IBM made Watson available to competing cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

Briefing

IBM made Watson available to competing cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

March 4, 2019

Briefing

  • Watson Cloud Expansion – IBM announced its artificial intelligence Watson will now be available on other cloud services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud
  • Data on Other Clouds – Customers will be able to run Watson while their data is stored in other competing cloud services
  • More Choices – Move could win customers who want to choose their own cloud service for artificial intelligence (AI) projects, with cloud services from other markets, such as Chinese providers, to be added in future
  • Customer Acquisition Strategy – Rob Thomas, IBM general manager of data and AI, said customers who try Watson may be drawn to use IBM cloud
  • Customization – IBM Cloud lets companies choose from multiple hardware and computer chip configurations to optimize use of Watson
  • Watson Applications – Clients can use Watson to build machine learning models and create digital chatbots

Accelerator

Business Model and Practices

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Function

Cross-Function

Organization

International Business Machines Corp.

Source

Original Publication Date

February 12, 2019

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