{"id":26144,"date":"2026-03-24T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/?p=26144"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:14:09","slug":"when-ai-becomes-a-commodity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/blog\/2026\/when-ai-becomes-a-commodity\/","title":{"rendered":"When AI becomes a commodity, operational intelligence becomes the advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling voss-new-blog-heading-section\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-background-color:#e6e7e8;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1420.64px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:50px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:60px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">When AI becomes a commodity, operational intelligence becomes the advantage<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" 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href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/voss-solutions\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25342\" src=\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\" alt=\"RSS feed square icon\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=300&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=300&amp;wpsize=medium 300w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=150&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=150&amp;wpsize=thumbnail 150w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=66&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=66&amp;wpsize=recent-works-thumbnail 66w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=200&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=200&amp;wpsize=fusion-200 200w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=1024&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=1024&amp;wpsize=large 1024w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=1536&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=1536&amp;wpsize=1536x1536 1536w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=1000&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=1000&amp;wpsize=1000x1000 1000w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/02\/Generic_Feed-icon.svg.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 35px) 100vw, 35px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26145 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1\" alt=\"Mike Frayne, CEO, VOSS Solutions\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=300&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=300&amp;wpsize=medium 300w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=150&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=150&amp;wpsize=thumbnail 150w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=66&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=66&amp;wpsize=recent-works-thumbnail 66w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=200&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=200&amp;wpsize=fusion-200 200w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=400&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=400&amp;wpsize=fusion-400 400w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=1024&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=1024&amp;wpsize=large 1024w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=scale&amp;h=1536&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=1536&amp;wpsize=1536x1536 1536w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=1000&amp;ixlib=php-3.3.1&amp;w=1000&amp;wpsize=1000x1000 1000w, https:\/\/voss-media.imgix.net\/2026\/03\/Mike-Frayne-white-border.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&ixlib=php-3.3.1 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Author: Mike Frayne,<br \/>\nChief Executive Officer,<br \/>\nVOSS Solutions<\/h5>\n<p>Tuesday March 24, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-3 fusion_builder_column_inner_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/player.js\" async><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/qcplm6o5e3.js\" async type=\"module\"><\/script><style>wistia-player[media-id='qcplm6o5e3']:not(:defined) { display: block; filter: blur(5px); padding-top:100%; }<\/style> <wistia-player media-id=\"qcplm6o5e3\" swatch=\"false\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 180px;\"><\/wistia-player><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling voss-classic-section\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:-30px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1420.64px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-six\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;\"><h6 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">AI is moving at an extraordinary pace. New models appear constantly, capabilities improve rapidly, and access to powerful AI tools is expanding across industries.<\/h6><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>At Cisco\u2019s recent AI Summit, technology investor Marc Andreessen <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cisco.com\/news\/the-future-was-written-at-cisco-ai-summit\">offered an interesting perspective<\/a> on what this shift means for the broader technology economy. He argued that AI could become the next major engine of productivity growth, potentially reversing the slower economic progress seen since the 1970s. At the same time, he describes open-source AI as an &#8220;asteroid strike&#8221; for proprietary models &#8211; dramatically reducing margins for those building the models themselves while accelerating innovation across the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>As Andreessen puts it, we may be entering a moment where software becomes significantly cheaper to build, which ultimately means we will see more software, more tools, and more SaaS platforms.<\/p>\n<p>For enterprises, this shift has an important implication: as AI capabilities become widely accessible, the technology itself begins to commoditize. When everyone can access similar models and tools, competitive advantage moves elsewhere. Increasingly, it shifts to unique data and the ability to act effectively.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The hidden intelligence inside collaboration platforms<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>Nowhere is this more relevant than in the modern digital workplace. Organizations today rely heavily on collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams, alongside a wide range of communication and productivity tools that support everyday operations. These platforms generate vast amounts of operational data every day.<\/p>\n<p>This data includes detailed call quality metrics, device performance information, provisioning activity, policy and configuration changes, service health signals, and patterns in how users interact with the platform. Individually, these signals may seem routine, but collectively they form a highly specific dataset describing how an organization\u2019s collaboration environment actually operates.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge is that much of this intelligence remains fragmented across multiple tools and administrative portals. IT teams often have visibility into individual components of the collaboration stack, but rarely a unified view of how the system behaves as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a familiar operational pattern. Issues are often discovered only after users report them; troubleshooting can take longer than necessary; and valuable insights about service performance remain hidden across disconnected systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">From raw data to operational intelligence<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>If AI is becoming widely available, the real opportunity lies in what organizations feed into it. Generic AI models can provide powerful capabilities, but they are most effective when paired with proprietary operational data &#8211; the signals generated inside an organization\u2019s own systems and workflows.<\/p>\n<p>Within large collaboration environments, this operational data reveals valuable patterns. It highlights the root causes behind recurring support tickets, uncovers early indicators of call quality degradation, identifies configuration inconsistencies across users or locations, and reveals trends in how collaboration services are being consumed across the business.<\/p>\n<p>However, collecting data alone does not create value. The real advantage comes when organizations can correlate signals, extract meaningful insights, and act on them quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Turning collaboration data into action<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:-30px;\"><p>This is where platforms designed for operational intelligence play an important role. Solutions like VOSS provide a centralized layer that collects and correlates telemetry across collaboration platforms, bringing together operational signals that would otherwise remain isolated.<\/p>\n<p>By unifying this data across the digital workplace, organizations gain a clearer understanding of how their communication environment behaves in real-world conditions. Instead of viewing isolated metrics from different systems, IT teams can see how operational events relate to each other across the entire collaboration stack.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, those insights can drive action. Operational intelligence allows organizations to automate routine management tasks, detect service issues earlier, reduce troubleshooting time, and continuously improve the user experience across collaboration platforms. Rather than simply reacting to problems after they occur, IT teams can move toward proactive service management, where operational insights guide optimization and automation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The real AI opportunity for enterprises<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:-30px;\"><p>The rapid progress of AI will undoubtedly reshape enterprise technology. But as AI capabilities become more accessible &#8211; and more embedded in everyday software &#8211; the organizations that gain the greatest advantage will not simply be those that deploy the latest models. They will be the ones that combine those capabilities with deep operational intelligence from their own environments.<\/p>\n<p>Every collaboration platform, every user interaction, and every service transaction generates signals about how the digital workplace is functioning. When those signals are captured, understood, and operationalized, they become a powerful source of insight. In a world where AI tools are increasingly ubiquitous and software becomes easier to build; the true differentiator is no longer the model itself. It\u2019s the unique data and operational intelligence behind it.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to find out more about how VOSS can support your digital workplace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voss-solutions.com\/contact-us\/\">please get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div 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