1. Into the Big Data Future
with Watson Analytics
Big Data & Analytics Days

2. 2
Base: 129 big data users
“To what extent is your firm's Big Data initiative integrated with other
BI technologies like reporting, data mining, and predictive modelling?”
Source: Forrsights BI/Big Data Survey, Q3 2012
Big Data is most commonly coordinated within an overall BI strategy and recently related technology has
received a noteworthy percentage of BI spending budget
“In 2012, approximately what percentage of your
firm's BI spending will go to the following
technologies?”
Capability %
Big Data Related 56
a. Data warehouse 22
b. Information governance 13
c. Data integration for BI 13
d. Big Data related purchases/projects 8
Analytics Related 43
a. Reporting, dashboards, and
visualization
24
b. Advanced analytics 9
c. Cloud BI apps 5
d. Mobile BI applications 5
Other 1

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4. Watson’s Modular Architecture
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5. Our work and personal lives
have blurred
The world is changing…
It’s an “always-
on” world
A Do-It-Yourself
mentality now prevails
We expect all technology to
deliver a consumer-like
experience
We expect technology to
deliver immediate access
to everything
We expect to get answers
to harder and harder
questions, yet quickly,
simply and on our own

6. Traditional tools fail to address the challenge
Data Scientists
Needed
Specialists with
significant expertise
are needed to
derive useful
insights
Significant Time
to Insight
Ad-hoc insights
processes are
highly manual, time
and resource
intensive
Predetermined
Reports
Questions are
determined before
exploring the data,
with limited access
to follow-on
questioning

7. What is the solution?
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Insight
Automated data
handling with
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accessible analytics
for every business
user
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Understanding
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business analytics
for enhanced
visibility
Explore New
Possibilities
Guided discovery to
reveal
previously unseen
connections in data
From the awareness of data to immediate actionable insight

8. IBM Watson Analytics
Understands the language of business
Visual, simple and
intuitive
Simply type in a
question and get
meaningful insights
immediately
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intuitive
Automatically
suggests graphs and
visuals to
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You and your business data

9. I have a
question…..
System
smarts helps
the user to…
…find relevant
data
…user applies
experience
and gut feel…
…system
applies
analytic
models…
I’ve got the
answer. I know
what to do.
I’ve made the
decision.
…and
”shapes” it…
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Human analytics
…and surface
relevant
relationships…
…for the user to
interact with and
reshape…
A conversational experience powered by cognitive
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Business Users Business Analysts Data Scientists IT
Self-service analytics for business users and
experts alike

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Empowering the business for success
Prioritizing
Accounts
Receivable
Employee
Retention
Helpdesk
Case
Analysis
Campaign
Planning and ROI
Warranty
Analysis
Customer
Retention
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Examples

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Natural
language
dialogue
Cloud-based agility
Data
discovery
Quick start
intuitive
interface
Mobile-
ready

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Unified analytics experience
Visual
storytelling
Intelligent
automation
Data access
and
refinement
Report and
dashboard
creation
Integrated
social
business
Guided
analytic
discovery

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