Dubai – Mubasher: UAE’s Mubadala announced the launch of Cognit Technology Solutions in partnership with U.S.-based technology company IBM.
The new subsidiary will provide IBM’s computing system, Watson, to organisations in the MENA region, and support entrepreneurs, app developers, and startups that are creating Watson apps and services. Cognit is now the exclusive provider for IBM Watson in the Mena region
The announcement came during a press conference held in Abu Dhabi.
Mounir Barakat, executive director of Information and Communications Technology at Mubadala, said that some of the region’s industries such as healthcare, education, oil and gas, and aviation are on their way to start integrating cognitive systems into their business.
This would help raise efficiency, reduce mortality in the healthcare sector, and provide more personalised learning experiences for students in the education sector, he added.
The partnership with Mubadala will allow IBM “to grow Watson at a much more accelerated pace,” according to Brian Mulada, IBM Watson’s chief financial officer, who said that the company is now working on introducing Watson in Arabic. Watson is expected to be able to start ‘thinking’ in Arabic in the first quarter of 2016.
