Data is everywhere. Most businesses today are making efforts to capitalize on the vast potential of an ever-increasing range of untapped data sources to produce actionable business insights.

But this is about more than getting the right answers; it’s about getting ahead of the pace of decision making. Speed is everything. In an age of connected devices and automation, decisions increasingly need to be made in real time.

This report identifies three key trends that will enable teams to push further, faster, in this race. From a shift to edge computing through to the advent of machine learning as a service, and the emergence of accelerated GPU technology, these trends are shaping new possibilities to drive speed, productivity and innovation in data science and machine learning.