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AI readiness

Prepare your organisation for successful AI transformation.
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Elevate your organisation’s readiness to adopt and leverage AI.

We help your organisation get ready for a successful AI transformation by evaluating your existing capabilities, identifying any gaps, and determining what tools and strategies you need to effectively implement AI into your operations.

We help you to establish a clear connection between AI initiatives and business outcomes, assess current capabilities, evaluate security requirements and build robust governance frameworks into your organisation in readiness for your AI transformation.

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Why choose Datacom to help with your AI journey?

We uniquely combine deep local expertise with global AI capabilities to deliver practical, human-enabled AI solutions that create tangible business value. We help you find practical ways of working with AI to inspire your team to decide on what they should focus on and what they want to offload to help drive innovation and business growth.

When you choose Datacom, you’re making a choice that keeps your enterprise AI solutions local and safe.

Local content and scale

We understand your local business environment while leveraging enterprise-grade AI capabilities.

End-to-end capability

From strategy through to implementation, we provide comprehensive AI services backed by decades of technology expertise.

Proven approach

Our AI journey takes you from understanding to acceleration, ensuring sustainable AI adoption.

Human-first

We focus on empowering people with AI, not replacing them — ensuring solutions that enhance rather than disrupt your workforce.

Responsible and secure

Together with our customers, we’re shaping a future where AI enhances human potential while delivering measurable business outcomes.

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Datacom research report 2024

State of AI Index: AI Attitudes in NZ

The pace of AI evolution and uptake has continued to accelerate over the past year, seeing a positive shift in attitudes as more New Zealand businesses reap the benefits of AI. For industry and government alike, balancing opportunities and challenges while taking an innovative approach to AI evolution is of ongoing importance to ensure the country remains competitive.

For a second year, Datacom commissioned its annual survey of 200 senior business leaders to understand ongoing rates of AI adoption, maturity of existing AI governance and security, appetite for AI-specific legislation and experiences with AI usage.

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Explore AI

We approach AI by understanding the challenges that your organisation is facing and the outcomes you are working towards. You can choose to focus on one approach at a time – or all of them can work in harmony.

  • AI foundations

    Lay the foundations for effective AI deployment in your organisation creating secure, scalable infrastructure that powers AI innovation. Explore AI foundations
  • AI for experience

    Deliver exceptional experiences through AI-powered solutions that transform customer and employee interactions. Explore AI for experience
  • AI for productivity

    Empower your workforce by combining human expertise with AI-driven insights and assistance. Explore AI productivity
  • AI strategies

    We help you identify opportunities and deliver results that drive growth through innovation. Explore AI strategies
  • AI solutions

    We help you build and scale AI solutions to enhance existing capabilities or develop new ones.
  • AI insights

    Read the latest AI insights from market leading research and reports. Explore AI insights
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Use cases and ‘safe tools’ a smart starting point for AI

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Ten tips to get the most out of Microsof Copilot

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AI's digital revolution: transforming information

Michael Bradley is focused on revolutionising the way we process information, by using AI to transcend the realm (...)
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Copilot a powerful workspace tool – is your data in order?

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Tower: thinking ahead with AI and machine learning

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AI and Manufacturing: Why AI is not an either-or decision

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Adopting AI to unlock software development 2.0

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How to put AI at the heart of business growth

AI is taking off now – not in five years’ time. Have you prepared your AI flight plan?
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AI Attitudes research report

New research into the attitudes of business leaders towards AI adoption has revealed valuable insights.
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Frequently asked questions

What is the definition of artificial intelligence (AI)?

AI is technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities.

What are the common benefits of AI technology?

The common benefits of AI include automation, improved productivity, enhanced security and better decision making.

How does AI improve customer experience?

AI in customer experience improves customer satisfaction and operational efficiency in several ways. AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants provide immediate responses to customer queries, ensuring 24/7 support and reducing customer wait times. By analysing vast amounts of data, AI helps businesses personalise recommendations and content, creating a more relevant and engaging experience. AI-driven analytics and sentiment analysis enable companies to gain insights into customer behavior and preferences, allowing for better-targeted marketing efforts and product enhancements. AI automates routine tasks, freeing up human agents to focus on complex issues, resulting in faster problem resolution and improved customer interactions. AI in customer experience leads to more efficient, responsive, and personalised interactions, ultimately enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

How can artificial intelligence help businesses gain competitive advantage?

Transforming customer experience with AI and automation can help businesses gain a competitive advantage in several ways. AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants can provide instant, round-the-clock customer support, reducing response times and enhancing customer satisfaction. AI-driven analytics and predictive modeling enable businesses to gain deeper insights into customer behavior, allowing for more precise targeting and personalisation of marketing efforts, ultimately increasing conversion rates and revenue. Automation streamlines internal processes, reducing operational costs and improving efficiency, which can be passed on to customers in the form of lower prices or better service. AI helps identify emerging market trends and competitive threats, allowing businesses to adapt and innovate faster.

What’s the difference between artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)?

ML refers to the technologies and algorithms used by machines to analyse data enabling it to recognise patterns, make decisions, problem-solve and improve through experience. 

What is ‘dirty data’, and how can organisations ensure their data is ‘clean’?

Data that is not clean or ‘dirty data’ has issues such as having duplicates or being outdated, insecure, incomplete, inaccurate or inconsistent. The risk presented by dirty data is that if you are adopting AI tools and platforms that are using that faulty data, the AI outputs will also be flawed. For example, AI can be a powerful predictive tool and can identify patterns and trends within your business that you can use to guide strategic decisions, but if the data is off, then the AI analytics will be too. To avoid these risks and clean up their data, companies need to commit to regular data audits and implement assurance protocols.

What’s the difference between OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Microsoft Copilot?

ChatGPT is a natural language processing technology that uses machine learning, deep learning, and natural language understanding to answer questions mimicking human conversation and responding in an engaging way.  
 
Copilot is a more secure AI-powered digital assistant that integrates with Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams). Copilot is ideal for coding tasks, while ChatGPT is versatile for various conversational and creative purposes.