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Data study · 17 January 2024

# For Data departments, generative AI is on the 2024 agenda, along with a glass ceiling to break through

Original title, in French: “Pour les directions Data, l’IAGen au menu de 2024 et un plafond de verre à briser”

**Publication**

ZDNet France (France)

**Author**

Christophe Auffray

**Published on**

17 January 2024 · read in the page structured data · updated on 2 September 2026

## Summary

The Quantmetry-Capgemini barometer shows that generative AI became a major priority for French Data departments in 2024. According to the study, 80% of respondents believe data is growing in importance with the rise of generative AI, and 25% had already launched a generative AI experiment by summer 2023, mainly around RAG. Four areas of work are identified: experimentation, user training, risk assessment and adaptation of the operating model. The study also highlights that Data departments struggle to move beyond a tactical role to achieve strategic impact across the company, notably through Data Mesh, deployed by nearly 80% of respondents but often in a poorly coordinated way, according to Jonathan Cassaigne, Head of Expertise at Quantmetry.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on ZDNet France →](https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/pour-les-directions-data-l-iagen-au-menu-de-2024-et-un-plafond-de-verre-a-briser-39963616.htm)

## Figures cited

-   80 %
    
    share of Data departments for which data is becoming a higher priority with the rise of generative AI
    
    French Data departments, Quantmetry/Capgemini barometer
    
    > « 80% des sondés estiment que la data gagne en priorité au sein de leur entreprise avec l'essor de l'IA générative. »
    
    Source: Baromètre Quantmetry et Capgemini
    
-   25 %
    
    share of respondents who had launched at least one generative AI experiment by summer 2023
    
    French Data departments, summer 2023
    
    > « L'été dernier, 25% des sondés avaient déjà lancé au moins une expérimentation en IAGen et plus des deux tiers des groupes de travail. »
    
    Source: Baromètre Quantmetry et Capgemini
    
-   80 %
    
    share of Data departments starting to deploy Data Mesh principles
    
    French Data departments, Quantmetry/Capgemini barometer
    
    > « Près de 80% commencent à les déployer pour répondre à ce défi de la démultiplication de l'impact à l'échelle. »
    
    Source: Baromètre Quantmetry et Capgemini
    

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Quantmetry (study author), Microsoft (supplier), Capgemini (study author)

**Keywords**

data department, generative AI, data mesh, training, barometer, MLOps

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to ZDNet France and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.