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The Enterprise AI Playbook

Bringing AI to Your Data Anywhere with Security, Trust, and Governance Baked In

Cloudera's State of Enterprise AI in 2025 survey reveals a critical paradox: AI is everywhere, but it isn't yet fully unlocked. Leaders see clear value in AI, yet they're dealing with infrastructure gaps like expensive compute, broken data, and governance issues that decide whether AI scales or fails.

Why Only 21% Enterprises Have Full AI Integration

According to the survey, only 21% of enterprises have fully integrated AI into their core business processes. This is despite heavy investments and confidence in the tech. The biggest factors holding companies back are the cost of training models and access to the right data.

AI Playbook for Organizations Starting from Scratch

To reach 100% AI integration, organizations need to follow a structured path: first anchoring efforts with clear business goals, then breaking down data and infrastructure barriers, and finally scaling through focused, value-driven use cases.

Securing Early Business Wins with AI

Organizations with zero to little AI should start by clarifying their goals, ensuring their data is clean, contextual, and accessible, and building a flexible infrastructure that can evolve as AI models and frameworks change.

Measuring the Wins for Building on Growth

To measure the success of AI integration, organizations should focus on the business outcomes and value created by AI, rather than just the technology itself.

Taking AI to Data for Full Security

To ensure the security of AI, organizations should prioritize security, governance, and transparency from the start, and use reference architectures or accelerators to move quickly with targeted, high-impact use cases.

Baking in Compliance by Design

Compliance should be baked into the design of AI systems from the start, to ensure that they meet regulatory requirements and are trustworthy.

Making 'AI Everywhere' a Reality

By following the enterprise AI playbook, organizations can turn AI into a reality and unlock its full potential.