New survey also reveals 53% of senior U.S. IT leaders and CTOs feel their existing network infrastructure doesn’t have the capacity to embrace Gen AI to its full potential
HERNDON, Va. – July 10, 2024 – Businesses who rush to adopt generative AI tools will encounter prolonged challenges with their existing infrastructure, new research from Console Connect, a global Network-as-a-Service provider has revealed.
According to its latest global study, 67% of United States IT business leaders and CTOs agreed the fast adoption of generative AI (Gen AI) will have long-term repercussions on technology infrastructure planning for their organization. These numbers show United States business leaders and CTOs are slightly less wary than their colleagues across the globe, however, with 76% globally agreeing that Gen AI will bring infrastructure planning challenges.
Additionally, United States organizations appear more prepared for the rollout of Gen AI than other markets. About half of U.S. respondents (53%) said their network infrastructure does not have the capacity to embrace Gen AI to its full potential. This compares to 69% of leaders globally claiming the same.
About three-quarters (76%) globally believe their IT teams are under increasing pressure to adopt Gen AI within their organization, while in the U.S., this falls slightly to 70%.
The large volumes of additional data being generated by Gen AI and the requirement to move this data to and between private and public clouds is already starting to introduce greater cost and complexity to enterprise networks.
As enterprises build hybrid and multi-cloud architectures to deliver and support generative AI, they need to re-examine how they access the cloud.
The survey conducted by Arlington Research engaged 1,000 CTOs and senior IT leaders across the UK, US, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore, providing a comprehensive perspective on the challenges and demands associated with Gen AI adoption.
The findings underscore a growing awareness among industry leaders regarding the potential long-term repercussions of embracing Gen AI without strategic planning.
“The rapid development of generative AI creates a demand on networks that we have not seen before,” says Paul Gampe, CTO of Console Connect. “As CTOs and senior IT leaders adopt Gen AI tools within their organization, they need to consider the short and long-term implications of moving larger volumes of sensitive data to and between private and public clouds.”
Security is also a big concern when it comes to the adoption of Gen AI. More than seven-in-ten (71%) of global survey respondents fear the use of Gen AI is going to put their organization’s network at risk of cyberattacks or data breaches – and 67% of United States respondents agree.
Cybersecurity risks and lack of IT skills/expertise to support it are seen as the main barriers to adopting Gen AI in their organizations.
“These survey results demonstrate that when it comes to deploying mission-critical AI applications, businesses are growing increasingly concerned about the need to be securely connected and that the public internet is no longer suitable for handling many of these applications and workloads. Automation and the move to Network-as-a-Service presents a way for businesses to break away from traditional network infrastructure and the public internet, and instead utilize automated, private and secure network connections to the cloud that can be dynamically adapted to meet the needs of generative AI,” said Gampe.
You can read the full “2024 Interconnection Report: The impact of generative AI on networks” here.
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About Console Connect
Console Connect is a platform for Software Defined Interconnection® of applications and infrastructures. It allows users to self-provision private, high-performance connections among a global ecosystem of enterprises, networks, clouds, SaaS providers, IoT providers, and applications providers.
Console Connect is the only digital platform that is underpinned by one of the world’s largest private networks and a Tier 1 global IP network that is ranked in the top 10 for IPv4 and IPv6 peering, delivering high levels of global network performance, speed, and security to meet the digital needs of today’s interconnected users and communities.
Accessible from 1000+ data centres in 55+ countries worldwide, the platform is integrated with all major hyperscale cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud and more. Through the Console Connect portal or via its API, users can access a broad range of native and third-party solutions.
To learn more about Console Connect, please visit www.consoleconnect.com.
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