IBM has announced the expansion of its consulting services to help Oracle clients maximize their investments in generative AI. This initiative aims to address rising compute costs and the lack of in-house AI expertise, providing a comprehensive solution for Oracle's cloud applications and technology.
Key Takeaways
IBM expands consulting services to support Oracle clients with generative AI.
New services aim to optimize compute and implementation costs.
IBM to acquire Accelalpha, enhancing Oracle consulting expertise.
Expanded Consulting Services
IBM has launched an expanded network of consultants to support Oracle clients. These consultants are certified across core Oracle technologies, including OCI Generative AI, OCI AI Services, and OCI Data Science. They are also skilled in the IBM watsonx AI and data platform. The goal is to help clients extend high-value generative AI use cases, coupled with traditional AI and automation solutions, to maximize return on investment and optimize costs.
Addressing Rising Compute Costs
According to research from the IBM Institute for Business Value, the average cost of compute spend is expected to increase by 89% between 2023 and 2025. Additionally, 42% of executives are concerned that inadequate expertise could hinder progress with generative AI. IBM's new services aim to mitigate these challenges by providing expert guidance on technology architecture, software licensing, data and analytics architecture, and security risks.
Acquisition of Accelalpha
IBM has announced its intent to acquire Accelalpha, a global Oracle services provider. Accelalpha has deep expertise in helping clients digitize core business operations and accelerate the adoption of Oracle Cloud Applications. This acquisition will further expand IBM's Oracle consulting expertise, enabling them to offer even more comprehensive solutions to their clients.
Enhancing Oracle Fusion Applications
IBM Consulting is already helping Oracle clients apply generative AI, traditional AI, and automation in domain and industry-specific solutions. These solutions complement Oracle Fusion Applications' embedded AI offerings. For example, IBM has helped Oracle Fusion Applications customers expand use cases in human resources, procurement and sourcing, finance, and the public sector.
Accelerating Time to Value
IBM consultants supporting Oracle clients leverage the AI-powered engagement platform, IBM Consulting Advantage, to accelerate clients' time-to-value. This platform improves consistency, repeatability, quality, and speed of delivery. IBM has also expanded its OCI migration and modernization capability with generative AI-powered assets in IBM Consulting Advantage, helping clients fast-track moving their applications and data to OCI.
Long-standing Partnership
IBM and Oracle have a 38-year partnership spanning both technology and services. They continue to find new opportunities for collaboration, such as the 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.
Conclusion
With deep industry expertise spanning strategy, experience design, technology, and operations, IBM Consulting is a catalyst for business transformation. The expanded services and acquisition of Accelalpha position IBM as a trusted partner for Oracle clients looking to leverage generative AI to its fullest potential.
Sources
IBM Launches New Services to Help Oracle Clients Extend Generative AI, IBM Newsroom.
IBM Launches New Services to Help Oracle Clients Extend Generative AI, PR Newswire.
IBM Launches New Services to Help Oracle Clients Extend Generative AI, Yahoo Finance.
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