????不過(guò),，雖然沃森作為一款企業(yè)級(jí)產(chǎn)品，擁有改變行業(yè)規(guī)則的潛力,，大多數(shù)公司還只是剛開(kāi)始部署所謂的“大數(shù)據(jù)”（big data）項(xiàng)目,，它們并未做好準(zhǔn)備，迎接沃森這樣的重量級(jí)數(shù)據(jù)分析機(jī)器,。為此,，IBM公司目前推出了“為沃森做好準(zhǔn)備”（Ready for Watson）項(xiàng)目。這個(gè)項(xiàng)目旨在讓各公司建立基本的數(shù)據(jù)分析應(yīng)用系統(tǒng),。

????數(shù)據(jù)分析業(yè)務(wù)是IBM長(zhǎng)期戰(zhàn)略的重要組成部分,。過(guò)去五年間，IBM投入了140億美元巨資,，用于收購(gòu)數(shù)據(jù)分析類公司,，包括SPSS公司（SPSS）、康格諾公司（Cognos）和Netezza公司,。IBM預(yù)計(jì),，到2015年，它將從銷售包括沃森在內(nèi)的數(shù)據(jù)分析系統(tǒng)中斬獲160億美元,。與此同時(shí),，IBM的老對(duì)頭，如甲骨文公司（Oracle）和SAP公司也并未坐以待斃,，它們也在數(shù)據(jù)分析領(lǐng)域展開(kāi)了大規(guī)模收購(gòu),。但因?yàn)樗鼈兡壳安⒉粨碛形稚@樣的顯赫的超級(jí)計(jì)算機(jī)，要說(shuō)這個(gè)領(lǐng)域存在什么競(jìng)爭(zhēng)還為時(shí)尚早,。

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????But while Watson has game-changing potential as an enterprise product, most companies are just starting to deploy so-called "big data" projects, and aren't ready for a heavy-duty analytics engine like Watson. To that end, IBM is rolling out "Ready for Watson," a program to get companies set up with basic analytics applications.

????Analytics is a big part of IBM's long-term strategy. Over the past five years, the company has invested $14 billion in analytics-related acquisitions, including SPSS, Cognos and Netezza. By 2015, IBM expects it will rake in $16 billion from the analytics products it sells, including Watson. In the meantime, IBM competitors like Oracle (ORCL) and SAP (SAP) aren't sitting still and have made their own large-scale acquisitions in this space. And while they may not have a supercomputer of Watson's fame, it's way too early to call it a game.