Three key takeaways:
The public sector is turning to AI to reduce costs and overhead (61%)
Fewer public sector organizations are more advanced with their AI maturity when compared to the global average (35% vs a 40% global average), with more than half looking to scale IT capabilities to see improved AI value
Unstructured data is widely used within the sector, yet improvements need to be made for organizations to experience its true value
80% often leverage unstructured through AI tools (compared to a 74% global average)
But 74% report they’re not highly effective at making their unstructured data trustworthy for AI applications
Iron Mountain commissioned independent market research specialist Vanson Bourne to conduct this piece of research. The study included surveying 1,400 IT and data decision-makers who have knowledge of or responsibility for AI strategy at their organization. Respondents’ organizations had to have 250 employees or more across the following countries: US, UK, France, Germany, India and Australia.
Organizations are from several public and private sectors but there was a strong focus in banking and financial services, insurance, healthcare and life sciences, media and entertainment, the public sector (excluding healthcare) and energy. This summary is based off 212 decision-makers in the public sector.