This partnership marks the onset of advanced Gen AI centres in India
Key takeaways
- The IBM Innovation Lab offers customers the opportunity to evaluate prototypes of collaborative IBM-AWS solutions, particularly in the domain of generative AI.
- The collaboration between IBM and AWS focuses on delivering joint solutions equipped with generative AI capabilities for addressing critical use cases.
- Clients will benefit from dedicated AWS expertise, and there are strategic plans to train and equip 10,000 IBM consultants with essential skills by 2024.
IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced a significant partnership to facilitate the adoption and realization of cutting-edge technologies, particularly generative artificial intelligence (AI).
As part of this collaboration, IBM inaugurated the “Innovation Lab” in collaboration with AWS, located at the IBM Client Experience Center in Bangalore.
This pioneering facility marks a milestone in the collaboration between IBM and AWS, welcoming clients from around the globe to explore joint solutions and embarking on the development of prototypes to accelerate innovation across various industries.
The IBM-AWS Innovation Lab is structured into distinct “experience zones” that revolve around diverse technology domains underpinned by generative AI and machine learning.
These zones encompass cloud modernization, SAP transformation, industry innovation, data and technology transformation, and cybersecurity. Customers will have the opportunity to engage in peer learning, sharing valuable insights through the exchange of case studies.
Anuj Malhotra, Vice President and Senior Partner, Growth Platforms, IBM India Client Innovation Centre for IBM Consulting, stated, “With the IBM Innovation Lab being launched in collaboration with AWS in India, our objective is to showcase the full potential of the joint value proposition that IBM and AWS offer to our clients from across the world. Clients can now experiment with the latest cloud-enabled technologies including generative AI in our lab, before actually implementing and scaling solutions on AWS. 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 leveraging the latest technology such as AI in India. We look forward to deepening our partnership with AWS and support even more clients across industries and across geographies to unlock the full potential of cloud and generative AI.”
Elaborating on this pivotal moment, Vaishali Kasture, Director and Country Leader, Commercial Sales, AWS India, and South Asia, expressed enthusiasm about this collaboration.
He stated, “AWS is thrilled to launch a new innovation lab in partnership with IBM, an AWS Premier Tier Consulting Partner. By combining the AI and data analytics expertise of IBM with AWS’s extensive array of cloud-enabled solutions, we anticipate driving industry transformation and developing solutions that address real-world customer needs. AWS remains dedicated to investing in working closely with 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 IBM-AWS Innovation Lab represents a pivotal step in enhancing technological innovation across various sectors.
