IBM says new Watson Data Platform will 'bring machine learning to the masses' - TechRepublic

Bob Picciano, senior vice president at IBM Analytics, spoke at IBM's World of Watson conference in October, 2016. "Insight is the new currency for success," said Bob Picciano, senior vice president at IBM Analytics. "And Watson is the supercharger for the insight economy." Picciano, speaking at the World of Watson conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, unveiled IBM's Watson Data Platform, touted as the "world's fastest data ingestion engine and machine learning as a service." The cloud-based Watson Data Platform, will "illuminate dark data," said Picciano, and will "change everything--absolutely everything--for everyone."