IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today an expansion of its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help clients leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) and drive value from it. As part of this expansion, IBM Consulting aims to enhance its expertise in generative AI on AWS by training 10, 000 consultants by the end of 2024. The two companies also plan to offer joint solutions and services with upgraded generative AI capabilities to address critical use cases. IBM Consulting and AWS already serve clients across various industries with AI solutions, and now they aim to integrate generative AI quickly into business and IT operations on the AWS platform. In addition, IBM Consulting plans to integrate AWS generative AI services into its proprietary IBM Consulting Cloud Accelerator, a tool to help clients modernize on AWS by accelerating the cloud transformation process. This integration will aid in reverse engineering, code generation, and code conversion. IBM has already built extensive expertise in AWS's generative AI services, including Amazon SageMaker and Amazon CodeWhisperer. It is also one of the first AWS Partners to utilize Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that provides industry-leading foundation models through an API. IBM Consulting is committed to training 10, 000 consultants on AWS generative AI services by the end of 2024, providing them access to an exclusive training program focused on key use cases and best practices for client engagement with AWS generative AI services. Furthermore, IBM is responding to client demand by making its watsonx. data, a fit-for-purpose data store built on an open lakehouse architecture, available on AWS as a fully managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. The company plans to make watsonx. ai and watsonx. governance available on AWS by 2024.

These initiatives aim to make it easier for clients to consume IBM data, AI, and security software on AWS. IBM's collaboration with AWS has already yielded positive results. Bouygues Telecom, a leading French communications service provider, engaged IBM Consulting to support its cloud strategy and develop AI use cases. With the help of IBM Consulting and AWS, Bouygues Telecom was able to overcome technological barriers and successfully implement generative AI models, resulting in cost savings and improved efficiency. The partnership between IBM and AWS is built on over 40 years of combined experience in AI solutions. IBM is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, with a large number of AWS certifications. Today's announcement further strengthens the relationship between the two companies and underscores their commitment to delivering enterprise AI solutions at scale. IBM Consulting focuses on providing holistic solutions that align with clients' values, mitigate bias, and ensure data security. About IBM: IBM is a global leader in hybrid cloud, AI, and consulting services. The company helps clients across industries leverage data insights, streamline processes, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge. With a focus on trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service, IBM offers breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, and industry-specific cloud solutions.