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FEATURE:
FEATURE: 2024 PREDICTIONS
PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE
THE START OF A NEW YEAR BRINGS ANOTHER THOUGHT-PROVOKING SELECTION OF SUGGESTIONS,
PREDICTIONS AND TRENDS FROM OUR EXPERTS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
Our regular start-of-year roundup of
predictions from across the sector
usually ends up being something of
a 'shopping list' of ideas around most of the
emerging technology or business trends of the
time. To an extent that has happened again
this year, but it is safe to say that for 2024
there has been a distinct focus on two areas
that are attracting the attention of almost all of
our commentators to the exclusion of
everything else: AI and cyber protection.
Storage of course is absolutely central to the
growth of both of these topics, so it should be
no surprise to see them mentioned so often.
Nonetheless we have tried to also incorporate
some other subject areas as well, so there is
likely to be food for thought for everyone.
INTELLIGENCE FAILINGS?
"AI has certainly taken the world by storm in
2023, and I think in the coming year we'll see
more organisations embracing how they can
use it to take the biggest advantage of their
own data," says Guillaume Crapart of
Quantum. "Organisations have vast amounts
of data now, and according to Gartner, 80-
90% of all new enterprise data is unstructured.
Trying to find something specific within that
data is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
AI can help you do this, by tagging your data
based on its metadata - it can then find any of
these tags when you search in a matter of
moments, saving hours and hours of manual
effort from employees."
Brock Mowry of Tintri notes: "Highly
autonomous, evolved container platforms will
play a crucial role in AI infrastructure in 2024,
allowing for increased efficiency and flexibility,
reducing total application TCO. However, the
complexity of container infrastructure will pose
a significant challenge for many enterprise IT
teams. To bridge this knowledge gap, AI
platform vendors will need to invest in userfriendly
solutions and educational resources. In
2024, the ability to manage and deliver
resource granularity will be paramount.
10 STORAGE Jan/Feb 2024
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