IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have expanded their services to support their mutual clients and harness the potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI). This collaboration has led to the establishment of the Innovation Lab at the IBM Client Experience Center in Bengaluru. The lab, a first-of-its-kind result of the IBM-AWS partnership, is open to global clients who can explore joint solutions, test prototypes, and proofs of value, with a focus on accelerating innovation across various industries, including Banking and Financial Services, Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities, Travel and Transportation, and Healthcare.
Anuj Malhotra, VP and Senior Partner, Growth Platforms at IBM India, emphasized the lab’s aim to demonstrate the combined value proposition of IBM and AWS for clients worldwide. He stated, “Our teams at the lab, consisting of technology and industry experts from IBM and AWS, will help build rapid prototypes that address client business and technology challenges. IBM and AWS have a history of driving client innovation by leveraging the latest technology such as AI in India. We look forward to deepening our partnership with AWS and supporting even more clients across industries and across geographies to unlock the full potential of cloud and generative AI.”
Vaishali Kasture, Director and Country Leader, Commercial Sales at AWS India and South Asia, highlighted the collaborative effort to leverage AI and data analytics expertise, stating, “By combining the AI and data analytics expertise of IBM and AWS’s broadest and deepest set of cloud-enabled solutions, we look forward to driving industry transformation and developing solutions that address real-world customer needs. AWS remains committed to investing in working backward from our joint customers and leveraging advanced cloud technologies like generative AI and the innovation lab as a sandbox environment, to ideate and scale industry-focused solutions.”
The innovation lab is divided into experience zones, each focusing on different technology areas supported by generative AI and machine learning, including cloud modernization, SAP transformation, industry innovation, data and technology transformation, and cybersecurity.
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Clients also have the opportunity to learn best practices from global peers through the sharing of case studies. The collaboration aims to train and skill 10,000 IBM consultants by 2024 and further deepen the partnership to unlock the potential of cloud and generative AI for clients across industries and geographies.