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Chris Royles is the EMEA Field CTO at Cloudera . He helps organisations innovate through the use of data , working across industries that are regulated and organisations where data privacy is critical .
“ My focus is on the development of skills and methods for migration to the enterprise data cloud ,” he says . “ When you think of EMEA , it is a diverse set of regions and industries ; so I have the fortune of speaking to a lot of organisations that use data and AI in many different areas of their business .”
Royles also holds a Ph . D in Artificial Intelligence and says that recently “ it is wonderful to see AI becoming far more mainstream .”
According to a Techjury report , AI will improve data analytics by a staggering 59 %, as well as increase labour productivity and optimise business efficiency by 67 %, and automate communication by 70 %. The impact of AI on data and analytics is clear ; with it , organisations can greatly improve their productivity and efficiency , leading to more successful business outcomes .
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