Drones offer the ability to monitor the condition of infrastructure in difficult-to-access locations

– Shivani Govil , VP , AI and Cognitive Products at SAP Ariba demonstrate why this is better ,” asserts Govil . “ I think some people are still deliberating on the ROI behind it . Then there is the consideration of how this is going to be regulated . We know what ’ s there today , but how is that going to change in the future ? It ’ s going to become more permissive . Is it going to become a little bit more restricted ? I think that ’ s another piece of it .

“ Then you have to make sure that it ’ s a scalable technology . When I talk about scalability , for mass adoption you really need a complete end-to-end solution . The larger companies have their own IT team and they can develop custom solutions , but the smaller companies really want something that works off the bat , and which has that entire end-to-end connectivity across that solution .

“ I think those are some of the pieces that companies are looking at , and I don ’ t think we ’ re at a point where we can say we have those pieces completely nailed and figured out . I see some areas where there has been a wider-spread adoption , but as I look at the mainstream I can see people experimenting with it . I can see

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