Indian information technology company Wipro Ltd has announced the launch of its new Data Discovery Platform, which is says will app-ify business analytics tools.

Wipro says that its new platform combines the power of smart business insights with the accessibility of app-like programs.

“With more and more businesses moving towards accelerated decision-making, Insights-as-a-Service has taken priority and industry is looking for service providers who can provide insights relevant to their business,” said Pallab Deb, Vice President & Global Head of Analytics at Wipro.

“The Data Discovery Platform, with its industry apps, offers robust end-to-end fabric covering the entire spectrum of Data-Information-Insights, thereby empowering customers with pertinent insights to make faster decisions. Built using best of breed open source technologies, the solution leverages cognitive capabilities from Wipro HOLMES Artificial Intelligence Platform to bring to life the hidden insights in large & diverse data sets.”

That’s a lot of business-speak that basically boils down to “our analytics are smart and easy to use.”

How the Holmes AI killed 3,000 jobs (so far)

The Holmes AI mentioned in Wipro’s statement made headlines last week when the company said that the automation capabilities would allow Wipro to lay off somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 software engineers.

“We will move out 1,300 engineers from on-site [fixed price contracts] and about 2,000 people from off-site this year,” one Wipro source said at the time.

Replacing jobs with automation is hardly a new trend, but recent advances in artificial intelligence have started affecting jobs that some had previously considered safe, as Wipro’s Holmes AI certainly has shown. With its new Holmes-powered Data Discovery Platform, Wipro now seems poised to do the same for other businesses.

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