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Machine Learning and Cognitive Systems, Part 3: A ML Vendor Landscape

Tweet In parts One and Two of this series I gave a little explanation about what Machine Learning is and some of its potential benefits, uses, and challenges within the scope of Business Intelligence and Analytics. In this installment of the series, and the last devoted to machine learning before we step into cognitive systems, I will attempt to provide a general overview of the Machine Learning (ML) market landscape, describing some, yes, only some, of the vendors and software products that are using ML for performing Analytics and Intelligence, so, here a brief market landscape overview. Machine learning: a common guest with no invitation It is quite surprising to find Machine Learning has a vast presence in many of today’s modern analytics applications. Its use is driven by: The increasing need to crunch data that is more complex and more voluminous, at greater speed and with more accuracy—I mean really big data The need to solve increasingly business prob