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4、ategy:Dont just collect data.Deploy it on a mission.10Scale:Give AI agents a fast track to data.16Resilience:Build unbreakable data pipelines.22Innovation:Deliver data to every desk.26Growth:Spot breakthroughs waiting to happen.30Contents1ForewordThe architecture for scaling AI:From fragmented to in
5、tegrated enterprise dataEnterprise AI at scale is finally within reach.The technology is readyas long as organizations can feed it the right data.But many simply cannot.This year,Ive personally spoken to more than 150 enterprise clients,and one challenge has emerged above all others:data is trapped
6、in silos.Finance has their data.HR has theirs.Marketing,supply chain,legaleach functions data operates in isolation.No common taxonomy.No shared standards.No end-to-end visibility.This isnt just an operational inconvenience.Its the Achilles heel of enterprise AI transformation.When data lives in dis