Cisco is warning of AI Infrastructure debt. Here’s why - and what it means for enterprise buyers

For the latest edition of Cisco’s AI Readiness Index, Cisco surveyed more than 8,000 business leaders representing 30 markets globally and 26 industries. This is the third year of the survey and over that time it has identified a small group of companies which it calls the Pacesetters who are fully prepared for AI, being, among other things, three times more likely than the other companies surveyed to measure the impact of their AI investment. Consequently, they are in a position to report gains in profitability, productivity and innovation from their finalised AI use cases. However, even these companies, according to Cisco, are not immune from AI Infrastructure Debt.

What is AI Infrastructure Debt?

The concept of technology debt is, of course not a new one, it simply means that organizations are storing up future costs and problems by cutting corners to get systems up and running more ...