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SmarT BuSineSS iBm WaTSon<br />
Interview with IBM‘s Harriet Green<br />
a neW era<br />
oF ComPuTinG<br />
Can we call you “Ms. Watson“ now?<br />
Ha – good question. As the leader<br />
of one of IBM’s Watson businesses,<br />
I certainly spend a huge amount of<br />
my time and energy on it – setting<br />
up this new business and putting in<br />
place the teams and technologies to<br />
best serve our clients. However, this<br />
is not just about one or two people,<br />
Watson’s significance and potential<br />
is so huge that it will become part<br />
of and improve many people’s lives.<br />
How so?<br />
Watson is the first open cognitive<br />
computing technology platform<br />
that people can tap into and innovate<br />
on. It represents a new era<br />
in computing where systems understand<br />
the world in ways similar<br />
to humans. From hospitals to call<br />
centers, buildings to cities, airports<br />
to factories, Watson will transform<br />
the way that people interact with<br />
the world, enabling better decision<br />
making, more effective approaches<br />
and better outcomes for individuals<br />
and whole societies.<br />
Why did IBM choose to locate its<br />
Watson HQ in Munich of all places?<br />
First and foremost it is important to<br />
remember that the Watson IoT Center<br />
will be a global business hub recruiting<br />
and bringing together some<br />
of IBM’s most talented people and<br />
domain experts from around the<br />
world as well as tapping into local<br />
talent pools. Our decision to select<br />
Munich as the location was based<br />
on a number of important factors.<br />
Firstly, Germany – and Bavaria in<br />
particular – is globally recognized as<br />
Harriet Green<br />
General Manager,<br />
IBM Watson IoT<br />
Talent pool<br />
The Watson IoT Center<br />
will be a global business<br />
hub recruiting and<br />
bringing together some<br />
of IBM’s most talented<br />
people and domain<br />
experts from around<br />
the world,<br />
a pioneer in IoT technology given a<br />
huge boost by the German government’s<br />
<strong>Industry</strong> 4.0 initiative. Some<br />
of the most innovative automotive,<br />
manufacturing and industrial companies<br />
– many of them IBM clients<br />
and partners - are based there including<br />
BMW, Allianz and Siemens.<br />
On the other hand, being located<br />
in Munich gives us access to cutting<br />
edge technology talent which<br />
will be crucial for shaping the future<br />
of our business. The Munich<br />
region is home to a number of important<br />
universities – such as The<br />
Technical University Munich which<br />
one of the largest and most notable<br />
German institutes of technology<br />
with over 150 degree programs<br />
in engineering, computer science,<br />
medicine, life sciences, business<br />
and economics.<br />
photo©: IBM<br />
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