Making decisions with data – the role for machine learning in analytics

Machine Learning is a complex area of computing for those with deep technical knowledge and the ability to translate between business requirements, large data sets and how computing systems develop. At least, that is how it has been since first discussed in 1959, and continued until today. Over the next few years, it's been predicted that Machine Learning will become business as usual. Initially, companies will use machine learning to automate certain functions, such as pattern recognition, and improve efficiencies. Over time, Machine Learning will expand to automate more of the analytics steps involved within jobs.