Gaining a competitive advantage through real-time data
November 6, 2013 No CommentsIn A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the all-knowing computer Deep Thought was asked to come up with “the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything.” Seven and a half million years later, Deep Thought provided the answer—42. However, as so much time had elapsed, everyone had forgotten the question, which rendered the wisdom confusing at best and utterly useless at worst. Not to worry, though: a new supercomputer was tasked with reverse-engineering the question.