Cloud Computing: IBM opens Watson to the world
September 27, 2015
Grazed from SteelersLounge. Author: James Hoffman.
One obvious use case is marketing – an application built with Visual Insights could give a company a more rounded view of what its customers are interested in. IBM’s cloud development partners have created systems for query support for card payments, customer support Q&As for financial services, live event media aggregation "as a service" social marketing and apps for the entertainment and marketing industries.
Big Blue wants Watson to be used on mobile devices, cloud services and connected systems. The company also previewed its Watson Knowledge Studio, where the company will open up its machine learning and text analytics capabilities in a single tool. In addition to the new capabilities, IBM announced that it is establishing a new Watson hub located in San Francisco, which will also serve as the new global headquarters for IBM commerce…
Its new presence in San Francisco will now put it closer to many other startups, developers and venture capital firms working to "take cognitive computing into new markets", IBM said. IBM’s Watson will be a "huge engine" for sales as more businesses adopt the cognitive cloud computing technology, according to John Kelly, the company’s senior vice president for solutions portfolio and research…
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