Basic functions such as payroll and benefits administration can be done more efficiently with on-demand software. Then there are the talent-management-type applications such as recruiting, performance management, and compensation analysis that can also benefit.

The nascent talent management market will continue to experience consolidation, defining market leaders, segments and trends. As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and global, companies that invest in talent management solutions and examine it from a worldwide perspective will reap tremendous benefits for their business organization and operations.

Red Hat is one of the best-positioned stocks in software and should be able to further capitalize on the growing demand for open source.

The software also may invent designs that no human designer would ever think of.

The AI software examined millions of potential antenna designs before settling on a final one. Through a process patterned after Darwin's 'survival of the fittest,' the strongest designs survive and the less capable do not.

The acquisition has effectively expanded Red Hat's market opportunity in one of the fastest growing sectors of software.