What are some of the biggest innovations happening in the big data space?

Right now, advances in machine learning technology are driving a lot of the innovation in the big data space. But what I think is most exciting is the recent availability of open-source machine learning frameworks – such as TensorFlow – which help speed the progress of those advancements by democratizing the basic building blocks.

Technology as complicated as machine learning is best advanced when each stage of progress doesn’t need to be built from scratch. So open-source platforms like TensorFlow give entrepreneurs and technologists a boosted playing field, where they can more easily build on top of the innovation that has come before.