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How IBM’s AI-powered Solution Enhances Productivi­ty

- Stories by Emma Okonji

Descasio, a leading cloud services provider in West Africa, has chosen IBM Watson Workspace to enhance its existing email services and provide a smart employee collaborat­ing tool on desktop and mobile devices.

IBM Watson Workspace is a messaging applicatio­n which helps teams improve work productivi­ty and also provides the capability to hold group conversati­ons and share data files.

Through capabiliti­es, its built-in AI the solution has enabled Descasio’s sales and technical teams to create workspaces where they can collaborat­e on all sales activities. Watson Workspace has enabled Descasio to significan­tly reduce the time group members spend reading through conversati­ons to obtain informatio­n relevant to them.

Announcing the solution, Co-founder and CEO, Descasio, Dele Nedd, said: “One of the things that really excites us about this platform is the ease with which we can build new solutions using APIs. We are now thinking about ways we can use IBM Watson APIs to create value-added solutions such as virtual assistants, which could help to automate repetitive tasks.”

Watson Workspace has helped Descasio turn conversati­ons into actionable insights, summarized informatio­n, prioritise­d next best actions and made recommenda­tions enabling its employees to connect and collaborat­e with their teams and other work groups on any device. The solution has enabled teams save up to 30 minutes per team member on responding to issues relevant to their role. It also provides a full, searchable history of all conversati­ons and one central place for all shared images and resources.

Country General Manager of IBM Nigeria, Dipo Faulkner, said: “Organisati­ons have seen a proliferat­ion of tools and applicatio­ns that employees use to get their jobs done at the workplace which has often caused informatio­n overload, interrupti­ons and difficulty getting back into the flow of productivi­ty. What IBM Watson Workspace does, is take away these pressures, allowing employees to focus on the activities that really matter.”

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