly available cloud solutions that are scalable, easy to manage and efficient, make AI solutions more accessible for organisations. BY DOMINIK BIRGELEN, CEO OF ONECLICK THERE’S NO DOUBT that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm both for business and for pleasure. AI is immersed in countless aspects of our daily lives and with no end in sight. From opening our phones with face ID and digital voice assistants to smart home devices and even working out our quickest way to work. But it is businesses that have also reaped the benefits of this remarkable technology. In fact 37% of companies already employ AI within their operations. AI has helped companies of all sizes combat many different obstacles, such as spam filters to increase security, process automation to improve efficiency and sales and business forecasting to better future decision making. Implementing AI provides companies with huge benefits and opportunities to remain competitive, even becoming a market leader due to the additional
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flexibility it provides when managing large data repositories, streamlining data, optimising workflows, and producing real-time insights to transform dayto-day operations and re-imagine end customer experience.
Drawbacks: scalability & cost However, housing AI processes within a business can be challenging to say the least. Implementing AI involves an immediate requirement for vast amounts of computing resources such as processing, RAM, many Terabyte and Petabyte of storage space that is also scalable on demand. During a time of rapid business growth, companies will need the ability to scale up their AI processes to match the level of productivity. If the AI infrastructure is unable to scale, a business will no longer be able to get the most out of their technological
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