Enterprise ambitions around AI are running into a fundamental problem: Orgnanizations aren't always confident in the networks those projects depend on.
New research in a report from telecommunications provider Arelion found that concerns about network providers have caused organizations to rethink strategic initiatives over the past two years. Among respondents whose initiatives were affected, AI and data-driven projects were the most cited, at 49%. That put AI ahead of security and compliance programs at 44%, digital transformation at 42%, and cloud migration at 38%.
The findings come from Arelion's report, "The Trust Illusion: Why AI and Digital Transformation Need More Than a Reliable Network," based on a survey of 518 senior enterprise network decision-makers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and France conducted by Savanta.
All respondents worked for organizations with more than 2,000 employees and influenced network strategy across data centers, cloud, and connectivity. Of those surveyed, 66% had final sign-off responsibility. The results suggest that as organizations pursue increasingly data-intensive AI projects, confidence in the network infrastructure supporting them could beco...