1、 2023 Cisco and/or its affiliates.All rights reserved.Cisco AI Readiness IndexIntentions Outpacing AbilitiesExecutive Summary 3Benchmarking Readiness for AI Adoption and Integration 6It All Starts with Strategy 7Infrastructure for the Future 11Data,Data,Data 14Governing Real Risk 18Talent for the Te

2、ch 20Culture is Crucial 22One Size Does Not Fit All 24Recommendations 26About the Research 29Contents2Cisco AI Readiness IndexIntentions Outpacing AbilitiesOut of those Cisco surveyed for our inaugural Cisco AI Readiness Index,97%say the urgency to deploy AI-powered technologies has increased in the

3、ir company within the past six months.While this pressure is coming from almost every stakeholder group,the greatest pressure is being felt from the top,with over half saying this urgency is being driven by their CEO and leadership team,followed by their Board of Directors.As a result,84%believe tha

4、t AI will have a significant impact on their business operations in the future.The reality,though,is that intentions of adopting and leveraging AI are far outpacing the abilities to do so.The Index shows that 86%of companies across the globe are not fully prepared to leverage AI and AI-powered techn

5、ologies to the fullest potential.The Cisco AI Readiness Index investigates AI readiness across six key pillars-Strategy,Infrastructure,Data,Governance,Talent,and Culture and categorizes organizational readiness into four levels Pacesetters(fully prepared),Chasers(moderately prepared),Followers(limit

6、ed preparedness),and Laggards(unprepared).Using this categorization,the breakdown of respondents for Ciscos inaugural AI Readiness Index is:Pacesetters(14%);Chasers(34%);Followers(48%)and Laggards(4%).The Index is based on a double-blind survey of 8,161 senior business leaders at organizations with