Xanalys: Sidelight on the Name Watson
October 21, 2014
I read a thought provoking post on the Xanalys blog. The write up is “Watson a Name?”
The article states:
long before IBM began using the name Watson for its artificially intelligent computer system – the system designed to play the TV game show Jeopardy – the name was used by Xanalys for its industry leading investigation management software.
The write up continues:
Xanalys’ Watson™ software was born out of Cambridge, England technology company Harlequin in the late 1980s. The programs in the Watson suite include Elementary Watson, Watson Mapping, Watson Pro, Watson PowerCase and Watson CaseCall. The foundation of the suite, though, was always Watson. Watson, a name still trademarked by Xanalys, is a powerful visual analysis tool for operational intelligence that enables investigators to rapidly import, track and then interpret data from a wide range of sources. Watson provides a powerful querying facility to support the effective analysis of that data that can actually identify links between contacts and reveal associations among activities that are not immediately apparent to an investigator or analyst.
Xanalys does not seem overly troubled by this “coincidence.” My thought is that IBM may have been somewhat casual in its branding of its search system. Another possibility is that IBM was just doing what large companies do.
For more information about Xanalys, navigate to www.xanalys.com.
Stephen E Arnold, October 21, 2014
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