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“ I wouldn’ t say a disconnect; I think that’ s just that adoption curve. If you think about the early adopters and innovators, typically 15 % of businesses or individuals are classed as early adopters. And so, about 15 % of workloads that could be in the cloud today are in the cloud. So, we’ re still in the early days.”

“ Now, crossing that chasm into mass adoption, I think there are a number of drivers for that. Businesses want to be more productive; they want to focus on what’ s core to them versus running data centres and the like. And things like AI and data as well, that’ s the cherry on the cake.”

UK turnover contributed by traditional enterprises

AWS training initiatives target AI skills development AWS has responded to the skills gap with training programmes including AWS re: Start, which originated in the UK in 2017. The company recently announced progress on its AI skills development targets.

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