Your Glass Watson
I was discussing Watson, the IBM super silicon brain that won Jeopardy! the other day with a reporter writing an article. Around the same time, I was also looking into Google Glass, the wearable computer that enables people to record what they see and to see what they’re recording through a teeny tiny screen mounted [...]
Presentation on Big Data Analytics and Watson at IBM’s Information on Demand Conference
Last week, I spoke at IBM’s Information on Demand conference about big data and Watson. I also moderated a panel discussion on the initial applications being developed using the technology developed for Watson. Below is the annotated and properly hyperlinked text of my presentation. Data is emerging as an extremely valuable asset; some even characterize [...]
IBM and Indiana Jones
Since Apple introduced the Siri personal assistant with the new iPhone 4S I have read several blogs how much better it is compared to Google Voice Search or to GPS and other voice recognition products. How about compared to IBM Watson? IBM has ma…
Hadoop Distributions And Kids’ Soccer
The big players are moving in for a piece of the Big Data action. IBM, EMC, and NetApp have stepped up their messaging, in part to prevent startup upstarts like Cloudera from cornering the Apache Hadoop distribution market. They are all elbowing one another to get closest to “pure Apache” while still “adding value.” Numerous [...]
Watson on Jeopardy! Big Data Analytics and User Experience
Last week five other VCs and I were invited by IBM’s Venture Capital Group to a private viewing of Jeopardy’s final round where Watson was competing. Following the show, and Watson’s win, we engaged in a very interesting conversation with Eric Brown, Watson’s technical lead, and Anant Jhingran, CTO of IBM’s Information Management Division, about [...]
Beyond Jeopardy! with IBM Watson – Quick Analysis
Seeing a computer play two humans at Jeopardy! is a lot more entertaining than I thought it’d be. I’d been ignoring most of the hoopla around Watson figuring it for a big, effective PR campaign on IBM’s part. It is that for certain, and good on them for doing it. I’ve been more interested in [...]
Three Lessons Watson Taught Us to Improve Customer Service
Well, I had to do it. I had to rip off the headlines and apply it to our customer service problems. In case you call a rock your comfortable abode (or have a life outside of the echo chamber of Twitter that does not include watching Jeopardy), the news is that IBM created a super-computer [...]
IBM’s Watson: The Future of Business Analytics?
IBM’s Watson software is the subject of this week’s SmoothSpan InfoBoom-sponsored posting. In it, I discuss the ramifications of IBM’s remarkable Watson software for Business in the next 10 years. It’s amazing to watch the videos of IBM’s Watson participating in Jeopardy rounds against the human champions. Watson answers faster and more accurately, and it seemingly [...]
