The intersect of new smart machine algorithms, hardware and big data is creating a big bang of discovery, invention and innovation built on new general purpose technology unlike any we've seen before. The center of this presentation is on the first of the following questions: What will these technologies enable that can't be done today? Why do we believe these changes will occur? What are the obvious and non-obvious knock-on effects? What business processes and functions can be radically transformed using these technologies? And how to prepare for the deluge.To view additional videos from Gartner Symposium IT/xpo, visit http://eod.gartner.com/sym25