AI that already delivers results; watch the data you send to the cloud
An IDC survey for Dell, published by PEGN, heard from 125 Brazilian companies with 99 to 499 employees, in September and October 2026: 46% already measure productivity gains with AI. A good sign, but the gain from the test is worth little if the company doesn't know where the data lives, how much the cloud will charge and how to connect AI to the system it already uses.
The roadblock shows up when it's time to expand. In the same survey, 46% point to data security as the biggest barrier to using the cloud for AI, 42% cite unpredictable cost and 36% integration with legacy systems. Whoever takes the test to other areas without solving this may see the bill grow faster than the gain.
Take a process that already works, like checking documents, and write down three things: how much time the team saves, how much the AI costs per month and which customer data goes through it. Ask the vendor for a spending cap and connect the AI to the management system before taking it to other departments.
This care slows down the expansion and takes work nobody sees in the demo. Only 36% of the companies surveyed track and optimize AI cost by usage. In your company, can anyone say today how much AI cost last month and which customer data went through it?
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