Why machine learning is helping the move from hindsight to foresight - VanillaPlus - The global voice of Telecoms IT

It's a pretty safe bet to say that former US President Theodore Roosevelt would have loved machine learning, writes Derek Canfield, the general manager for Business Analytics at TEOCO. He left behind a treasure trove of quotes, but one of his most famous ones is perhaps even truer today than it was for Teddy. "I believe the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future." There's a lesson right there for today's communications service providers (CSPs), many of whom are preparing to face the future while struggling to overcome the challenge of digital business transformation. Faced with new potential content partnerships, the introduction of new revenue streams, and the opportunities of the Internet of Things (IoT), the options for CSP reinvention are endless and there are almost too many choices and decisions to make.