Enterprises Embrace Machine Learning

Machine learning technology is poised to move from niche data analytics applications to mainstream enterprise big data campaigns over the next two years, a recent vendor survey suggests. SoftServe, a software and application development specialist based in Austin, Texas, reports that 62 percent of the medium and large organizations it polled in April said they expect to roll out machine learning tools for business analytics by 2018. That majority said real-time data analysis was the most promising big data opportunity. The survey authors argue that artificial intelligence-based technologies like machine learning are moving beyond the "hype cycle" as enterprise look to automate analytics capabilities ranging from business intelligence to security. The goal is to demonstrate that that cyber defenses can be automated as more infrastructure is networked via an Internet of Things.)