Remember when Hal predicted that a communications board would fail during the "2001" mission? Well IBM has finally come up with algorithms that do just that--predictive analytics that evaluate realtime data streams to anticipate problems before they happen, from supply-chain shortages to power-plant blackouts, albeit without Hals attitude:) R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
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Big Data merges structured and unstructured information by capturing and analyzing it regardless of its type or how much or how fast it is streaming, enabling more informed business decisions.Further Reading