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2015 Predictions for the Big Data Analytics Market

The big data and analytics market will reach $125 billion worldwide in 2015, according to IDC. Both IDC and The International Institute of Analytics (IIA) discussed their big data and analytics predictions for 2015 in separate webcasts last month. Here are … Continue reading

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Top 2015 Technology Predictions from IDC

In a recent webcast (and accompanying report), IDC issued its top 10 predictions for 2015. IDC’s Frank Gens advised companies in all industries to “Amazon” themselves, but also predicted that the best job of “Amazoning” will be done by Amazon itself. … Continue reading

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Predictions for CMOs and Digital Marketing in 2015

In 2015, digital marketing budgets will increase by 8%, according to a recent Gartner’s CMO Spend Report, a survey of 315 marketing decision makers representing organizations with more than $500 million in annual revenue. Customer experience is the top innovation … Continue reading

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Top 2015 IT Predictions from Forrester Research

The analysts at Forrester Research have been blogging about their top IT predictions for 2015. Here’s my take on the predictions which cover all IT trends, technologies, opportunities and challenges, from mobile to security and big data analytics and from the Internet of … Continue reading

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Human level AI has been 15 to 25 years away for the past 50

Human level AI has been 15 to 25 years away for the past 50 years https://t.co/DTP0mvjnaN — Mitch Kapor (@mkapor) November 12, 2014   Source: Armstrong, Stuart, and Kaj Sotala. 2012. “How We’re Predicting AI—or Failing To.”

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Gartner on Top Trends for 2015 and Beyond

On the occasion of its sold-out Symposium/ITxpo this week, Gartner revealed its predictions for top technology trends, the impact of technology on businesses and consumers, and the continuing evolution of the IT organization and the role of the CIO. Here is my … Continue reading

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Scenarios for the Future of the IT Industry

In November 1998, I sent to my then-colleagues at EMC an email with the subject line “The Demise of Dell.” I wrote: “My fail-proof crystal ball just talked to me again: By the end of 2000, Dell’s market cap (today at $80B) will be … Continue reading

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3 Scenarios for the Future of Data Science

The last couple of weeks were great for the future of data science. First Wikibon, and then IDC, promised a big data market in 2015 of between $16.9 billion (IDC) to $32.1 billion (Wikibon) (more on these reports in Chuck … Continue reading

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Big Data Bytes of the Week: The End of Big Data?

The end of Big Data? Based on his discussions with CIOs, reports Derrick Harris at GigaOm, Opera Solutions’ CEO Arnab Gupta “thinks the analytics market will crest around the end of next year as CIOs face enormous data spikes.”  Is … Continue reading

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