Infrastructure Designed on

Cloud Platform for the Cognitive EraVisarut Asvaraksh

Chief Technology Officer

IBM Thailand

© 2016 International Business Machines Corporation 1

The role of the cloud is maturing into the environment for innovation and business value

Cost

Innovation

Business

Value

IaaS-centric

Virtual compute

Low cost storage

Traditional app

hosting

PaaS-centric

DevOps tooling

Web/Mobile apps

Basic analytics

Hybrid

integration

High value solutions

Cognitive apps

Advanced analytics

Internet of ThingsValue

Cost Effectiveness Essential Integration

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2

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Public cloud spending is in hypergrowth

Source: The Public Cloud Services Market Will Grow Rapidly To $236 Billion In 2020 Forrester report

$114B $236B

2x

3x

$21

$87

$6

2016

Platforms

(IaaS/PaaS)

Applications

(SaaS)

Misc cloud

services

$64

$157

$15

2020

What is Cognitive Computing?

Three capabilities differentiate cognitive systems from traditional programmed computing systems…

ReasoningThey reason. They understand underlying ideas and concepts. They form hypothesis. They infer and extract concepts.

LearningThey never stop learning getting more valuable with time. Advancing with each new piece of information, interaction, and outcome. They develop “expertise”. Understanding

Cognitive systems understand like humans do.

…. allowing them to interact with humans.

Humans excel at :

Dilemmas

Compassion

Dreaming

Abstraction

ImaginationMorals

Generalization

Cognit ive Systemsexcel at :Common Sense

Natural Language

Locating KnowledgePattern Identification

Machine LearningEliminate Bias

Endless Capacity

Cognitive systems forge a new partnership between man and machine.

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Deeper Human Engagement

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Elevated Expertise

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Olli is the first vehicle to utilize the cloud-based

cognitive computing capability to analyze and learn

from high volumes of transportation data, produced

by more than 30 sensors embedded throughout the

vehicle. The platform leverages four Watson

developer APIs -- Speech to Text, Natural Language

Classifier, Entity Extraction and Text to Speech -- to

enable seamless interactions between the vehicle

and passengers.

Local Motors Debuts "Olli",

the first self-driving vehicle to

tap the power of IBM Watson

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Optimize EnterpriseIT Outcomes

Innovate BusinessBusiness Outcomes

Systems

of Record

Systems

of Engagement

Cloud-enabled

Solutions

The cognitive journey begins with the right infrastructure

Existing Enterprise IT Investments

Exposed as APIs

Self Service Consumed by Developers

To Develop Innovative Apps

Delivering Differentiated Customer Experiences

“Deliver IT-as-a-Service”(existing solutions)

“Deliver Innovative Solutions”

(cloud-native solutions)

Cognitive is the newcompetitive advantage.