Ten Take-Aways from IBM World of Watson

If you're into enterprise, cloud computing -- and data, analytics, machine learning, and conversational interfaces -- this article is for you. It's my report from the 2016 World of Watson conference, written for both those who missed the event and those who attended. IBM stated 17,000 Las Vegas attendance and there was a lot to absorb! At World of Watson, I saw computing's future… and also technologies that I associate with a pre-cognitive past. I encountered a tech giant with vision, amazing alliances, and unique computing assets… and I saw lingering limitations I wouldn't have expected. I'll open this report with three key IBM messaging points, followed by three observations about products and positioning. I'll close with four points where, in my view, IBM hasn't yet hit the mark.