Offers Watson 2.0 to help customers enhance their knowledge base by receiving relevant content from various information sources.

Hostway Corp., a provider of web hosting and managed services, yesterday announced that it has partnered with Intellext, a provider of information services, to offer Watson 2.0, to existing customers and site visitors.

Hostway says that it is excited to offer its customers a novel desktop application that automatically delivers relevant information from various sources based on the context of users' work. Watson 2.0 proactively delivers relevant, real-time information to users by using words and phrases that are typed into documents to actively query search engines, blogs, desktop search tools, news sites, subscription-based sources, and even corporate content and knowledge management systems. The company claims that the software delivers search results to users' desktops in a sidebar while they work in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer and Firefox.

"Think of Watson 2.0 as your own personal research assistant that brings you the information you need from an abundance of sources," said Al Wasserberger, CEO, Intellext. "Intellext created this tool to get people out of the search box and embrace innovative ways to research and receive information. Through our affiliate program with partners such as Hostway, we are expanding the reach and value of Watson."