According to Dell Technologies’ (Dell) Visions 2024 report, generative AI (GenAI) is poised to maintain its dominance in the tech industry in the upcoming year, with companies shifting from mere adoption to optimizing its potential.
The year 2023 witnessed a surge in demand for AI technologies, particularly generative AI. More and more companies either introduced solutions based on this technology or swiftly integrated it to augment consumer experiences.
“GenAI dialogue will move from theory to practice with shifts from training infrastructure and cost to inference and cost of operation with more leadership onus,” said John Roese, global chief technology officer of Dell.
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Roese emphasized that in 2024, generative AI will play a pivotal role in enterprise projects, marking the conclusion of the introductory phase. Companies are now poised to explore enhanced use cases and optimize GenAI projects.
“While GenAI has sparked incredibly creative ideas of how it will transform business and the world, there are very few real-world, scaled GenAI activities,” Roese said. “As we move into 2024, we will see the first wave of GenAI enterprise projects reach levels of maturity that will expose important dimensions of GenAI not yet understood in the early phases.”
Quantum computing
With the adoption of GenAI, Roese highlighted the potential of quantum computing in addressing the substantial computing resource demand required for GenAI and most large-scale AI.
According to Roese, quantum computing will significantly enhance the capabilities of AI systems.
“The computing foundation of modern AI will eventually evolve into a hybrid quantum system, utilizing a range of diverse compute architectures, including quantum processing units,” he explained.
Edge computing
Beyond generative AI optimization, Dell also foresees the increasing prevalence of the “Edge Platform” approach, witnessing companies and ecosystems favoring simpler edge platform-centric models. In the area of cybersecurity, the implementation of Zero Trust infrastructure is anticipated to become a widespread mandate across various industries in 2024.
The Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region has experienced rapid and extensive growth opportunities for deploying AI, owing to a general openness toward the technology, experimentations, and leadership advocacy in AI adoption.
Zero Trust
“Throughout 2023, discussions about Zero Trust and its significance in global cybersecurity efforts dominated,” Roese said. Moving into 2024, we will shift from Zero Trust being a mere ‘buzz word’ to a realm where real technology, standards, and certifications will emerge, clarifying its true meaning.”
Roese also highlighted that Dell’s project, Fort Zero, will hit the market in 2024 as the industry’s first commercial full Zero Trust private cloud system. This initiative aims to pave the way for Zero Trust adoption across diverse industries.