IBM Watson: Shedding Dreams?
November 27, 2017
I read a short item in “IBM to Retire Two Watson IoT Services.” IBM rolled out Watson in 2011, but the bits and pieces were floating around or acquired years before Watson won a TV game show. (Post production, anyone?)
The short write up reveals a factoid, which I assume not to be too fake. Specifically, IBM Watson is not longer providing two Internet of Things, Watson-infused services. These are or were Context Mapping and Driver Behavior. Presumably clever customers can whip up something to perform Watson-like services with other chunks of IBM code.
From birth to shedding functions in just 72 months. What’s next? Shall I ask Watson? No, I shall not. It seems to me that reality may be dawning in some IBM management circles. There is more to shed as baby Watson tries to generate money, not PR and marketing hyperbole.
Stephen E Arnold, November 27, 2017
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