India, April 16 -- Enterprise AI has reached an inflexion point. While virtually every organisation has integrated AI into its core processes, a striking paradox has emerged. According to Cloudera's latest global survey, The Data Readiness Index, the industry is currently gripped by an "AI Readiness Illusion."

While 96% of IT leaders report AI integration, nearly 80% admit their initiatives are constrained by limited data access across fragmented environments. The message from Cloudera is clear: you cannot have high-performance AI without a high-integrity data foundation.

The report finds that 85% of organisations claim to have a clear data strategy, yet only 18% describe their data as "fully governed." This gap between perceived readin...