Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 33 | Page 35

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Yet, according to the report, so far few have made the move to any significant extent – for a number of reasons. As with anything new, it takes time for adoption – companies need time to get their heads around how these emerging technologies can fit into their current enterprise systems and just how to do that within their existing budgets, skills and culture. While this change certainly won’t happen overnight, respondents are expecting to significantly increase their use of intelligent www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: STATE OF THE CIO automation over the next three years. With that the case, business and IT leaders need to start considering how to move along their automation journey from basic adoption to full intelligent automation. Advances in computational power, ML and AI technologies are providing the foundation for a new class of technology for automating enterprise IT, which allows it to effectively manage itself. This technology has a profound impact on how data is managed – and on the value that the data can provide. Niral Patel, Managing Director at Oracle SA INTELLIGENTCIO 35