Data Management Predictions For 2024
datanami, Thursday, December 21,2023
In the world of data storage and unstructured data management, much has changed in the past 12 months. Cloud storage strategies are on the radar with rising costs and increased pressure on IT budgets during volatile economic times, generative AI is creating new data storage and governance requirements, data migrations are increasingly complex but necessary in an era of data center consolidation and IT organizations are under intense pressure to contain costs and deliver greater data value.
What to do about all this? We have some predictions below for IT organizations and data storage teams, beginning with AI and unstructured data management.
AI Will Enrich Unstructured Data for Better Outcomes
Unstructured data is vast and to this day, has not been usable for a few reasons: it is difficult and costly to search, classify, segment and move to AI engines and analytics tools. As AI tools and services have evolved to become more affordable and consumable by many, not just the largest organizations with deep pockets, there is increased demand to harness this data for new business value.