Expanded network of consulting experts will help clients
maximize generative AI investments, optimize compute and
implementation costs
ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IBM (NYSE:
IBM) announced it has expanded its consulting services and
solutions to help clients derive greater value from Oracle's cloud
applications and technology and extend generative AI with an open,
orchestrated approach.
The average cost of compute spend is expected to increase by 89%
between 2023 and 2025, according to new research from the IBM
Institute for Business Value. In addition, 42% of executives report
concern that inadequate expertise could preclude progress with
generative AI.
To help clients address these growing challenges, IBM Consulting
is launching an expanded network of consultants to support Oracle
clients, including thousands of consultants worldwide who are
certified across core Oracle technologies – such as OCI Generative
AI, OCI AI Services, and OCI Data Science – as well as deeply
skilled in the IBM watsonx AI and data platform.
The consultants will be committed to helping clients extend high
value generative AI use cases coupled with traditional AI and
automation solutions, aimed to maximize their return-on-investment
and optimize compute and implementation costs. That includes
helping clients choose and deploy the right fit-for-purpose AI
models for their unique requirements, including enterprise-grade
models such as IBM Granite, open source or other third-party
models. With their deep skills in IBM watsonx and technologies from
IBM's open ecosystem of business partners, IBM consultants can help
guide clients' critical decisions around technology architecture,
generative AI and software licensing, data and analytics
architecture, security risks and more to enhance automation of
their workflows and help establish a stronger and more
cost-efficient technology foundation for developing and deploying
generative AI applications.
In addition, IBM just announced its intent to acquire
Accelalpha, a global Oracle services provider with deep expertise
helping clients digitize core business operations and accelerate
adoption of Oracle Cloud Applications, further expanding IBM's
Oracle consulting expertise.
"Our clients are eager to extend generative AI initiatives but
they're also concerned about rising compute costs, lack of in-house
AI skills, AI assistant sprawl, and management oversight," said
Corinne Koppel, Global Oracle
Practice Leader, IBM Consulting. "We're proud to bring clients even
more skills and solutions to help them optimize their investments
with Oracle's full stack generative AI technology leveraging an
open architecture."
Helping Extend Oracle Fusion Applications
IBM Consulting is already helping Oracle clients apply
generative AI, traditional AI and automation in domain and
industry-specific solutions to complement Oracle Fusion
Applications' embedded AI offerings. For example, IBM Consulting
has helped Oracle Fusion Applications customers expand use cases in
human resources, procurement and sourcing, finance and the public
sector.
Accelerating clients' time to value with IBM Consulting
Advantage
IBM consultants supporting Oracle clients bring the power of the
AI-powered engagement platform, IBM Consulting Advantage, to help
accelerate clients' time-to-value and improve consistency,
repeatability, quality and speed-of-delivery.
For example, IBM Consulting has expanded its OCI migration and
modernization capability with generative AI powered assets in IBM
Consulting Advantage to help clients fast-track moving their
applications and data to OCI. IBM consultants use an asset-first
migration approach to support clients from discovery and design to
build, migrate, test and deployment.
IBM and Oracle have a 38-year partnership spanning both
technology and services, and continue to find new opportunities for
collaboration like Red Hat and Oracle's recent announcement of
the availability of Red Hat OpenShift hybrid cloud application
platform on OCI. Oracle is also part of the AI Alliance, which
IBM co-founded in 2023. The AI Alliance brings together leading
organizations across industry, startups, academia, research and
government to support open innovation and open science in AI.
With deep industry expertise spanning strategy, experience
design, technology, and operations, IBM
Consulting is the catalyst for business transformation and the
trusted partner to over 3,000 of the world's most innovative and
valuable companies. Our 160,000 consultants embrace an open
way of working, bringing a diverse set of voices, experiences
and technologies like hybrid cloud and AI together to
accelerate business transformation. Supported by IBM Garage,
our proven collaborative engagement model, we bring speed and
scale to innovation with an enduring ecosystem of technology
leaders to deliver solutions for some of the world's most
complex challenges.
Statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are
subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals
and objectives only.
About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI,
and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than
175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline
business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in
their industries. More than 4,000 government and corporate entities
in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services,
telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud
platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital
transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's
breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing,
industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and
flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's
legendary commitment to trust, transparency,
responsibility, inclusivity and service.
Visit www.ibm.com for more information.
CONTACT:
Michelle Morrison
morrison@us.ibm.com
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