Leverage IBM Watson technology to enable better business outcomesAs IBM’s Watson has proven to be a very effective question-answering system, DXC Data Analytics Accelerator for IBM Watson leverages its power to help you find new and unexpected insights that deliver business-changing results. By combining this platform of data and analytics services, the IBM DataFirst method, and our DXC ecosystem, you can gain new data insights to accelerate your business. DXC’s QuickStarts solution delivers high-end analytics capabilities and the full data science experience in just 6, 8 or 12 weeks.

Today’s Business ChallengesEnterprises are challenged to achieve success in getting the most out of next-generation technology. There are several reasons companies are being held back, including technical complexity, market maturity, and a lack of skills or focus. Typically, these shortcomings result in a lack of progress or the outright failure of big data efforts.

Companies are also challenged with clearly identifying and solving data-driven problems. Using non-traditional solutions increases perceived risk and causes concern among existing staff. Advanced solutions like the IBM Watson Data Platform provide unprecedented opportunities for enterprises to turn

data into business insights, but the challenge remains as to how best to implement and leverage these new technologies. The DXC solution allows higher levels of integration and ease of use than found in similar platforms.

Gaining Actionable Insights from Enterprise DataAt the heart of the DXC solution is a set of data and analytics services, all available on the IBM Bluemix Cloud Platform. We help choose a combination of services that business analysts, application developers, data scientists and data engineers can use to complement your existing architecture and “compose” business solutions enabled for discovery and hypothesis testing. Once proven in a

Compelling Events

DXC Data Analytics Accelerator for IBM Watson addresses the following business trends:

Deriving Value from Data

Enterprises are using data to increase sales and competitive advantage. One trend is data lakes — the storage of massive amounts of raw data for business purposes. The IBM Watson Data Platform can help quickly visualize, share and gain insights from data.

Rise of Data Analytics

Part of gaining value from data has been the emergence of data analytics. For example, in banking, it is used to target customers with new services that meet their needs, while in manufacturing it is used for predictive maintenance.

Stream Computing

Stream computing allows enterprises to process always- running data streams. IBM Stream Computing analyzes data and connects to all data sources, enabling organizations to make decisions and apply rules about data on the fly.

QuickStarts:DXC Data Analytics Accelerator for IBM Watson

Accelerate Your Digital Journey with DXC QuickStarts, a Selection from Our Wider OfferingsQuickStarts facilitate transformation at the speed of change, enabling you to start now while simultaneously developing a roadmap for the future. Our QuickStarts solutions have been specifically selected from broader DXC offerings and packaged for rapid implementation. To learn more about the full-spectrum offering, or to explore how we can help build your roadmap to the future, visit dxc.technology/services.

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lab setting, the services can be ported to production capabilities and integrated into your overall ecosystem.

Key highlights of the offering include the following:

• Design, configuration and customization of a hybrid data lake platform to showcase analytics

• Creation of interactive feedback for business users to adjust and quickly explore a variety of solutions

• Facilitating ready integration of various tools to access a wide range of data sources and types

• Execution of a “stampede” using the IBM Watson Data Platform and selected cloud-based services

• Establishment of an exploratory analytics environment for data scientist personnel

The Benefits: Smarter Outcomes Driven by IBM WatsonThe business outcome of the DXC solution is the more comprehensive and efficient usage of data. Data in this case is the known data in structured databases, but also the unknown data which is in content management systems and even freeform notes, sometimes described as dark data. A variety of data can be used in ways which significantly extend your understanding to develop new and previously unknown insights.

Benefits delivered include the following:

Better Use of Data. Our DXC QuickStarts Data Analytics Accelerator for IBM Watson solution lets you take advantage of the power of data analyt-ics and gain smarter results by tapping

into the IBM Watson Data Platform. This allows you to pursue new analytics projects such as deeper customer analysis. You can also use deep analytics to leverage “internet of things” (IoT) technology such as sensor data, clickstreams and tweets.

Achieving the Data Science Experience. By bringing together popular data science open source tools, community features and DXC’s value-add functionalities, DXC Data Analytics Accelerator for IBM Watson helps give your enterprise the best that data science has to offer. The solution helps you to learn, create and collabo-rate in an environment that is ripe for discovery and innovation. Unlike many data science platforms that require significant coding, the IBM Watson Data Platform provides higher order functions for ingest, store, catalog and analysis.

Leveraging Proven Methodologies. DXC provides integrated platform access to facilitated methodologies, such as the IBM DataFirst method that uses agile techniques to drive data insights. We also use “Ingest, Persist, Analyze” components:

• Ingest: Self-Service Data Preparation, IBM Bluemix Data Connect, Ground to Cloud Data Migration, IBM Bluemix Lift, IBM Streaming Analytics

• Persist: Production-Ready Database Hosting, Managed NoSQL Database, Managed Relational Database, Managed Hadoop Platform

• Analyze: Spark Computing, IBM Watson Machine Learning, IBM Stream Computing

Why DXC?

Packaged Solution. While other providers focus on technology, DXC provides a well-rounded service that includes platform implementation, proven methodologies, and big data expertise, all tightly integrated with IBM services.

IBM Partnership. DXC and IBM have extended their longstanding partnership to develop this integrated offering.

True Integration. By partnering with IBM, DXC delivers a truly integrated solution that follows a logical progression from platform to provisioning.

“Stampede” Approach. DXC employs a “stampede” approach, working with you to deploy IBM Watson technology and select cloud services to create a data platform capability. DXC helps you develop an architecture approach, create information flows and animate actual analytics algorithms to demonstrate execution.

Technology Expertise. DXC has practitioners experienced in performing workshops, platform deployment, and run and maintain. Our vast global reach gives DXC a dedicated resource pool that can be readily accessed.

Rapid Results. DXC’s QuickStarts solution produces measurable business results quickly. The solution is available in increments of 6, 8 or 12 weeks, depending on your preferred scope of services.

QuickStarts: DXC Data Analytics Accelerator for IBM Watson