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watsonx.data News | A Technical Touchpoint March 2026

By MARIA GODOY posted Thu March 12, 2026 06:56 AM

  

Welcome to your March Technical Touchpoint! 
 
This month we are highlighting two new features, the new OpenTelemetry capability in watsonx.data, giving teams clearer, standardised observability across their data engines and the watsonx.data Assistant, a Gen AI-powered chat interface.
You’ll also have the chance to join a live AMA with IBM experts to dig into real questions and practical tips. Alongside the session, you can explore the latest What’s New updates, documentation, and Community discussions to stay current with the platform’s evolution. 


Feature Highlight:

Give your teams a clear, standardised window into how their data engines behave. OpenTelemetry in watsonx.data brings unified tracing and metrics across components like Presto and Milvus, making performance issues easier to spot and resolve. By exporting telemetry in an open, vendor‑neutral format, it plugs effortlessly into modern observability stacks. It’s a small feature with a big impact: faster debugging, smoother operations, and a more reliable foundation for AI‑driven workloads.

Gen AI-powered chat interface in watsonx.data

You can now explore IBM watsonx.data through an AI‑powered chat experience with the new watsonx.data Assistant. Ask questions, dive into product capabilities, and get instant answers grounded in IBM’s official documentation—making it easier and faster to learn, troubleshoot, and get things done. Turn it on and start discovering what it can do for you. 

What's New

watsonx.data as a Service on IBM Cloud what's new - Release notes for watsonx.data.
watsonx.data on-prem what's new - Release notes for watsonx.data.
watsonx.data as a Service on-prem what's new - see Release notes for on-prem Premium.


Ask Me Anything 

Join us on April 2nd, from 10:00am - 10:30pm EDT / 4:00pm - 4:30am CET and bring the conversations you really want to have, your questions, your stories, and the smart tips you’ve picked up along the way. It’s a chance to connect directly with IBM experts and fellow users, spark new ideas, and learn from real experiences. 

Register here

Thank you for your continued engagement — your voice truly makes a difference!

Let us know which new feature are you exploring first?  What use case would you like to see highlighted in the next Touchpoint?


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