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As we wrap up 2024, I am excited to share with you this week's announcement of the next set of #GenAI solutions for #SAP from #IBMConsulting as part of our Value Generation Partnership Initiative. This has been an exciting year of continued joint innovation between IBM and SAP. We have seen overwhelming interest from our clients to learn more and engage IBM and SAP on their AI-fueled transformation journeys. It is clear: The time is NOW to leverage AI and its potential to accelerate productivity and drive value for businesses across all industries. With this announcement of 14 additional AI solutions, we stand ready to help clients transform their industries, optimize their processes and deliver their SAP programs. These are exciting times and 2025 holds great promise as we build on the momentum of our partnership. Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season and a strong start to 2025! Read more about the announcement here: https://ibm.biz/BdGE4J Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eKd4MV48 Arvind Krishna Christian Klein Mohamad Ali Thomas Saueressig Dr. Philipp Herzig Garrick Keatts Marc-Oliver Klein Karl Fahrbach Dr. Walter Sun Glenn Finch Neil Dhar Luq Niazi Jason Kelley Bill Piotrowski Andrew Worsley-Tonks Tetsuji Goto Gaurav Tamotia Anup K Ghosh Prasun Dutta Jasbir Singh Rico Rosenbaum Dharma Atluri Sridhar Jonnala Christine Rhoads Holger Brammer Vidya Gugnani Jen Donnelly Nancy Carey-Richardson Nitin Makwana Latika Minocha Mihoyo Haryu Carrie Hotz-Barth Françoise Rowe-Pendleton Brooke Hailey Gary Sandham Mike Robinson

We’ve partnered with Palo Alto Networks to simplify security operations, prevent threats at scale, and help organizations migrate to smarter platforms with advanced Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that detect and respond to threats faster. Clemencia ‘Cleo’ Cueva Clarke shares how this alliance is shaping the future of #cybersecurity ⤵

#GenAI is reshaping consulting—a new era where expertise meets technology. The IBM Institute for Business Value explores how our science of consulting approach delivers innovation and value through an evidence-based, technology-driven framework. Learn more about how this works in the Consulting Reimagined, Powered by AI report: https://ibm.co/3VKnJHi

We’re proud of IBM’s very own Troy Edgar, who President-elect Trump nominated this weekend as Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Troy is a key member of the IBM Consulting team and we are confident that the nation and the incoming administration will benefit from his thoughtful leadership and dedication to serving his country. Read more about the announcement below: https://lnkd.in/expTJBZz

Many businesses continue to struggle to transform their organizations with AI—but most believe a breakthrough is on the horizon. According to recent findings, almost two-thirds of leaders expect their AI portfolio will drive real business results within the next two years. But that will require rapid change, as only 24% say their organization is innovating with AI today. Download the “Five trends for 2025” report to find out what leaders need to know about the next wave of AI—and how staying ahead of these trends will position organizations for success in the year ahead 📥: https://ibm.co/4gbjQTJ

IBM Consulting Advantage combines our experts with #AI-powered assistants, ready-to-deploy applications, and an open ecosystem to deliver scalable solutions that help businesses. 💾 Transform #IT operations 📈 Modernize data systems ☁️ Unlock hybrid cloud potential Discover how our consultants are leveraging the platform to drive accelerated results for clients: https://ibm.co/41zl2Mj

We’ve teamed up with Smarter Balanced to use ethical, student-focused #AI for adaptive assessments, critical thinking, and preparing students for future challenges. 🧠📚 Learn how our collaboration is fostering more equitable education: https://ibm.co/4ivk4Xu

Struggling to see real #AI results? Learn from those who do. Together with The Harris Poll, we surveyed 2,000 organizations from around the world to understand what sets AI Leaders apart from AI Learners. Discover the 4 key investment areas driving real results for the top 15% of businesses: https://ibm.biz/BdGd7q

Last week, I had the exciting opportunity to attend my first #AWSreInvent! At the heart of our collaboration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM enable businesses to scale #generativeAI responsibly to improve productivity and reduce costs while driving new revenue opportunities. Together, our partnership accelerates business transformation, helping clients move from experimenting with AI to deploying it across the enterprise with speed, security, and reliability. Sharing with you three things I learned and loved from RIV:  1️⃣ Automation is essential for optimizing both complex #IT environments and growing cloud spend. From #observability to FinOps, IBM offers the most complete set of capabilities in the industry. AWS clients can leverage key integrations from IBM to optimize their cloud operations and spend. (#Cloudability) 2️⃣ Lack of trust in AI is a leading barrier to adoption according to the IDC. AI Governance for AWS SageMaker and Bedrock: enables AWS users to easily automate risk management and regulatory compliance for their AI/ML models. 3️⃣ Never underestimate the power of gathering strong and powerful women and leaders of the channel together. I left luncheons inspired, energized and ready to champion change and advocate for growth and support across my team. Our partnership with AWS empowers businesses to innovate, optimize, and scale with confidence in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. This team is exceptional and such a great time was had, looking forward to our joint actions to continue to accelerate our business together and already counting down the days for the next re:Invent. Thank you Kristen Backeberg and Manu Parbhakar for the dedication to this partnership, our impact together is limitless 💪! 

Incredible week at AWS re:Invent with exciting announcements! At IBM, we’re strengthening our collaboration and partnership with AWS to drive innovation and deliver value. Here’s a recap of the key AI announcements: - We’re optimizing our Gen AI technology for AWS environments, including Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock. - Our IBM Granite models (enterprise-grade foundation models) are now available on Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker JumpStart. - The latest Granite 3.0 models are supported on AWS Inferentia and Trainium-based instances, offering cost-efficient compute options. - we are working on future exploration of watsonx support for Trainium2 for high-performance AI training and inferencing. - IBM watsonx.governance now has improved integrations with Amazon SageMaker for customizable workflows and unified AI model lifecycle governance. - IBM Guardium AI Security is available on AWS Marketplace for discovering, securing, and governing AI deployments, including “shadow AI.” - IBM Instana Generative AI Observability for Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker, optimizing application performance and cloud resource use. - IBM software and consulting offerings are now available through IBM Business Partners on AWS Marketplace in multiple global regions. And this is just to name a few! More details in the official press release: https://lnkd.in/gVB3Pm4n Thanks AWS for the partnership 🥂