“My question during today’s Q&A session was ‘is this all about consulting and customization, or do you plan to teach companies how to do this and provide software (a la SAS and SPSS) so they can do this on their own?’ A number of IBMers responded to the question, but Goyal answered my question most directly when he said, ‘analytics needs to move from the back office to the front office. There are small decisions, transactions and interactions happening every day that are not being handled by deep business analysts.” (via IBM Takes On Analytics and Optimization | The Intelligent Enterprise Blog)
“My question during today’s Q&A session was ‘is this all about consulting and customization, or do you plan to teach companies how to do this and provide software (a la SAS and SPSS) so they can do this on their own?’ A number of IBMers responded to the question, but Goyal answered my question most directly when he said, ‘analytics needs to move from the back office to the front office. There are small decisions, transactions and interactions happening every day that are not being handled by deep business analysts.” (via IBM Takes On Analytics and Optimization | The Intelligent Enterprise Blog)
The Smarter Planet tumblelog is an outgrowth of IBM’s strategic initiative to help a world of smart systems emerge.