Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2020. Read them in this 12th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
By Seth Noble, President & CEO of Data Expedition, Inc.
Data, Workflows, and AI
Last year, I made
predictions about gigabit WAN connectivity and non-public data distribution
workflows. In 2020, enterprises should consider the following:
1. Workflow diversification: it is no longer enough to keep
all your data and processes in one place. Talk among customers and
partners shows a growing consensus that workflows need to be spread across a
mix of different cloud vendors and datacenters. Keeping a foot-hold in
multiple platforms ensures a smooth transition when economics, or the
inevitable disaster, require a change. This will require a strategic
amount of data redundancy and real-time replication. Over the next year,
I expect to see a lot more attention paid to keeping data and workflows nimble
across diverse platforms.
2. AI practicalities: When the hype is set aside, the
current trends in Artificial Intelligence are about leveraging massive amounts
of data to inform automation. As AI projects move from proof of concept
to production, the need to feed them a constant stream of high-volume,
real-time data is growing. In 2020, a maturing AI market will begin to
look beyond core algorithms and services to encompass the entire data pipeline.
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About the Author
Seth Noble, PhD, is the creator of
the patented Multipurpose Transaction Protocol (MTP) technology and a top data
transport expert. He is Founder and CEO of Data Expedition, Inc., with a dual
BS-MS degree from Caltech, and a doctorate in computer science from the
University of Oklahoma.