Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 30 | Page 59

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// FEATURE: AI Ahmad Mubarak, Senior Systems Engineer, Middle East at Infoblox Forrester predicts that businesses that use AI, big data and IoT to uncover new business insights ‘will steal US$1.2 trillion per annum from their less informed peers by 2020’. And according to Gartner, 80% of enterprises will deploy AI by 2020. It’s all too clear that no company can afford to ignore the benefits AI can bring to their enterprises and vendors are keen to lead the way. AI-ready infrastructure from Pure Storage Pure Storage, for instance, has announced AIRI, an integrated AI-ready infrastructure for deploying deep learning at scale. AIRI can operationalise AI-at-scale for enterprise and government organisations and can accelerate time-to-insight and create impactful innovations faster. Pure Storage says AIRI enables organisations to turn data into innovation at an unprecedented pace. AI represents an opportunity for enterprises to innovate not only at a product level, but within day-to-day operations as they lead their industries through periods of tremendous change. And AIRI provides architecture that empowers organisations with the data- centric infrastructure needed to harness the true power of AI. www.intelligentcio.com “AI has fantastic potential for aiding humanity,” said Charles Giancarlo, CEO, Pure Storage. “It has the capacity to significantly improve the quality of all of our lives. Safer autonomous vehicles will save tens of thousands of lives and make us more efficient. AI-driven advances in life sciences have made preventative healthcare a current reality rather than a vague future possibility. “AI will provide highly personalised experiences for the consumer, while keeping online communities safer. AIRI will accelerate AI research, enabling innovators to more rapidly make advances to create a better world with data.” Infoblox, about why industry professionals should care about AI and machine learning. Infoblox is a company that delivers actionable network intelligence to enterprise, government and service provider customers around the world. As a result, it empowers thousands of organisations to control and secure their networks from the core enabling them to increase efficiency and visibility, improve customer service and meet compliance requirements. As previously mentioned, one of the most significant areas for AI to reveal its potential is the cybersecurity market. The company helps organisations: protect against the rising flood of malware and cyberattacks that target networks; overcome complexity by creating a single point of control across traditional data centres as well as public and private cloud deployments; establish a single point of enforcement for security and compliance policies; and deliver actionable insights for making networks more reliable and efficient. Intelligent CIO spoke to Ahmad Mubarak, Senior Systems Engineer, Middle East at Here Ahmad Mubarak tells us what the future could hold for AI and machine learning. AI and machine learning for cybersecurity MACHINE LEARNING CAN BE ONE STEP IN COPING WITH SHEER COMPLEXITY. INTELLIGENTCIO 59