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==Crowdcomputing tools and platforms==
Businesses and society in general increasingly rely on the combined intelligence, knowledge, bandwidth and life experiences of the ‘crowd to improve processes, make decisions, identify solutions to complex problems and monitor changes in consumer taste.<ref name="crowdcomputing">http://www.crowdcomputing.com</ref> Companies like [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] and [[Google]] saw early-on the potential for crowd computing. In 1995, Amazon created [[Amazon Mechanical Turk|Mechanical Turk]] to deal with its internal problem of sorting its massive inventory. The platform organizes people from around the globe to ‘work efficiently as a giant machine.”<ref name="Popper, Ben 2012">Popper, Ben (17 April 2012). "Crowd computing taps artificial intelligence to revolutionize the power of our collective brains". Venture Beat. Retrieved 8 June 2012.</ref> Google uses a [[captcha]] to help digitize books. Major sites like [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]] rely on the crowd to power the translation that spreads their service around the globe.<ref name="Popper, Ben 2012"/>
==Enterprise Crowd Computing==
The premise of leveraging the triumverate of crowd sourcing, automation and machine learning accelerates the speed, improves the accuracy and reduces the cost of work historically completed through outsourced workers and frees internal analysts to do higher-value work. The enterprise, as a result, experiences exponentially greater productivity.<ref name="crowdcomputingsystems.com"/>
The author on innovation [[Braden Kelley]] deems this shift a ‘revolution’ and credits crowdcomputing with the redesign of work that is now possible thanks to new technology tools and business architecture thinking that will allow man and machine to work more efficiently together than ever before.<ref>Kelley, Braden. (3 February 2013). “The Crowd Computing Revolution” http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2013/02/03/the-crowd-computing-revolution-part-one/#sthash.c2b1p5Md.dpuf</ref>
CrowdComputing Systems, Inc.<ref name="crowdcomputing" /> first brought crowd computing to the enterprise level in 2012 through a software platform with technology that was originally designed at MIT for fraud-detection work; it was later deemed to have more relevance for enterprise crowdsourcing and machine intelligence.<ref>Pelz-Sharp, Alan. (24 Jul, 2013). “Crowd Computing Systems brings machine learning to enterprise crowdsourcing”. 451 Research</ref>
The company’s platform automates tasks and combines human labor sourced from companies such as [[Elance]],<ref>[https://www.elance.com/p/lpg/freelancing/?rid=1TN5N&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=C-Brand-Exact&utm_term=elance&ad=29682394458&bmt=e&adpos=1t1&gclid=CKzuq7SvwbkCFVNo7AodzTsAWw#testimonials Elance]</ref> [[Upwork|Odesk]] and [[Amazon Mechanical Turk]] to create, manage and enhance an on-demand content and data workforce.<ref>Crosman, Penny. (4 Sept, 2013). “A New Way to Outsource Bank Jobs: To the Cloud”. Banking Technology News. Retrieved 5 September 2013. http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_171/a-new-way-to-outsource-bank-jobs-to-the-cloud-1061769-1.html</ref>
==History==
==References==
* Brown, Eric J. and William A. Yarberry, Jr. (2009). The Effective CIO. Boca Raton: [[Taylor and Francis|Taylor & Francis]].
* {{cite web|last=Hurley Hall|first=Sharon|title=Startup to Watch: Crowd Control|url=http://www.podiumventures.com/blog/13-featured/430-startup-to-watch-crowd-control|publisher=Podium Ventures|accessdate=8 June 2012}}
* {{cite news|last=Popper|first=Ben|title=Crowd computing taps artificial intelligence to revolutionize the power of our collective brains|url=http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/crowdcontrol-ai-crowdsourcing-crowdcomputing-mechanical-turk/|accessdate=8 June 2012|newspaper=Venture Beat|date=17 April 2012}}
* Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (2010) - ISBN 978-1-59420-253-7
* Surowiecki, J. (2005). [[The Wisdom of Crowds]]. New York: [[Random House]], Inc.
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