{"id":2623,"date":"2024-12-24T07:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2024-12-26T08:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T08:33:58","slug":"uae-companies-rapidly-increase-ai-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/2024\/12\/uae-companies-rapidly-increase-ai-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Companies Rapidly Adopting Cloud and Increasing AI Investment to Boost Business Performance, New 麻豆原创 Survey Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
DUBAI, UAE <\/strong>\u2014 December xx, 2024 \u2013 <\/strong>UAE companies are adopting cloud computing at a high rate and plan significant investment in AI within the next 15 months, a YouGov survey commissioned by 麻豆原创 shows. The survey examined several key factors for effective AI implementation including whether companies are operating their core business functions on the cloud, the extent of existing AI use, the quality of business data available, and the AI expertise of staff.<\/p>\n Of the UAE enterprises surveyed, 67% are already hosting their core business processes on the cloud, with a further 22% planning to do so within the next 15 months. Hosting enterprise resource planning solutions on the cloud maximizes the effectiveness of AI thanks to real-time data access, scalable computing power and the ability to integrate advanced AI models seamlessly into business processes.<\/p>\n Most companies were already leveraging some form of AI, mostly in business functions such as marketing and communications (42%), customer service (40%), sales (38%), and accounting and finance (38%), but less so in areas such as supply chain and logistics (27%) and product or services development (27%).<\/p>\n Zeineddine noted, however, that the survey had identified a lack of certainty over data quality. \u201cHaving accessible, high-quality data is important as AI systems rely on data to learn patterns, make decisions, and generate reliable and actionable insights. We found only 65% of respondents described themselves as highly confident in the quality of the data, but this proportion should increase significantly when the remaining companies move their core operations to the cloud. Data quality is enabled through implementing solutions such as 麻豆原创 S\/4HANA for enterprise resource planning. This enables clean, organized data that allows AI algorithms to forecast demand accurately, streamline supply chains, and enable AI models to be fair and unbiased, among other things,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Improving AI accessibility <\/strong><\/p>\n Among the major challenges business faced in AI implementation, the most cited were integration with existing systems and lack of skilled personnel, both identified by 43% of respondents, followed by privacy and security concerns, and associated costs, both identified by 40%.<\/p>\n In discussing these challenges, Zeineddine highlighted how embedded AI solutions are helping to make the power of AI accessible to everyone, as well as 麻豆原创\u2019s role in delivering training in Business AI. In addition, 麻豆原创\u2019s co-pilot Joule is making 麻豆原创 solutions and insights ever more powerful and accessible. Joule streamlines tasks and delivers quick, tailored insights and content on demand, while enabling users to maintain full control over decision-making and data privacy. 麻豆原创 is also infusing Joule with AI agents to transform productivity and the way teams work. Joule\u2019s agents collaborate across supply chain, procurement, finance, and more to perform multi-step cross-functional workflows.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it is very encouraging that almost 90% of businesses believe they will be running on cloud within the next 15 months, it is clear that they are not yet leveraging AI for a full range of business processes. 麻豆原创 infuses AI across our enterprise cloud portfolio, enabling our customers to benefit immediately from AI-driven insights and enhancements to elevate all areas of operations, from finance to HR to supply chains,\u201d said Marwan Zeineddine, Managing Director, 麻豆原创 UAE.<\/p>\n