Data first: the cornerstone of AI readiness - March 24 - GDS Group

Data first: the cornerstone of AI readiness

IT - ROUNDTABLE
24 March 2025, America 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST
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How can enterprises ensure their data systems are prepared for AI to drive success while balancing infrastructure demands?

AI’s potential is only as strong as the data that fuels it – “garbage in garbage out”. Harnessing AI-driven insights have become a cornerstone for success; however, data readiness is needed to ensure effectiveness. How do companies avoid poor data quality, fragmented systems, and governance challenges while preparing systems to leverage AI? Is your data infrastructure prepared to support AI at scale?

Focusing on data strategy for accurate, accessible, and optimized workloads can be the foundation for success. A good data strategy ensures that data is accurate, accessible, secure, and optimized for AI-driven workloads. A fragmented or inconsistent data ecosystem can lead to unreliable insights, making it difficult to scale AI initiatives effectively.

Join us to explore data readiness as a key to AI success. Together, we will explore strategies for overcoming outdated legacy systems, how to avoid bad data quality, and leveraging AI to optimize network performance.

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Terry Barbounis

Director, Innovation Strategy Product Research & Development
Terry Barbounis is a Director of Innovation Strategy within Product Research and Development, bringing 30 find out more

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Discussion topics

The role of data readiness in shaping AI driven decision making around strategy, talent, and technology.

Scaling data infrastructure to handle the demands of AI, analytics, and increased security threats.

Overcoming data bottlenecks and addressing visibility gaps to support AI-driven insights.

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