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Since its entry into the Middle East market in early 2020 , Dataiku ’ s innovative Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) platform has helped regional organisations leverage the technology to build use cases to address industry-wide problems such as fraud , churn , supply chain optimisation and predictive maintenance .
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FOR MIDDLE EAST ENTERPRISES , 2021 WILL BE ‘ THE YEAR OF AI ’, PREDICTS DATAIKU

Business intelligence driven by advanced Machine Learning will be a key differentiator for regional businesses as they try to position themselves in post-COVID-19 markets , according to Dataiku , a global leader in AI and Machine Learning platforms .

Some Middle East countries , such as the UAE , had seen significant cloud migration growth before the pandemic . But COVID-19 business practices , such as work from anywhere ( WFA ) and distance learning , accelerated the trend . As of December 2020 , Deloitte expected growth in global cloud revenue to stay above 30 % until 2025 , and for 90 % of the world ’ s enterprises to rely on hybrid cloud environments by next year .
The recent addition of regional cloud locations by global providers such as Oracle and Microsoft made it easier for organisations to make the transition . These businesses spent 2020 exposed to enterprise-grade technology suites , including advanced Artificial Intelligence that helped them adjust operational models and respond to market changes quickly .
Siddhartha ( Sid ) Bhatia , Regional Vice President , Middle East and Turkey at Dataiku , believes that exposure to the benefits of such advanced capabilities will ensure that they become indispensable to competing players in several industries in
Siddhartha ( Sid ) Bhatia , Regional Vice President , Middle East and Turkey at Dataiku
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