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Legacy Data Infrastructure Is Driving $108 Billion in Annual Wasted AI Investment, New Survey Finds
As enterprises race to adopt AI, weak data foundations are preventing more than half (58%) of organizations in the United States and Canada from realizing value and contributing to an estimated $108 billion in wasted global AI investment each year, according to a new report from Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501). The research shows that AI is rapidly exposing long-standing gaps in data management, governance and s
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