89 percent of Spanish companies will be ready to implement AI projects by 2027

Given the advances in the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various sectors, it is expected that the 89 percent of Spanish companies will be ready to successfully implement their AI strategies and projects by 2027a figure higher than the current one, which is limited to 35 percent of companies.

Today, as the adoption of AI-driven technologies accelerates, Organizations are at a tipping point. This is because more and more tools are being offered that improve the performance and organization of companies, providing greater operational efficiency. As a result, More companies are adopting AI in their work environments through different projects and strategies.

This is reflected in the main conclusions of the survey by the analysis company Riverbed titled ‘GLobal AI & Digital Experience Survey’which offers a Overview of how organizations are looking to adopt and implement AIwith the participation of more than 1,200 IT managers from private and public organizations from seven countries, including Spain.

In this sense, according to the respondents, currently the 55 percent of Spanish managers indicate that the The main reason for using AI in your business is to boost operational efficiency, compared to 45 percent who believe that its main use is to promote company growth.

However, these approaches are exchanged in view of the use of AI in 2027, since the 53 percent of companies believe AI will primarily be a driver of growth, while 47 percent say it will be an efficiency boost.

This is reflected in the implementation of AI in companies since, according to the study, today Only 35 percent of Spanish companies are prepared to implement AI projects. On the contrary, the The forecast for three years from now increases this figure to 89 percent.

In fact, only 27 percent of Spanish companies have put generative AI use cases into production for IT operations.. However, looking ahead, all business leaders have said they expect “use, test, or start ideating” with generative AI technologies for IT operations within 12 to 18 months.

As a result, within this time period, the number of companies using AI will have increased. doubled to 64 percentand “the rest will be in the ideation phase,” as explained by Riverbed.

OPTIMISM ABOUT AI AMONG SPANISH MANAGERS

Along these lines, the survey results also highlight the high optimism regarding AI shown by Spanish managers, as well as by younger employees.

As detailed, the 75 percent of Spanish executives have stated that AI is a key strategic priority for their organization. This figure places them 11 percentage points above the global average. Similarly, 93 percent of respondents agreed that AI will help them deliver an improved digital experience to users.

As for how AI-driven technologies are perceived within the enterprise, the 53 percent He has pointed out that it is conceived as something positive. While the 36 percent have rated it as neutral and the remaining 11 percent as “skeptic.”

On the other hand, when asked why generation feels more comfortable with AI To carry out work tasks, 62 percent of managers have detailed that the Younger workers included in Generation Zfollowed by Millennials (29 percent). Likewise, the least comfortable with this technology are Generation X workers (6 percent) and Baby Boomers (3 percent).

DRIVING SUCCESSFUL AI INITIATIVES

As part of this study, Riverbed has also collected the strategies that companies are taking to drive AI initiatives. In this framework, 62 percent of Spanish companies have formed teams dedicated to AI and 41 percent observability and/or user experience teams.

These observability strategies are due to the fact that, as 82 percent of entrepreneurs have pointed out, Using real data, rather than synthetic data, “is crucial in AI efforts to improve the digital experience”.

Even, the 83 percent has stated that the Observability across all IT elements is important in an AIOps strategy” (artificial intelligence for IT operations).

In the same way, the 76 percent of the managers has valued that the Observability to overcome blind spots in the network that is, the public cloud, remote work environments, and company-owned mobile devices, is “extremely important.”