Introducing True Hybrid-Cloud Data and AI Platform

As businesses activate data as a strategic asset, they desire to maximize the impact of AI as core to their business strategy. To do so, customers must explore machine learning and AI, become comfortable with data science embedded in business processes. We at IBM Data and AI are on a mission to empower you to transform your business, uniquely combining AI innovation with a proven Enterprise platform, deriving intelligence from a wide range of data relevant to your business no matter where it lives. To that mission, we have launched Cloud Pak for Data System offering. The unique combination of state of the art AI innovation exposed through an Enterprise hybrid-cloud platform. Trusted and secure data platform with built-in AI across on-premises and on any cloud (IBM, AWS or Azure). Market leading industry accelerators and business focussed AI solutions for your industries and business process. AI that combines Big Data, robust Cloud Networking, and Advanced Algorithms are now driving the Digital Transformation.

a) Rapid time to market with an agile and productive AI platform- A fast and agile platform for your innovation that delivers quick time to market with a powerful Enterprise data and AI services that bring innovation to your skills and data.

b) Gain transformative insights with a comprehensive platform for your data estate: Cloud Pak for Data is a comprehensive data and AI platform for your business that means it brings all relevant data for your business and use case to you without creating a copy of it. It brings together data from your employees, from your business apps, and from the world. Delivering hybrid enterprise data estate across any data shape and location.

c) Innovate with confidence with enterprise-proven solutions: Enterprise-grade technologies, practices and ecosystem, built on a business model optimized for enterprise organizations ensures you are not stuck with a solution which does not scale and delivers results beyond experiments. Security practices and regulatory compliance to protect your data and intellectual property.

In a recently released report by Gartner, “Forecast: The Business Value of Artificial Intelligence, Worldwide, 2017–2025”, they estimated that the global business value to be derived from AI will reach $1.2 trillion in 2018 and $3.9 trillion in 2022. The definition of business value is developing an AI profit wedge; increasing revenues and reducing costs. As you can see in below diagram. In my opionion, IBM Cloud Pak for Data helps you accelerate to achieve this profit wedge.

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