IBM’s watsonx.data could simplify agentic AI-related data issues

Although IBM didn’t provide more details about the tool, Shimmin believes that it makes sense for IBM to invest in the tool as it wants to develop watsonx.data as a platform of choice for customers to create their central data repository.

However, he pointed out that IBM’s efforts in the direction of delivering a single tool to locate, integrate, catalog, transform, and instantiate data as a product are not unique,e and most data lakehouses and broader data platforms have tried to reach the same goal.

“The tool or its capability is mission-critical for AI-aspiring businesses right now. And IBM’s new tool is not yet on par with products from Informatica, Alteryx, Snowflake, Google, and AWS,” Shimmin explained.