Leveraging IBM Watson for your business
By: Spence
With the introduction of IBM Watson, jStart has been busy explaining to the business community exactly what Watson is, what it is capable of doing, and how we're putting Watson to Work. Interested in learning more about Watson? You've come to the right place.
How can technology be leveraged to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of today's workforce? Can a system be leveraged that can help professionals get better insights in a world where there is more and more information every day, and where dynamics may be shifting constantly? This is the space that IBM Watson perfectly addresses: with it's DeepQA technology, with its ability to sift through massive amounts of data to discover insights and answers which may not be apparent, IBM Watson is the most technologically advanced system to help professionals do just that.
some scenarios...
- Enhancing patient care
Given the mobility of today's population, healthcare professionals are under constant strain to diagnose conditions which they may have never been exposed to before. A myriad of factors may significantly influence the treatment providers need to provide a patient--and in some cases, a wrong diagnosis can have serious repercussions. IBM Watson can help healthcare professionals stay on top of the latest treatments, the latest research, and the breadth of symptoms which may, collectively, indicate an obscure or even a previously unexperienced condition.
- Research assistance for financial services
if there's any one truth in the financial services industry, it's that the environment gets more complicated daily. Market volatility, complex financial instruments, changing market dynamics which may have significant impact on projections, all make the job of a financial services analyst all the more difficult. IBM Watson, with it's ability to ingest massive amounts of information, parse that information, and reveal deeper insights, provides these professionals an invaluable tool to stay on top of market dynamics, giving them and their clients a competitive advantage.
- Enhancing customer service
Consumer companies typically have a challenge: their businesses are built on their relationships with their customers, yet the cost to engage those customers can be prohibitively high. If companies could reduce their costs to service their customers from a customer service perspective, or engage them in understanding demand fluctuations based on changing customer needs, companies could realize significant savings--and execute on significant opportunities. IBM Watson's sophisticated machine learning system can be employed to provide these benefits--and more.
learn more
For Business Users
- IBM Watson Overview (572K PDF)
- NY Times: What is IBM Watson?
- Computers are not Humans
- A Humorous Look at Watson: American Idol
- Talk to jStart
For Technical/IT Users