Key Takeaways
IBM and global digital transformation specialist HCLTech have teamed up to offer clients a Generative AI Centre of Excellence based at sites in the US, UK, and India.
The centre will be based on IBM’s watsonx AI and data platform and made available through HCL’s AI and Cloud Native Labs situated in Noida, London, New Jersey, and Santa Clara.
Objectives of the Centres
The enterprise tech giants say the centres aim to help companies on their Gen AI journey so they can experiment with use cases, reduce coding complexity, and improve skills development.
This collaboration aims to help enterprises modernise legacy applications and drive continuous innovation.
Training and Education Commitment
The companies have also pledged to train 10,000 engineers and architects in IBM’s innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on the watsonx platform to help skill their resources and provide a platform for building use cases.
Clients of both companies will be offered access to several education and training resources on a range of IBM’s watson-based technologies, including watsonx.ai, watsonx.data, watsonx.governance, watsonx Code Assistants, watsonx Orchestrate, and watsonx Assistant.
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Leadership Insights
Stephen Smith, general manager, service partners, IBM ecosystem, emphasised that driving the adoption of responsible generative AI solutions was an important component of its collaboration with service partners such as HCLTech.
“Through this Center of Excellence, we plan to empower our joint clients to rapidly explore, experiment and engineer generative AI solutions with watsonx that are designed to meet their current business challenges,” he added.
Alan Flower, EVP, global head, AI & Cloud Native Labs, HCLTech said that the IT specialist plans to embed watsonx in its Gen AI suit of solutions, HCLTech AI Force to support code modernisation.
He added: “This expansion of our work with IBM will facilitate rapid exploration of AI’s potential as we create highly differentiated HCLTech offerings using the latest IBM technology.”
Enhancing AI Capabilities
The CoEs will support enterprises in experimenting with AI use cases, embedding watsonx in HCLTech AI Force solutions for code modernization, and facilitating the rapid adoption of generative AI technologies.
HCLTech aims to help its clients accelerate generative AI adoption through AI facilitated by watsonx while enhancing digital skills for enterprise productivity by implementing watsonx Orchestrate.
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Comprehensive AI Solutions
The CoEs will provide clients with access to educational and training resources covering diverse AI technologies, including watsonx.ai, watsonx.data, watsonx.governance, watsonx Code Assistants, watsonx Orchestrate, and watsonx Assistant, to help skill their resources and provide a platform for building use cases.
This initiative aligns with IBM’s broader strategy to drive adoption of responsible generative AI solutions in collaboration with its service partners.
Through these Centers of Excellence, IBM and HCLTech aim to enable their joint clients to rapidly explore, experiment, and engineer generative AI solutions designed to meet their current business challenges.
