????不過，雖然沃森作為一款企業(yè)級產(chǎn)品，擁有改變行業(yè)規(guī)則的潛力，大多數(shù)公司還只是剛開始部署所謂的“大數(shù)據(jù)”（big data）項目，它們并未做好準(zhǔn)備，迎接沃森這樣的重量級數(shù)據(jù)分析機器。為此，IBM公司目前推出了“為沃森做好準(zhǔn)備”（Ready for Watson）項目。這個項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長期戰(zhàn)略的重要組成部分。過去五年間，IBM投入了140億美元巨資，用于收購數(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，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，IBM的老對頭，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)域展開了大規(guī)模收購。但因為它們目前并不擁有沃森這樣的顯赫的超級計算機，要說這個領(lǐng)域存在什么競爭還為時尚早。

????譯者：清遠(yuǎn)

????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.