Data, Artificial Intelligence, & Tech Cresco International

Learn what’s new in Cognos from some of the people who know it best. On this episode, we welcome Michael Peter, IBM Technical Sales Leader for Analytics, and Chris McPherson, IBM Cognos Analytics Offering Manager, to share the latest updates on IBM’s business intelligence solution.

Follow along with Cognos expert Albert Valdez III as he creates a COVID-19 dashboard with ease, thanks to the powerful visualization capabilities of Cognos. Always focusing on the positives, Albert shows us rates of recovery around the world as he draws attention to Cognos features many are unaware of, including the ability to craft professional presentations that outmatch anything you could create with PowerPoint.

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Coming live from Dallas, Texas, is Amanda from Cresco International. You know, they say everything’s bigger in Texas and that includes the stars we bring on our show. Her today, we have with us Rob Thomas, the general manager of IBM Analytics and author of the recently released AI Ladder: A Guide to Demystifying AI for Company’s. Cresco’s CEO Sanjeev Data and Cresco VP of Services Kenny Mobley are here today with us to discuss with Ron and get his take on all things AI. We can’t wait for you all to hear the great insights from these analytics experts.

Once the shelter-in-place orders lift, how will things be different?  Can the use of artificial intelligence help us re-start and re-build in quicker and more efficient ways? In this interview, we spend some time with Deborah Leff, Industry CTO for Data Science and AI at IBM, about these and other issues related to COVID 19 and our response to it.