Over the last decade, IT organizations have worked tirelessly to modernize their infrastructures to support the evolving needs of the business, driven primarily by the transition to the cloud and the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. But the impact of the cloud now seems practically glacial compared to that of artificial intelligence (AI), which is transforming business—and putting pressure on IT to respond—at an unprecedented rate.
Traditional IT systems must quickly evolve to accommodate the immense processing power, storage, and data management requirements demanded by AI applications. Companies that hesitate to capitalize on these trends risk falling behind their peers in innovation, efficiency, and competitiveness. Without the ability to leverage AI, organizations risk missing out on data-driven decision-making and automation opportunities and fail to deliver the experiences that modern consumers demand.
A recent Cisco report highlights significant infrastructure bottlenecks as organizations strive to integrate AI technologies, revealing that only 14% of companies are "fully prepared" for AI adoption due to deficiencies in six key business areas: strategy, infrastructure, data, governance, talent, and culture. Infrastructure is identified as a particularly critical obstacle; although 95% of businesses acknowledge that AI will increase infrastructure demands, only 17% have networks capable of handling such complexities. A substantial portion of companies, 23%, report limited or absent scalability in their current IT frameworks, while 30% experience issues with network latency and throughput. Additionally, 54% of respondents admit their infrastructure has only "moderate or limited scalability," necessitating updates to support AI's computational requirements. Notably, only 31% of companies describe their infrastructure as "highly scalable," with a mere 13% claiming it is fully adaptable to AI demands.1
Now is the time to invest in your AI infrastructure. In 2024, 48 percent of professionals reported using AI tools at work, but that number grew to 72 percent in 2025.2 Ninety-two percent of companies say they plan to increase their investment in AI over the next three years.3 Ninety-three percent of enterprise IT leaders say they have implemented or plan to implement AI agents in the next two years.4 And there’s no letup in sight. The AI market is projected to continue its explosive growth for years, with a 25-fold increase from $189 billion in 2023 to $4.8 trillion by 2033.5
