Embrace the Era of Smart Analytics

Machine learning and artificial intelligence advances in five areas will ease data prep, discovery, analysis, prediction and data-driven decision making. For ten years the prevailing trend in business intelligence (BI) and analytics has been the move toward self service. In 2018 and beyond we'll see a growing list of what many call "smart" capabilities powered by machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). These features are sure to help us move beyond the limits of the self-service era. As I explain in a my latest report, "How Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Will Change BI & Analytics," we're already starting to see smart capabilities in five areas: data prep, discovery, analysis, prediction and AI-powered, prescriptive applications.