2014 cloud news: IBM Watson, mobile and IoT get top clicks
January 1, 2015
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Jan Stafford.
In 2014, news about developing cloud applications using IBM Watson’s cognitive capabilities and mobile-first strategies were top traffic-getters on SearchCloudApplications. An article about developing Internet of Things (IoT) apps and a piece about enterprise architects’ cloud projects were runners up.
Looking at why these four stories attracted over 12,000 readers, I talked with our expert contributor, George Lawton, who wrote all of them. Together, we offered some footnotes to each story. The year’s top story was “IBM’s Watson supercomputer gives developers access to cognitive cloud.” In it, Lawton describes how software developers are using IBM Watson to build customer-focused cloud-based applications…
Essentially, Watson provides the ability to analyze data about customer behavior and suggest — or, even, predict — future behaviors. For example, Watson technology has been used by Fluid Inc.’s retail business customers to increase customer engagement and sales. Also, Welltok Inc. is building a Watson app that provides regular wellness activity guides and rewards for users’ healthy behavior…
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