There’s always room for smarter and faster decisions. With that in mind, IBM is infusing more intelligence into IBM Watson Analytics and IBM Cognos Analytics. We’re holding sessions this week at the 2016 Gartner BI & Analytics Summit to highlight our vision for a smooth side-by-side business intelligence and data discovery experience that enhances the flow of insight. Organizations will be able to better track, monitor, and improve performance as well as create new intelligence and ideas that have the potential to innovate and transform your business.

Extending Data Access and Preparation Capabilities with Datawatch Monarch

IBM is pleased to announce a partnership with Datawatch that extends our data preparation capabilities in both IBM Cognos Analytics and IBM Watson Analytics.  This new commercial offering will be available in the coming months and will give users:

• More reach into a variety of data sets, including structured and multi-structured
• Ability to automatically extract and use data from web pages, PDF documents, text reports
• Spreadsheet-like experience that business professionals can quickly use to prep and blend data for analysis
• Faster ways to prepare raw to analysis-ready data for direct export into Watson Analytics and Cognos Analytics

Looking Ahead

In 2016, IBM will help you and your organization begin to adopt cognitive technologies, including the spectrum of managed reporting with advanced analytics, all within a governed environment. IBM is excited to deliver even better business-led data discovery so just about anyone can take hundreds of business questions and narrow them down to surface new insights– on their own.