Hybrid AI will change everything in enterprise computing
What if companies are beginning to see that an alternative approach, using hybrid computing architectures, might be a better choice for building and running GenAI applications
Editor's take: When it comes to generative AI, the common thinking is that the critical tools necessary for businesses to build their own GenAI-based applications are virtually all cloud-based resources and that organizations are perfectly fine with using them. But what if that really isn't the case?
What if companies are beginning to see that an alternative approach, using hybrid computing architectures, might be a better choice for building and running GenAI applications? Early signs suggest that this shift in thinking is already underway.
In fact, one of the most surprising findings from my recent survey of 1,000+ U.S.-based companies currently using GenAI (see "The Intelligent Path Forward: Generative AI in the Enterprise" for more) is the significant interest organizations have in running their GenAI-powered applications on-premises. Although only a small single-digit percentage reported they are currently running these applications locally, a striking 80% of respondents expressed interest in doing so.
To be clear, most organizations will continue to run GenAI applications in the cloud, and likely even a majority of them will remain there. However, there's no question that demand is building to move some of these workloads behind corporate firewalls.
The implications of this interest are profound and point to emerging shifts in market dynamics that are set to impact how IT products and services are positioned, marketed, sold, and deployed.
Rather than taking about a decade, as the move from cloud to hybrid cloud did, the transition to Hybrid GenAI will likely happen within about 10 months.
At a basic level, we're bound to see rapid growth in hybrid AI, where most enterprise environments end up running GenAI-powered applications both in the cloud and on-premises. In some cases, these may be separate applications, each operating in its own environment, but increasingly, I expect to see applications that run concurrently across both.
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