| | November 20168CIOReviewCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewNOVEMBER 15 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 NOVEMBER 15 - 2016, Vol 05 SE - 95 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com IBM SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesAaron Pierce Joshua Parker Kathy ArnoldAlex D'Souza Judy ChristinSarah FernandesAlena D'souzaalena@cioreview.comT: 510-556-2284VisualizersDave BrownManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialK. Manoj Kumar"The world with Watson"--the recently concluded IBM World of Watson conference, reverberated with these exciting words from Virginia Rometty. Striking a palpable chord with the global audience, she proudly declared Watson as the AI platform for business. The future is clear: IBM is reinventing itself in the cognitive technology space to steer its direction to the forefront in a shifting market scenario. The company is making Watson a true game changer in the fields of medicine, financial services, retail, manufacturing, travel and other sectors. Using natural language processing and machine learning among other artificial intelligence technologies, IBM Watson's intelligence surfaces insights from massive quantities of data to transform the decision-making process across industry segments. With estimates pegging the data generated on a daily basis to be to the tune of 2.5 quintillion bytes, Watson's prowess in understanding and learning from the unstructured data and reasoning through it, is phenomenal.Big Blue is forging a slew of partnerships to bring forth the wide-ranging applications of Watson that result in the betterment of diverse segments including food, hiring, shopping, insurance and travel. In the field of healthcare, for instance, Watson's capability to think, create and even predict, is helping physicians tailor precision cancer treatments through a Watson-powered genomic sequencing service. Likewise, Watson's machine learning can help in understanding the data garnered from the Internet of Things to make a host of appliances, machines, homes, cars and cities better, safer, more interactive and intelligent. The technology bellwether's impetus is on developing a lineup of Watson APIs that can connect Watson's cognitive intelligence with various digital platforms. With 1 billion users to interact and reap Watson's manifold benefits, IBM is geared up to be back on track continuing to build on its strategic imperativescloud computing, data analytics, security and mobile. The wide array of opportunities bestows numerous other opportunities for the multitude of vendors in IBM's vast ecosystem to enhance the efficiency through comprehensive solutions and services that exceed customer expectations.On this note, we present to you the 100 Most Promising IBM Solution Providers. This special edition features comprehensive articles, along with a selected list of vendors that will help you integrate IBM technologies into your enterprise ecosystem to anchor the competitive edge.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comWorld with Watson
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