IBM announced it has been 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.
According to new research from the IBM Institute for Business Value, the average cost of computing spend is expected to increase by 89% between 2023 and 2025. 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 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 consultants will be helping clients extend high-value generative AI use cases aimed to maximize their return on investment and optimize compute and implementation costs. This includes assisting clients in choosing and implementing the right AI models for their specific needs.
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.
“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.”
In addition, IBM just announced its intent to acquire Accelalpha, an Oracle services provider with deep expertise in helping clients digitize core business operations and accelerate the adoption of Oracle Cloud Applications, further expanding IBM’s Oracle consulting expertise.
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