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SalesChoice Inc., a Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics SaaS Companies specializing in sales analytics and an ISV Certified App of Salesforce, has just been profiled as one of the TOP 50 SMARTEST COMPANY featured in the SILICON REVIEW Fall, 2016 SPECIAL EDITION.
Earlier in October, I defined Cognitive Technologies and provided an introduction to the different approaches of Cognitive, a market growing by 65% CAGR according to IDC. In June 2016, the WhiteHouse published a formal request for information, or RFI, about the possibilities and risks of AI.
SalesChoice Inc., a Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics SaaS Company, HQ in Toronto, Canada specializing in sales analytics was recently profiled by IDC by Mira Perry, Marketing Analyst, in a profile report titled, Canadian Advanced Analytics Vendor Profile: SalesChoice (doc #CA40646916, September 2016).
The full IDC : Canadian Advanced Vendor Profile on SalesChoice can be purchased here.
SalesChoice Inc., a Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics SaaS Company specializing in sales analytics and an ISV Certified App of Salesforce, has just been Profiled as a Top 25 Most Empowering Data Company, featured in the BIG DATA Fall, 2016 SPECIAL EDITION. You can see the full feature coverage here .
Understanding Cognitive Science Technology
Cognitive Computing is a highly technical and mathematical field. At a simple level, the idea of a computer that thinks like a human is appealing. At a technical level, the idea that a computer system consumes data and information of all types and performs calculations on what it is ingesting can raise a lot of questions especially when the computer is predicting outcomes for humans to “act upon.”
Sales professionals have hit rock bottom in B2B Sales Productivity. Time in field has consistently dropped year over year and is reported by Accenture in their recent Age of Distraction Report has decreased from 41% time in field to less than 31% of time.
Focus is a distress signal everywhere. What does one do?
SalesChoice Inc., a Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics SaaS Company specializing in sales analytics was recognized by Gartner Group in the September 7th Market Review Report on Predictive Analytics Software Innovators. “We were very pleased to be identified as a promising SaaS-based predictive analytics application helping B2B salespeople and marketers improve win rates, deal velocity and size.” says Dr. Cindy Gordon, CEO and Founder of SalesChoice. “Gartner is the world’s leading technology research and advisory company – to be profiled by them is a new success milestone for our company, we could not be more thrilled.”
Blog #2 discussed the history of predictive analytics from the perspective of Artificial Intelligence, and traced leadership from both classical philosophers like: Aristotle, Euclid, in ancient times to covering more modern times, profiling British mathematician Alan Turing. His provocative innovation question posed at a 1956 conference: “Can machines think?”, spurred on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) movement, and unleashed a cosmic energy force that has some modern scientists, worried, others see the positive effects.
THE HISTORY AND ROOTS OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
Blog #1 discussed the history of predictive analytics going back to 1689 with Lloyds of London, insurance company. Predictive approaches, irrespective of the computing science and machine learning underpinnings, have been here for over 337 years. Blog #2 will define predictive analytics methods in more detail and in particular, I will explore the relevance and history of artificial intelligence.