IBM Watson's benefits for business
IBM's Watson can do far more than win at TV game shows.

Although the initial grand challenge for IBM's Watson was to beat human players at Jeopardy, the business applications for a cloud-based cognitive computing platform are broad and many. Dale Lane, advisory software engineer on the Watson core development team, highlights the key benefits that Watson can bring to business.
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