IBM announced a new channel strategy for the Watson Group at its 2015 Partnerworld Leadership Conference that will see the channel offered two new channel programs.
Since the launch of the Watson Group, 900 channel partners worldwide have started developing and selling Watson-based solutions mainly to address big data market challenges and Big Blue expects to attract more solution providers with the launch of these new programs.
Stephen Gold, the head of IBM’s Watson Group, in this video interview told CDN that the two programs for solution providers are aimed to find out if resellers can sell the Watson technology into the marketplace and represent IBM’s interests.