At the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida this week, over 8000 technology leaders gathered to get analyst predictions on where we are heading. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and smart things were key analytics themes for a savvy digital future. The overall top three themes this year were intelligent, digital, and mesh. For a fantastic free overview, check out the following openly published article, "Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017" and linked resources. Last week I shared an article and webinar regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution aka Digital Transformation.

At the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida this week, over 8000 technology leaders gathered to get analyst predictions on where we are heading. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and smart things were key analytics themes for a savvy digital future. The overall top three themes this year were intelligent, digital, and mesh. For a fantastic free overview, check out the following openly published article, "Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017" and linked resources. Last week I shared an article and webinar regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution aka Digital Transformation.

Time to get back to my Oceans of Data series! This week I am going to share an overview of the artificial intelligence market that includes a fantastic infographic courtesy of Max Wegner, who has graciously provided this content to me. Every year data grows exponentially. If you ever doubted the value of your data, the shocking 26 billion purchase of LinkedIN by Microsoft is proof that data is digital gold. LinkedIn was not bought for the app.