I recently caught up with Fernando Lucini, Chief Technology Officer, Big Data Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, to discuss the future of machine learning at HPE Big Data. Fernando leads HPE IDOL software portfolio and is the global business leader for the Haven OnDemand platform, as part of the Big Data Platform business group in HPE Software. HPE IDOL is the industry's leading augmented intelligence software for human information and the Haven OnDemand platform powers a new generation of applications with machine learning APIs and Services. He has a deep technical background, and has been critical in the launch of many products throughout his career, spanning enterprise search, rich media analytics, and compliance, among many others. He holds a BEng Hons in Communications and Electronic Engineering from the University of Kent, and an MBA from IE Business School, Madrid.

Empowering the data-driven organization is a core element of our strategy at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. This can sound like just another fancy marketing campaign – unless you were in a seat at the Seize the Data Analytics World Tour event in Palo Alto. DreamWorks Animation's Jeff Wike presenting at the Silicon Valley event As I sat smiling through the Kung Fu Panda 3 trailer and watched Jeff Wike, Head of Technology for Film and TV Production at DreamWorks Animation, take the stage, I expected to hear how analytics helped DreamWorks Animation analyze how many people watched the film and how they chose to do so - in the theater, on demand, on what device. That information is foundational to any organization in the media industries these days. I didn't expect to hear that the HPE Vertica Advanced Analytics database improved the ability of artists to iterate design and even render panda fur by minimizing compute resources, or how the studio was able to quickly redesign the characters' facial movements when the movie was translated to Mandarin, also due to the power of analytics.