At Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam in early February, you couldn't swing an Ethernet cable without hitting someone who was talking about it.
Even though AI comes with especially useful applications and some very practical downsides, it's important to know how to frame the conversation with your CIO or CEO before your company invests in it.
Many of you might be asking what your company's AI strategy is so you can better inform your employees, customers, partners, etc.
You should ask what existing functions within your company can be improved by AI. The right question involves how AI complements existing functions versus how AI serves as an overlay strategy.
Since 2015 Cisco has been a strategic partner with NVIDIA, the inventor of the GPU that fueled the AI boom.
We are combining our expertise in Ethernet networking and our extensive partner ecosystem with NVIDIA's GPU technology to help customers navigate AI transitions with highly secure Ethernet-based infrastructure.
Cisco already has NVIDIA's GPUs inside our Collaboration portfolio.
Recently Cisco and NVIDIA announced an enterprise AI workload solution-we're putting NVIDIA's GPUs into our UCS servers and wrapping them with Cisco Validated Designs to make it easier for enterprises to easily deploy and manage their own secure AI infrastructure.
Know that your employees are already using AI. It's the wild west out there and employees are naturally curious about trying AI using programs such as ChatGPT. So, companies need to be very intentional about the policies they put in place to protect their IP internally.
At Cisco, we tell our employees not to use public AI services.
Many companies have blocked employees from using AI services on their corporate network all together.
If you can't say no wholesale, at least give employees an AI alternative.
Just like with security, if you make it hard to find a good tool, employees may rely on shadow IT to download the tools they want.
Cisco recently launched Motific, our first SaaS product that allows for trustworthy GenAI deployments in organizations.
Some of our customers are utilizing Cisco Networking Academy to recruit people who aren't traditional college students.
Through SkillBridge, Cisco has recruited more than 120 veterans in the last two years.
Determine what AI tools are OK for your employees to use.
Begin with internal AI projects that you can control to protect your IP. If you can't develop or buy AI technology, consider partnering with another company who can provide it.
Ensure you have the right employees with skillsets to understand and manage it.
Then see how AI can be applied to improve both your employee experience, your customer experience, and your company profile.
This Cyber News was published on feedpress.me. Publication date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:13:06 +0000