Ritu Jyoti – Program Vice President, Systems Infrastructure Research Portfolio for IDC

What does the speed of eye blinking have to do with detecting credit card fraud, and how is that relevant to the average lifespan of companies on the S&P 500 dropping from 61 to 18 years? The answer in both cases is digital transformation, which thanks to spectacular advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation is reshaping the global business landscape. We discovered these insights from talking with Ritu Jyoti, Program Vice President of IDC, an international market intelligence & advisory firm. Ritu shares some intriguing observations from her research, including: • the surprisingly straightforward things IT executives can do today to start preparing their organizations for the inevitability of artificial intelligence in their environments • the #1 objective organizations are targeting for AI that's more important to them than increasing product revenue, acquiring new customers, or reducing costs • why "time to insight" might be the biggest value proposition artificial intelligence offers