{"id":10437,"date":"2016-11-15T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southjerseytechies.net\/blog\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2025-05-05T00:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:47:44","slug":"ibm-watson-is-coming-to-the-iphone-and-thats-big-news-for-business-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southjerseytechies.net\/blog\/ibm-watson-is-coming-to-the-iphone-and-thats-big-news-for-business-users\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Watson is coming to the iPhone, and that’s big news for business users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Tuesday, IBM announced it will be combining its enterprise iOS mobile apps with IBM Watson for better decision-making and productivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IBM Watson may be coming soon to an enterprise iOS app near you, the company announced at the IBM World of Watson 2016 event on October 25. In a first-of-its-kind move, IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps can now integrate Watson technology to enhance decision-making, productivity, and the employee experience.<\/p>\n

With Watson’s cognitive and conversational capabilities, these enterprise apps will be able to understand, reason, and learn using data analytics, according to a press release.<\/p>\n

“Apple and IBM set out more than two years ago to define the enterprise mobility market, ensuring that professionals could finally enjoy at work the same experience they’d come to expect as consumers,” said Mahmoud Naghshineh, general manager, Apple partnership at IBM, in a press release. “We are taking that to a whole new level by combining the power of Watson with the new speech framework of iOS 10. The combinations and possibilities are virtually endless.”<\/p>\n

Watson is available for both IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps, as well as custom-built iOS apps from IBM, and will allow business users to integrate APIs based on their needs. Users will also have the ability to control apps with speech. This feature could be especially helpful for positions such as field technicians, who can verbally interact with an app like Find & Fix\u2014inputting schedule changes, notifying dispatch, asking questions and tapping Watson’s knowledge reserves\u2014while repairing equipment, according to the release.<\/p>\n

“IBM Natural Language Processing, Watson Conversation and other Watson APIs have been optimized to work with the new iOS 10 speech framework,” the press release stated. “The combination of Watson, iOS and IBM services allows the apps to support conversational interaction, bringing deep insight to the end user so they can make more informed decisions.”<\/p>\n

The new capabilities will be delivered through IBM Cloud for easy integration into apps, even those that are already in use in a business, the release stated.<\/p>\n

IBM offered the following examples of how enterprises might use apps integrated with Watson:<\/p>\n