What happened to big data vertical applications?




Making Data Simple show

Summary: In early 2013, one popular prediction was that vertical applications would rule the big data marketplace this year. Tom Deutsch took exception to that prediction in an article titled "Big Data’s Future: Bigger Than Just Vertical Applications" (read it at http://bit.ly/1hlXM5N ) So? Who was right? The person who made the original prediction or Deutsch, who said it was bunk? We brought Deutsch back onto the show to hold him accountable and to look back on how the vertical applications market played out in 2013.