Data is the new platform, and social is the intelligence

"We see data taking its rightful place as another platform inside enterprise."

The days of viewing everything in the cloud through an application lens is nearing its end. Now, we are evolving into a world where quantity, processing speeds and distribution of data will make us see the world through a data lens, according to Gavin Michael, global managing director for R&D and alliances at Accenture, during GigaOm’s Structure on Thursday.

By Cortney Fielding

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