Digital transformation mindcandy 10 December 2024
Today’s topics are data deserts, ERP, legacy tech, gov tech trends, data science, being data informed, AI infrastructure, big data, and the one thing you should never outsource to an AI model.
The AI Mirage: What To Do When Your Data Is a Desert
https://www.cdotrends.com/story/4342/ai-mirage-what-do-when-your-data-desert
In the swirling sandstorm of overblown AI expectations, most companies stumble blindly, chasing AI mirages while standing on crumbling data foundations. The brutal truth? Your AI strategy is dead on arrival if your data strategy is missing or not in action.
How ERP Giants Are Building GenAI Into Their Products
https://www.itjungle.com/2024/12/09/how-erp-giants-are-building-genai-into-their-products/
The big ERP vendors aren’t always at the cutting edge of technology adoption. But the capabilities of LLMs are so compelling that every ERP vendor is at least talking about a GenAI strategy.
Study: AI Race Leaves No Room for Legacy Tech Excuses
https://www.cdotrends.com/story/4341/study-ai-race-leaves-no-room-legacy-tech-excuses
A recent global study by Eaton reveals a significant shift in attitude towards legacy tech, with only 23% of businesses now viewing it as an obstacle to digital transformation.
Gov tech trends for 2025
https://www.governmentnews.com.au/type_contributors/gov-tech-trends-for-2025/
The drive for AI adoption has renewed the focus on data and data management to improve the analytic capabilities of departments and ensure their critical data is AI ready. Beyond this, cloud platform adoption will continue to grow as governments press to reduce technical debt and associated risk.
Half Human, Half Algorithm: The Mutant Future of Data Science
https://www.cdotrends.com/story/4337/half-human-half-algorithm-mutant-future-data-science
The most immediate impact of GenAI will be on the day-to-day mechanics of data science.
Data-Informed, NOT Data-Driven
https://www.antmurphy.me/newsletter/data-informed-not-data-driven
Being data-driven can be an awful trap.
Nvidia Predictions: AI Infrastructure Set to Shift in 2025
https://technologymagazine.com/articles/nvidia-predictions-ai-infrastructure-set-to-shift-in-2025
They predict quantum computing breakthroughs, liquid-cooled data centres and autonomous agents will reshape enterprise computing landscape
Experts Offer 10 Big Data Predictions for 2025
Catalog wars, observerability, iteration, data literacy, platforms, contextualisation, cloud, next-gen archive storage, small data and simplified IT.
Here’s the one thing you should never outsource to an AI model
https://venturebeat.com/ai/heres-the-one-thing-you-should-never-outsource-to-an-ai-model/
Prediction vs imagination, mischief, vision and empathy.
