I think we'll get it to a 10, but I think at the moment it's got to be a good eight or nine out of 10 at least. I think for me, safety is about a conversation. It's about engagement, and we've certainly achieved the engagement that we're looking for, but we'd love to stretch the technical solution a little further.

My advice would be, go talk to IBM about Watson for HSEQ.

I would rate the product at eight out of 10. It is a little bit tricky to get used to the workflow of knowing how to train Watson, what can be provided, what can't be, how to provide it, how to import, export, and what it means every time you have to add a new dictionary or something of the like.

But, like I said the people, higher than 10 out of 10.

Look at the entire gambit, and look for your specific use case, or specific business problem you're trying to solve. Analytics is a big, wide area, so you want to really make sure. Look for the top-notch players. IBM is one of them, and I think you should be looking at the entire group. So rather than looking at, "I want to go to cloud, I might pick up Amazon," you need to consider the whole thing.

There are really only four solutions in this industry. What impressed me more about Watson is that it is easy to use it, not for the technical people, but for business people. The approach of the solution is 85% of the effort is from the business side, and 15% is from the technical side. It's not our main responsibility to do. The training is for the user.

On a scale of one to 10, for me this product is an 11.

I love WebSphere, I love the integration with Watson. It's very interesting. I am working with a great IBM team, and the support is very good. I'm working in Scopus, it's a technology partner for Bradesco.

For me, it's a very interesting integration, Scopus and IBM. In the past I started a relationship with Oracle, but you have problems with this integration, Oracle doesn't have a good team to work with. IBM is working very well, for me it's good.

I don't think there's a figure factor about getting into the space. I think for most people it's just so new that they don't know a) what it could do for them or b) how to go about actually taking advantage of it.

I'd rate this product an eight out of 10. That has less to do with the actual technology piece, but more in the warm and fuzzies around it: How you bring it to market, how you make customers aware of it; all of those kinds of programs.

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor are their 

• knowledge
• expertise.

I would rate it a seven. It's easy to use but I'm still in PoC stages.

Be sure you have an understanding or concept in terms of the goal that you want. Because if you don't have a goal in mind when using those APIs, then the data that comes back is just noise at that point.

I would rate it a seven out of 10. It needs better availability. In addition, as mentioned earlier, it needs easier usage for more junior-level personnel.