Salesforce Einstein Rolls Out; IBM Watson Awaits

Less clear was how a new IBM partnership will change Salesforce AI plans. What's the state of Salesforce Einstein, the portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities announced last fall? Salesforce generated plenty of media coverage this week with two big announcements. Here's my take on the realities of a partnership with IBM and what we have yet to understand about the packaging and pricing of Einstein. The first announcement from Salesforce this week was the unexpected bombshell on a new partnership with IBM that headlines simplified as "Watson meets Einstein."