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data-driven postures so they can harness their data as an asset and elevate it to insights ? How do we help them secure and modernise the defence worker experience to reduce daily pain-points ?
These are many of the initiatives we spend our time talking about and , hopefully , inspiring our customers to go do , because the world is changing around them , and they have to keep up . It ’ s not just about mission – it is about a whole-of-enterprise transformation ,” Maxwell states .
“ The way you maintain superiority is through digital transformation , culture & process reform , and rapid adoption of commercial technology .”
Maxwell points to a quote from US Gen Charles “ CQ ” Brown Jr . to illustrate the urgency of this need : “ Accelerate change or lose .”
The power of AI The acceleration in artificial intelligence ( AI ) advancement has been dramatic in recent years , with impacts being felt across all industries . The defence industry is no exception .
“ In terms of AI capability , there has never been a bigger time than this . I ’ ve been working in tech for two decades now , and I have not seen an inflection point like the one we ’ re sitting at today ,” Maxwell comments .
“ For a lot of folks , it feels like generative AI popped up overnight , but this is the result of decades-worth of work to get to this point . This is a remarkable time in compute , AI advancement , and the democratisation of some seriously gamechanging capabilities . And I really believe this is only the beginning .”
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