Welcome to insideBIGDATA’s annual Executive Round Up designed to give our readers a sense for what the upcoming year is going to look like with respective to our focus technologies: big data, data science, machine learning, AI and deep learning. Weighing in with their thought-leadership predictions are some of the industry’s biggest players. We’re honored to pass along these comments to our valued audience.
In this article, final Part 4 of the series, we’ll examine what increasing role AI will play in digital transformation initiatives in 2018. We’ll see that AI continues to get smarter and more practical. But in the end, competitive success is all about information, and we know machines can do a better, faster job of understanding information patterns than people. As a consequence, AI is front and center in 2018 and enterprises are going to be hyper focused on innovation that advances their digital transformation journey.
Daniel D. Gutierrez, Managing Editor and Resident Data Scientist – insideBIGDATA.com
insideBIGDATA: An increasing percentage of digital transformation initiatives will use AI services. How will 2018 help solidify this trend?
Pankaj Goyal, VP, AI Business & Data Center Strategy, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Absolutely. More than the use of AI services, AI will transform our world of possibilities in 2018. Our experiences with AI will create new experiences and possibilities. AI is the new UI. I am excited about how AI re-shapes the digital transformation initiatives taking them to a whole new level.
Roy Kim, Director of Product Marketing for FlashBlade, Pure Storage
It makes sense. Deep learning is the killer app for big data. In 2018, all the necessary tools are at the enterprises’ fingertips to get started.
John (“Jay”) Boisseau, Ph.D., HPC & AI Technology Strategist, Dell EMC
There is so much potential for AI that no enterprise can ignore it completely. If you are not using all of your data for the deepest insights, you’re at risk of being left behind–out-innovated,
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Where are the women in this article? There are thousands of women experts in this field.
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