Amazon Forecast vs. IBM Machine Learning for z/OS

Amazon Forecast is well suited when you are a company that's looking for a simple and effective solution in terms of understanding and predicting your resources planning in the AWS. However, it's also good to know that the cost that is incurred is higher and not suited for anything other than the AWS solutions integrations.

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IBM Watson Machine Learning is an AI-based scalable self-learning model for any type of business. It can be used to help any company automate repetitive tasks, predict future trends, and make data-driven decisions. I used it to predict stock prices based on certain variables. It works well, cost me nothing, and gives me the ability to create my own AI-based models that I can use for any purpose.

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• Built-in datasets
• Accuracy
• Machine learning

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• Good machine learning tool
• Easy integration

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• Not easy for beginners as it requires insights to set the forecast
• Much more expensive if considered for small businesses

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• Proper usage of REST API documentation is missing.
• Not localization friendly, cannot support regional or local language documents.

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IBM had a hard time providing business level support. There were a lot of data scientists and technology experts but rarely a simple business person shows up. Also the way IBM operates IBM Consulting has competing priorities as compared to IBM Technology. This has resulted in a lot of confusion at the client's end.

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Cost-effective and user-friendly.

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We have been using Microsoft Azure as a machine learning tool. But the challenges remain the same. These are all tools that you need a robust analysis before a decision on the tool. Unfortunately, the technology company cannot make that determination due to lack of core business understanding. Without that the project is doomed.

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• Helped in planning the resources required.
• ML and AI delivered near perfect forecasts.
• Features and the details available for the cost is not enough.

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• Create secure business environment.
• Save upto 90% of manual labor.
• Improve my sales and marketing ROI.

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