IBM Data Roadmap
Business innovation driven by generative AI is fueled by open data stores, formats, and engines; a product-oriented data fabric; and the infusion of AI at all levels to radically improve data consumption.
Data
Roadmap
Strategic milestones
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2024
Make data consumption and management smarter with generative AI.
In 2024, AI will be used in data consumption and management, and open metadata will become a differentiator. The line will blur in management of structured and unstructured data driven by AI.
Why this matters for our clients and the world
Self-service data consumption will increase return on investment. Less reliance on expert data skills will lead to more and more diverse data consumers. Secure, cost-efficient data operations will reduce silos and raise productivity.
The technologies and innovations that will make this possible
AI-based agents will help users to easily find and create high-quality data views and custom pipelines. Open metadata enables integration and interop through the data ecosystem. Multicloud data observability and transparent access to data will emerge. Unstructured data processing will improve significantly. SQL generation will improve via large language models.
How these advancements will be delivered to IBM clients and partners
Watsonx.governance will power insights on data and AI attributes like fairness and drift. Watsonx.ai will be fueled by data prepared and managed on watsonx.data, and watsonx.data will be infused with watsonx.ai models. Lineage will be critical and will be tracked via Manta/IKC. Open technical and business metadata will thread through watsonx and IKC.