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Watson, the decision whisperer
At the rate you hear the words ‘big data’ and ‘analytics’ thrown around these days, you might think everyone was using them. And sadly you’d be wrong. In reality, most business folks leave insights out of their decisions because the tools to extract them are too complicated. Here’s a new name to drop. IBM Watson Analytics. Using natural language and a keyboard, anyone can go mining data for instant insights. Just ask your question and Watson can help guide you through answers. No fancy statistics degree required. Get the scoop →
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Lazy Susan desktops, and other ideas for How Not To Work Smart, courtesy of IBM for midsize business. Explore the gallery →
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Ooo La La IBM, circa 1957
More than a half century after introducing the IBM 704 to France, this vintage ad has a certain design joie de vivre.
Translation:
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Hire a medium, and other ideas for How Not To Work Smart, courtesy of IBM for midsize business. Explore the gallery →
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“Pass the computerized condiment, please."
Look out ketchup and mustard. We’ve gone back to the cognitive kitchen to create Bengali Butternut BBQ Sauce, an unexpected blend of squash, Thai chilies, tamarind and a dozen more ingredients that have never before been slathered together on a chicken wing.
It’s got a slow, warm heat and a kick that becomes even more to savor when you discover that it was concocted by something that has no taste buds. Cognitive computers from IBM Research modeled quintillions of recipes based on thousands of ingredient combinations to predict what new tastes people would find surprising and delicious. And voilà!
The sauce was only bottled for a limited run, but you can whip up a batch at home with this recipe. We even added a label to print. Bon appétit.
Bengali Butternut BBQ Sauce
Approximate Yield: 550g
300g butternut squash, diced
200g white wine
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Listen to your gut. Literally. And other ideas for How Not To Work Smart, courtesy of IBM for midsize business.
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Cold cuts & hot couture?
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Watson, the finance whiz
There’s enough financial fodder produced every day to make planners’ heads spin. To read, absorb, much less use all that investment info is virtually impossible. Not for Watson. It can collect masses upon masses of daily news, analyst documents, e-mails, transaction data and public opinion, then read it, remember it, learn from it and use it — all to help financial advisors separate the bears from the bulls and recommend investment and portfolio changes with confidence.
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So you read the word, ‘bow.’ How does your brain know it’s the front of a ship, a violin accessory, a knot, a bend of the upper body or an arrow launcher? Looking at the context of the sentences around it helps. And Watson is starting a new kind of conversation between people and machine by parsing natural language similar to the way we do.
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