Machinations of power: unlocking success with machine learning - Computer Business Review

Informatica CIO Graeme Thompson looks at the rise of the machines and the role of the CIO in unlocking machine learning success. We live in an age characterised by the need to move fast, to learn from our mistakes, adapt and respond to change and predict future outcomes, so that we can gain competitive edge. Yet the pace at which business moves today and the availability of information means organisations are expected to make decisions and deliver change at a rate unheard of just a few years ago. We as humans don't have the processing power to accept all available inputs, apply the lessons we learn about what does and doesn't work quickly enough to drive incremental improvements, let alone big, disruptive innovations. Most current prediction models have their roots in statistics innovations dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries.