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Provisioning "Lite" instance of Watson Discovery?

  • 1.  Provisioning "Lite" instance of Watson Discovery?

    Posted Mon October 18, 2021 12:12 PM
    When I browse the catalog without logging in, I see a "Lite" offering for Watson Discovery,   If I log into my PAYG or a new account, the "Lite" option disappears?

    Is it still possible for a USA user to create a new "Lite" instance of Discovery, and if so, how?

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    Kevin Kadow
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  • 2.  RE: Provisioning "Lite" instance of Watson Discovery?

    Posted Mon October 18, 2021 01:31 PM
    Hi.  As I understand it, Lite is temporarily unavailable.  I believe that Lite for Watson Discovery v1 is no longer allowing any new instances to be created in any region because we really want to start encouraging new users to be trying out Watson Discovery v2.  However, Lite for Watson Discovery v2 is still under development -- we've released Plus and Premium for v2 but there is still significant work left to do to get Lite ready.  I believe the next plan to be released is Enterprise for Watson Discovery v2, and then Lite for Watson Discovery v2 should follow soon after.  So I believe we will have a Lite for Watson Discovery v2 in the relatively near future, but I am not aware of any exact dates.

    I don't know why Lite is still showing up in the catalog though.  That might be a glitch, or it may be that we decided not to take it out of the catalog because we expect it to be back soon.  Does anyone else here know?  Also, if I got anything above wrong, please post corrections.

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    Bill Murdock
    Principal Research Staff Member
    IBM Watson
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