If you’re like most companies in the US or Europe, the promise of AI probably feels a bit like a shiny new gadget you want to use but aren’t quite sure if your old wiring can handle it.

The 2025 Cisco AI Readiness Index paints a clear picture: while many organizations are eager to jump on the AI bandwagon, only a small group—called “pacesetters”—are truly ready to capture its full value. The rest are stuck wrestling with infrastructure debt, fragmented strategies, poor data, chaotic legacy systems, and talent shortages.

That’s where SSTRAIT LLC steps in, turning AI ambition into real, sustainable business value. Let’s be honest: AI isn’t just about plugging in a fancy algorithm and watching magic happen. It demands a solid foundation—scalable, secure, and future-proof infrastructure that can handle the complexity and speed of AI workloads.

According to Cisco, only about a third of organizations feel their infrastructure is ready for this challenge. Many are weighed down by “AI infrastructure debt,” a term that refers to the technical compromises and underi