Watson Weekly: IBM Watson Hooks Up with Hana

April 17, 2016

Is this a Tinder tech date or what? I read “IBM to Bring Watson’s Cognitive Capabilities to SAP Customers.” IBM’s strategy for cognitive is to either partner with or acquire every possible technology company it seems. The write up reports:

IBM Corp. is turning to its partners for help with widening the adoption of Watson in the enterprise. As part of the effort, the company this morning announced an alliance with SAP SE that will see the capabilities of the cognitive computing platform made available for users of the latter’s flagship S/4HANA business software suite.

Has anyone asked an SAP customer if he or she needs Watson?

I learned:

If the current feature set is anything to go by, then SAP and IBM are probably looking to deliver something akin to what mutual rival Microsoft Corp. offers with its Cortana Intelligence Suite. The bundle combines the virtual assistant with a number of Redmond’s cloud-based analytics services to make complex operational information accessible to everyday knowledge workers. Big Blue’s announcement specifies that the Watson integration will similarly target a “broad range of business users and … all C-suite professions.”

I wonder if SAP customers using Microsoft technology will eagerly embrace Watson.

Keep the PR machine, if not the revenues, flowing.

Stephen E Arnold, April 17, 2016

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under IBM Watson, News

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