IBM Watson Explorer

What do you like best?

Watson is really impressive at finding information in your data. I like the dictionaries and search collection features the most, that permit that my unstructured data gets classified and able to be searched and consulted.

What do you dislike?

I don't think Watson is intuitive nor easy to learn. A lot of configuration and fine tuning is required to get your model going. Also, the many Watson products are hard to integrate with Watson Explorer

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Please, don't let the technology lead your solution. Watson is surely awesome, but try to think about its usage in your compaby before purchasing it.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I'm trying to find patterns in bibliographic references in brazilian grad thesis and dissertations. I do have a large database of journals and books in many knowledge areas, and a very large repository of published thesis and dissertations from graduate programs in Brazil. Right now, I'm trying to integrate these two in a search collection.