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Re: IBM’s Watson Analytics platform is now open to everyone

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Post by jsprogrammer » Sun, Dec 07, 2014, 1:08 AM UTC

antimora wrote: post #2

I signed up and extracted tutorial video URLs that can give you an idea how it looks (video files names have titles): http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/mar... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/ope... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/sam... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/mar... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welc…

So the first link is an exploration in learning how to extract more money from "women with families" using targeted offers, just by dropping an Excel spreadsheet onto a website.

Excellent work IBM.

Re: IBM’s Watson Analytics platform is now open to everyone

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Post by yourad_io » Sun, Dec 07, 2014, 6:07 AM UTC

ha292 wrote: post #18

This Watson Analytics effort is flawed. It has a very limited market. It takes massive investment to run. Very few people will ever try it. They will also get very questionable benefits. Bottom line, it is hard to see IBM getting anything close to a positive return from it. Judging by how IBM has gone on to destroy itself in the last few years, I predict that this will be another nail on their coffin. We won't be tal…

With your opening, I can't help but `s/Watson Analytics/Personal Computing/g` in my head.

Re: IBM’s Watson Analytics platform is now open to everyone

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Post by stonogo » Sun, Dec 07, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

jsprogrammer wrote: post #21

antimora wrote: post #2

I signed up and extracted tutorial video URLs that can give you an idea how it looks (video files names have titles): http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/mar... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/ope... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/sam... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welcome-Assets/mar... http://101d1.http.tor01.cdn.softlayer.net/Welc…

So the first link is an exploration in learning how to extract more money from "women with families" using targeted offers, just by dropping an Excel spreadsheet onto a website. Excellent work IBM.

Were you under the impression that IBM was a non-profit? What exactly do you think corporations purchase IT resources to accomplish?

Re: IBM’s Watson Analytics platform is now open to everyone

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Post by stonogo » Sun, Dec 07, 2014, 4:38 PM UTC

ha292 wrote: post #18

This Watson Analytics effort is flawed. It has a very limited market. It takes massive investment to run. Very few people will ever try it. They will also get very questionable benefits. Bottom line, it is hard to see IBM getting anything close to a positive return from it. Judging by how IBM has gone on to destroy itself in the last few years, I predict that this will be another nail on their coffin. We won't be tal…

"I think there is a world market for maybe five Watson Analytic efforts" --Thomas J. Watson

Re: IBM’s Watson Analytics platform is now open to everyone

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Post by jsprogrammer » Mon, Dec 08, 2014, 2:24 AM UTC

stonogo wrote: post #23

jsprogrammer wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So the first link is an exploration in learning how to extract more money from "women with families" using targeted offers, just by dropping an Excel spreadsheet onto a website. Excellent work IBM.

Were you under the impression that IBM was a non-profit? What exactly do you think corporations purchase IT resources to accomplish?

No, why would I be under that impression?

I think it depends on the corporation and what they are purchasing.

IBM has tremendous resources and you'd expect very many smart and well educated people on its payroll. It's just interesting which problems they are selecting to solve when there are so many other problems to choose from that they likely could solve.

Why not large scale logistics problems to reduce the cost of the overall food supply chain instead of attempting to extract maximum profit from women with families?

I suppose there is an argument that some might make that that is exactly what you should do to achieve maximum reduction in cost. I don't hear IBM making that argument though. I'm not going to make it either, I think there are likely much larger reductions elsewhere.