Images: Testing Microsoft's Experimental Platform

The Microsoft Experimentation Platform wants to take decision making from the Hippo (highest paid person's opinion) and take the guesswork out of project planning. The goal of General Manager Ronny Kohavi is to build a system that would map user activities using machine-learning algorithms. Rather than make changes on the run, ask your customers first.

Read Mary Jo Foley's interview with Ronny Kohavi.