SAP says Data Fabric Essential for AI to Deliver ROI

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- SAP pushes data fabric as the backbone for AI, urging firms to embed business context to avoid costly missteps.
- Irfan Khan warns that AI's speed without judgment can hurt ROI, emphasizing the need for contextual data.
- SAP Data & Analytics cites a survey predicting that by 2025, 50% of firms will use AI across at least three business functions.
Why it matters: Enterprises that embed context via data fabric will capture AI's ROI, while firms lacking it risk costly errors; with 50% of companies slated to use AI in three functions by 2025, the stakes are high.




