3 ways to maximize your big data team's cognitive computing investment - TechRepublic

IBM Watson is one of the best real-world examples of cognitive computing. Cognitive computing is rapidly transforming big data analytics initiatives that began with reports and dashboards generated from nonstandard data into something more substantial. In fact, the cognitive computing market is expected to generate revenue of 13.7 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 33.1% during the forecast period of 2015 - 2020. Cognitive computing is a branch of artificial intelligence. It combines principles of science and engineering to produce "intelligent" machines that learn from the data they ingest in ways that hope to emulate the learning and thought processes of the human mind.