In his piece, Lohr explains how big-data has gone mainstream, and using IBM's Watson computer that beat "Jeopardy!" world champions last year as a key inflection point in its evolution, and also quoting IBM exec and technical fellow Rod Smith.
Some excerpts: Rod Smith: "Big Data is really about new uses and new insights, not so much about the data itself."
And on Watson: "The Watson computer from I.B.M. that beat human "Jeopardy" champions last year was a triumph of Big Data computing. In theory, Big Data could improve decision-making in fields from business to medicine, allowing decisions to be based increasingly on data and analysis rather than intuition and experience."
In his piece, Lohr explains how big-data has gone mainstream, and using IBM's Watson computer that beat "Jeopardy!" world champions last year as a key inflection point in its evolution, and also quoting IBM exec and technical fellow Rod Smith.
ReplyDeleteSome excerpts:
Rod Smith: "Big Data is really about new uses and new insights, not so much about the data itself."
And on Watson: "The Watson computer from I.B.M. that beat human "Jeopardy" champions last year was a triumph of Big Data computing. In theory, Big Data could improve decision-making in fields from business to medicine, allowing decisions to be based increasingly on data and analysis rather than intuition and experience."