{"id":22261,"date":"2017-03-27T23:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=22261"},"modified":"2024-08-24T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:00:19","slug":"ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM: The Time for IoT, AI, and Machine Learning Is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><small>Notes from InterConnect 2017: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-blockchain-to-transform-iot-supply-chains-and-the-world-around-us\/\">Blockchain<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-talking-secure-hybrid-and-multi-cloud-infrastructures\/\">Multi-Cloud<\/a> | <b>IoT<\/b><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#The_IoT_is_merging_with_reality\" >The IoT is merging with reality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#Protecting_business_devices\" >Protecting business devices<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#New_finance_dev_tools_announced\" >New finance dev tools announced<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#Game_development_improved_with_analytics\" >Game development improved with analytics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#Connected_cars\" >Connected cars<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#Machines_finding_cancer\" >Machines finding cancer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#IBM_Watson_in_the_center\" >IBM Watson in the center<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#Related_video\" >Related video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-the-power-of-iot-ai-and-machine-learning\/#Related_reading\" >Related reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_IoT_is_merging_with_reality\"><\/span>The IoT is merging with reality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re in the midst of a major acceleration of this movement that will go down in history as the time when the IoT hype gave way to reality,&#8221; said IBM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/harrietg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harriet Green<\/a> at the keynote presentation during last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/events\/think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM InterConnect 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-Harriet-Green.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-Harriet-Green.jpg\" alt=\"IBM InterConnect 2017 Internet of Things Harriet Green\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We are participants in a technology trend that is brining the physical and digital world closer and closer together. A movement that will rival that Internet itself in its impact in the way we live, we work, and we interact with the world around us.&#8221; \u2014Harriet Green, IBM<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, the Internet of Things (IoT) was an important focus of IBM InterConnect 2017. This post covers the major announcements around IoT and other trends\u2014such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning\u2014made during the conference.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From hype to reality: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harrietgreen1\">@harrietgreen1<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WatsonIoT?src=hash\">#WatsonIoT<\/a> working together w\/ transformational clients at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ibminterconnect?src=hash\">#ibminterconnect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/blogs\/internet-of-things\/interconnect-iot-harriet-green\/\">https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/blogs\/internet-of-things\/interconnect-iot-harriet-green\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IBM WatsonIoT (@IBMIoT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IBMIoT\/status\/843927600581951488\">March 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Protecting_business_devices\"><\/span>Protecting business devices<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Organizations are shifting from the model of one terminal per user to multiple devices per user. As more and more devices are accessing and manipulating data, these different endpoints need to be secured.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www-01.ibm.com\/marketing\/iwm\/dre\/signup?source=urx-13814&#038;S_PKG=ov57580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from Forrester, 74% of enterprises use a device-specific approach to endpoint security. Only 15% have unified endpoint management (UEM) in place and this number is projected to hit 54% by the year 2020.<\/p>\n<p>IBM has unveiled a new cognitive assistant\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MaaS360 Advisor<\/a>\u2014which uses IBM Watson to assist users in managing and protecting networks across multiple endpoints. Through machine learning, the MaaS360 Advisor will be able to analyze devices on the network and then recommend policies and best practices to improve management and security.<\/p>\n<p>The MaaS360 Advisor will be part of the IBM MaaS360 UEM platform available through the IBM Cloud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-Chris-OConnor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-Chris-OConnor.jpg\" alt=\"IBM InterConnect 2017 Internet of Things Chris O&#039;Connor\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We provide risk management and security, as well as business policy management in terms of the types of data that you&#8217;re brining in, where it comes, and how it operates at the same time.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christopher-o-connor-0b52568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris O&#8217;Connor<\/a>, IBM<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_22264\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-brennan-ibm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/jim-brennan-ibm.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Brennan\" width=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22264\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Jim Brennan<\/small><\/p><\/div>IBM is continually improving the cognitive capabilities of Watson with such security concepts as device enrollment, identity management, and regulatory issues. Expanding the cognitive features of Watson will effectively broaden the scope of security recommendations provided by the MaaS360.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Enterprise administrators are responsible for digesting an incredible amount of data, including security vulnerabilities, privacy regulations, multiple OS and device updates, and compliance requirements. Through MaaS360 with Watson, we\u2019re not only able to streamline and sharpen the data so administrators can stay ahead of the curve, but also transform the way they interact with their environment.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jibrennan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Brennan<\/a>, IBM<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet MaaS360 Advisor. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/ibms-new-watson-powered-ai-assistant-helps-corporate-it-better-manage-endpoints\/?utm_content=buffer159ae&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\">https:\/\/tek.io\/2nPrl9i<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TechRepublic\">@TechRepublic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IBMinterconnect?src=hash\">#IBMinterconnect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IBM Canada (@IBMCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IBMCanada\/status\/844529408157343744\">March 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_finance_dev_tools_announced\"><\/span>New finance dev tools announced<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>IBM touch on finance development as FinTech developer tools <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/press\/us\/en\/pressrelease\/51842.wss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are being made available<\/a> through the IBM Cloud for Financial Services. According to IBM, while the tools will be available in beta, developers will have the ability to build in customer insights, regulatory compliance analytics, security, privacy, and compliance readiness to help reduce the time needed for development and testing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22152\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bridget-van-kralingen-ibm-interconnect-2017-v11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bridget-van-kralingen-ibm-interconnect-2017-v11.jpg\" alt=\"Bridget van Kralingen\" width=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22152\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Bridget van Kralingen<\/small><\/p><\/div>With the new tools, IBM hopes to reduce financial services development time by allowing developers to use IBM services or combine them with their own data.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Our experience across financial services and in the commercial deployment of AI with enterprise and start up builders has informed these new tools. We\u2019re excited to see how they put them to work to quickly create the latest solutions powered by cognitive computing and blockchain for everything from new payments directives support, and even regtech solutions.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bridget-van-kralingen-89524415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bridget van Kralingen<\/a>, IBM<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Looking to accelerate the growth and influence of Singapore-based FinTech companies, IBM has developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/think\/fintech\/singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Singapore FinTech Hub<\/a>, which is also linked to the IBM Cloud for Financial Services. The Hub aims at supporting Singapore FinTechs with access to information about local policies and developments, cognitive data and APIs, and will serve as a platform showcase for Singapore solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Game_development_improved_with_analytics\"><\/span>Game development improved with analytics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The year 2016 recorded an all time high in digital games and playable media ever at $91B in revenue\u2014according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/superdata-research.myshopify.com\/products\/year-in-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from SuperData. Capitalizing on this growth, IBM and PlayFab have announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/press\/us\/en\/pressrelease\/51847.wss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint initiative<\/a> to provide game developers with deeper insights into player behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations are pairing the IBM Watson Data Platform with PlayFab&#8217;s back-end services for games. According to IBM, this will enable developers to utilize the industry\u2019s fastest data ingestion engine with cognitive-powered decision support to improve player experiences and boost engagement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22268\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/james-gwertzman-playfab.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/james-gwertzman-playfab.jpg\" alt=\"James Gwertzman\" width=\"150\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22268\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>James Gwertzman<\/small><\/p><\/div>The Watson Data Platform provides game developers with tools to perform deep and collaborative analytics including machine learning across massive data sets. On the other hand, PlayFab provides a back-end platform with powerful real-time tools and services for operating games post-launch.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;By bringing the Watson Data Platform to our PlayFab developer community, we are democratizing cutting-edge data science and allowing developers to make better decisions and drive increased engagement and profitability. Our customers are already delivering top 10 games and now we\u2019re giving them new tools to extend how long they stay in the charts.&#8221; \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamesgwertzman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Gwertzman<\/a>, PlayFab<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connected_cars\"><\/span>Connected cars<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>General Motors (GM) is working on redesigning the process of manufacturing cars. According to GM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/len-wozniak-19369210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Len Wozniak<\/a>, the fundamentals of building a vehicle has vastly changed since the first car was made over a century ago. Modern automobiles are already semi-autonomous with fully autonomy down the line.<\/p>\n<p>A single automobile from GM now has 30,000 parts, 50,000,000 lines of code, and 10,000 network signals among other things. Furthermore, there is more than just one vehicle design and there are organizational issues to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, IBM announced a partnership with GM to start development on a solution that will simplify all the complexities involved in automobile manufacturing and to benefit from the efficiency of Agile and DevOps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-Len-Wozniak.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-Len-Wozniak.jpg\" alt=\"IBM InterConnect 2017 Internet of Things Len Wozniak\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re getting rid of those fundamental assumptions that we&#8217;ve been able to reply on. The driver of the car has been essential to our use case for a hundred years. The driver&#8217;s not going to be there anymore.&#8221; \u2014Len Wozniak, General Motors<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>GM&#8217;s partnership with IBM has also made it possible to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/press\/us\/en\/pressrelease\/50838.wss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OnStar Go<\/a>\u2014a cognitive mobility platform for the auto industry\u2014with the combination of OnStar and IBM Watson.<\/p>\n<p>According to IBM, the pairing of OnStar\u2019s vehicle connectivity and data capabilities with IBM Watson APIs will enable drivers and passengers to achieve greater levels of efficiency and safety. These improvements could include avoiding traffic when you\u2019re low on fuel, then activating a fuel pump and paying from the dash; ordering a cup of coffee on the go; or getting news and in-vehicle entertainment tailored to your personality and location in real time.<\/p>\n<p>At InterConnect, Len Wozniak shared how GM relied on IBM to accelerate the &#8220;speed to value&#8221; to reduce the time from strategy\/planning to execution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Machines_finding_cancer\"><\/span>Machines finding cancer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>IBM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ipoddar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indrajit Poddar<\/a> and Altoros&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andreiyurkevich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrei Yurkevich<\/a> presented a study focused on lymph node cancer diagnosis through medical image analysis using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tag\/tensorflow\/\" >TensorFlow<\/a>. Originally developed by the Google Brain team, it is an open-source library for machine and deep learning. It incorporates data flow graphs with the nodes representing mathematical operations and the edges of the graphs representing multi-dimensional data arrays.<\/p>\n<p>The model presented at IBM InterConnect was trained on multiple Docker nodes running on OpenPOWER servers equipped with GPUs. We previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/tensorflow-and-openpower-driving-faster-cancer-recognition-and-diagnosis\/\" >covered<\/a> this project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-TensorFlow-Andrei-Yurkevich-Indrajit-Poddar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IBM-InterConnect-2017-Internet-of-Things-TensorFlow-Andrei-Yurkevich-Indrajit-Poddar.jpg\" alt=\"IBM InterConnect 2017 Internet of Things TensorFlow Andrei Yurkevich Indrajit Poddar\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Relying on a distributed model of TensorFlow and the OpenPOWER infrastructure, the demonstrated system can accelerate medical data analysis depending on the number of GPUs and nodes in its cluster.<\/p>\n<p>On comparing the results of medical data analysis done by doctors and by the trained model, the model was not only able to catch all the same tumors caught by doctors, but also tumors that were missed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IBM_Watson_in_the_center\"><\/span>IBM Watson in the center<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>IoT, AI, and machine learning were key focus points during the conference and it&#8217;s no wonder why. IBM Watson is the catalyst of transformation within IBM and other enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>The IoT platform itself continues to improve with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/press\/us\/en\/pressrelease\/51844.wss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently announced<\/a> beta functionality in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/watson\/developercloud\/discovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watson Discovery Service<\/a>\u2014coming in April 2017. According to IBM, the new services will enable relevancy training and passage retrieval capabilities to find better answers, adding to the service\u2019s existing ability to identify useful patterns and insights in large data sets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22348\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Beth-Smith-IBM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Beth-Smith-IBM-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Beth Smith\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22348\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Beth Smith<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/watson\/company-profiler-announce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watson Company Profiler<\/a>\u2014an experimantal pre-built cognitive discovery service\u2014&#8221;will enable company intelligence and analysis for business users.&#8221; It will access a proprietary database of 265 million business records and sift &#8220;through 30,000 global data sources to identify relevant insights about a company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;To date, we\u2019ve only explored a tiny fraction of the world\u2019s existing data. Watson represents a new partnership between technology and people, to revolutionize the way we discover things and make better decisions\u2014all at incredible speed and scale.&#8221; \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/beth-smith-93a3941\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beth Smith<\/a>, IBM<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That said, IBM is still partnering with other IT organizations to develop solutions for varying problems in particular industries. There were several other brilliant technology sessions present during IBM InterConnect. While we may not be able to cover them all, we will endeavor to write about the other presentations in the following weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_video\"><\/span>Related video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRdPO9VZ6FM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_reading\"><\/span>Related reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-blockchain-to-transform-iot-supply-chains-and-the-world-around-us\/\">IBM: Blockchain to Transform IoT, Supply Chains, and the World Around Us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ibm-interconnect-talking-secure-hybrid-and-multi-cloud-infrastructures\/\">IBM InterConnect: Bringing in Secure, Hybrid, and Multi-Cloud Infrastructure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>The post is written by Carlo Gutierrez; 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