If you follow developments in cloud architecture, you may have been hearing a lot recently on the importance of an “intelligent cloud” and an “intelligent edge.” Cloud providers who have traditionally focused on providing infrastructure and software have begun to realize that there is only so much value they can drive through these as-a-service offerings, and it is no surprise that the word “cognitive” has begun to creep into more marketing and speechifying on cloud.
But it’s important for developers and data scientists to be able to distinguish between the marketing and the reality of a truly cognitive cloud.