VERTICALS 垂直市場

字彙

initially
verticals
tailoring
pharmaceutical
natural language tool

文句

Watson has initially been focused on healthcare, but also has applications in insurance, financial services and other verticals. The biggest challenges to date for Watson have revolved around implementation and tailoring its artificial intelligence for new industries.

IBM plans to speed up Watson usage by turning it into a cloud service that can be used in the pharmaceutical, retail, banking, media and education industries. The idea is that Watson can be a natural language tool for research and development and an advisor in various industries.

解釋

initially  一開始

verticals  垂直市場 (vertical market)。只針對某一種行業、企業和職業的顧客提供貨品或服務的市場，有別於水平市場 (horizontal market)。後者提供的產品和服務範圍廣闊，對象可以遍及不同的性別、年齡層及興趣不同的顧客。

tailoring  調整以適應或配合

pharmaceutical  製藥、配藥

natural language tool  自然語言工具。應該是指可以提供分析、解析人類語言的工具。（參考）