[hacksonx]

Fundamental software problems here. Probably the reason why software is being marketed as service more and more. IBM might be moving a little too fast, especially from a sales perspective but their systems offer features that will define the future.

[tdb7893]

The problem is that their systems aren't very good so if it's just APIs then it's more than likely a cloud provider would provide similar APIs and eat their lunch. The only thing they seem to really be able to do in this space is consulting

[daniellerommel]

Did you ever see the comparison between IBM Watson and WolframAlpha? http://gizmodo.com/5766124/the-difference-between-watson-and... Worth checking out