The beginning of AI in the enterprise Information Age

By the "end of 2016 more than 80 of the world's 100 largest enterprise software companies by revenues will have integrated cognitive technologies into their products", said Deloitte. On Monday Microsoft announced it had purchased Genee, a smart scheduling app startup. Genee's artificial intelligence technology will be integrated into Microsoft's Office 365. Microsoft has been actively acquiring similar businesses this year in order to make sure it is well placed for the digital revolution, which will see AI at its core. It has already purchased app development platform Xamarin, intelligent smartphone keyboard SwiftKey, and LinkedIn for more than 26 billion.