Data now plays such a prominent role in determining business success that 98% of organizations surveyed by ESG are in some phase of data-driven digital transformation. The goals of these near-ubiquitous initiatives include attaining greater operational efficiency, transforming to fuel revenue growth, and unlocking new market opportunities. Specifically, ESG found that:

• 56% of respondents sought to become more operationally efficient.
• 40% sought to provide a superior customer experience.
• 38% sought to develop new innovative products and services.
• 25% sought to develop entirely new business models.

DDN and NVIDIA invited ESG to interview several of their joint customers that have been running production AI environments to better understand their needs and to confirm the value that DDN and NVIDIA are providing