Cloud Pak for Data – The Powerful, Unified Solutions Enterprises Need Today – Blog

Previously, it was the norm for several data-oriented tools, products, and offerings were to be used to address different requirements. Even in the IBM portfolio, enterprises turned to Planning Analytics, Cognos Analytics, and Watson for specific purposes. In some enterprises, this created a situation where there were individual instances of these powerful tools running in the tech ecosystem. While the tools offer great value in themselves, the sense was always "What if we could get all this goodness together?" That's when IBM created a new all-around offering in the form of Cloud Pak for Data.