INFOR , USA
“ I was actually a customer of Infor . I liked it so much that I joined the organization ”
— Joseph Pascaretta , Vice President & General Manager , Infor
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From the Infor OS API gateway and integration of third-party applications , to its own Coleman Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), to an infinitely scalable Data Lake , Infor understands the necessity for powerful machine learning systems to handle the vast quantities of data inherent to Industry 4.0 . Infor is applying machine learning to Big Data and scaling it infinitely using the power of cloud computing . Pascaretta notes that the integration of data , AI and cloud scalability is “ the huge value proposition of what we ’ re doing and the major differentiator ”. He adds : “ No other enterprise software organization is doing what we ’ re doing . They ’ re doing elements of it in pockets and silos , but not all together as one integrated platform solution delivered fully in the Cloud .”
“ Thinking about data as the critical asset is really the foundation of all this ,” says Pascaretta . Traditionally , companies store data in data warehouses which filter all incoming data that has already been processed for specific purposes . “ The first mistake that
MARCH 2019