OT Lightning Round! If you had to make just one prediction for #data in 2017, it would be…
Bruno Aziza
- Business Intelligence gets blown out and re-invented in the next 5 years.

Kait Reynolds
Companies invest in data translators with business experience to identify actionable items.

jameskobielus
You'll acquire your first cognitive appliance.

Dez Blanchfield
- 2017 WILL SEE DATA BECOME THE LIFE BLOOD AND DNA OF ALL SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATIONS !!

Matin Jouzdani
#data ain't gonna get simpler in 2017. One more year of complexity and hype - at least !

yaron haviv
shift from talking infra (hadoop, spark, ..) to focusing on actual biz use cases and real-time insights

Dez Blanchfield
@dez_blanchfield - "drops the mic" ;-)

Brian Fanzo
Social data in 2017 will be used more for competitive intelligence and employee behavior studying than for marketing initiatives.. Keep current customers & retain employees = massive ROI of social.

Capterra Biz Intel
#blockchain will continue to change the #financial industry. Usability of #BizIntel will skew towards helping the less-trained: http://bit.ly/2hkCxu...

Kait Reynolds
@matjouz And it needs to be all about making data simpler....

Joe Caserta
#dataintelligence will dominate the IT world.

jameskobielus
See my recent InfoWorld column, which has that plus other "you'll do this for the first time" predictions for 2017: http://www.infoworld...
Bruno Aziza
- Too many players, Too few users. Too much data for too little value. We can't justify continuing doing it the way we have for the last 2 decades.

Aylee Nielsen
@matjouz Better late than never ;)

8 Path Solutions
Data scientists will be faced with the challenge of separating fact from fiction: how do we find the truth in a sea of myths, truths, and propaganda?

Kait Reynolds
@8pathsolutions Big time!

jameskobielus
Here's my TechTarget column on cognitive backlash predicted in 2017; http://itknowledgeex...

Colin Sumter
Smart businesses are going to apply cognitive computing precision on their sales teams. And less of the solo sales rep.

Aylee Nielsen
@matjouz eternal pessimist? LOL

Capterra Biz Intel
@8pathsolutions They already do that with the #marketing department.

Kait Reynolds
@iSocialFanz Absolutely! And leveraging employees for word of mouth marketing on social....

Brian Fanzo
@EAG_Kaittaylor Yes the key element will be what skillset, experience and pay will those companies be looking for so they get a translator that leads to business success not just more data need.
Bruno Aziza
- I was at BusinessObjects when the 1st change happened (standardized reporting), I was at Microsoft when the 2nd one happened (self-service BI). Time for Act 3: Open Platforms will leverage Big Data and Cloud.

jameskobielus
My KDNuggets predictions on 2017 for data scientists: http://www.kdnuggets...