Databricks consulting services

Engineer the future of enterprise AI with IBM and Databricks

IBM Consulting® delivers industry-leading Databricks consulting services that enable organizations to modernize data, scale AI and accelerate business transformation. As a Databricks Gold Partner with more than 11 years of collaboration and 1,300+ Databricks-certified professionals, IBM unlocks the full value of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

IBM Consulting Advantage extends that expertise with AI-powered delivery, intelligent agents, reusable assets and proven accelerators that reduce implementation risk, accelerate modernization and shorten time to value. Together, IBM and Databricks empower enterprises to operationalize AI faster and maximize the value of their data.

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IBM adds Databricks specializations

IBM recognized for AI, security and governance expertise with Databricks.

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The enterprise in 2030

AI isn’t just enhancing the business model. By 2030, it will be the business model.

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Where AI breaks—or breaks through

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Capabilities

Data and AI strategy

Align your data, AI and business strategy to create a clear path from vision to value. We help define the operating model and governance needed to connect platforms like SAP, Azure, AWS and more to Databricks while delivering measurable outcomes.

Platform migration and modernization

Transform legacy infrastructure into a modern, AI-ready foundation that improves performance, agility and resilience. We help simplify complex transformations on Databricks while accelerating time to value.

Data engineering and integration

Build scalable, reliable and connected data ecosystems with modern data engineering, integration and automation capabilities that unify data across sources, improve accessibility and enable trusted insights.

AI and machine learning

Build AI and machine learning solutions that solve real business challenges. From predictive analytics to generative AI, we help organizations move from experimentation to enterprise adoption.

Data governance, security and FinOps

Establish secure, compliant and cost-optimized environments with integrated data governance, security controls and FinOps practices that strengthen trust, improve accountability and maximize value.

Managed services

Improve reliability, optimize performance and drive continuous improvement with ongoing operational support that keeps your data and AI environments secure, efficient and running at peak performance.

Purpose built for your industry

Power resilient operations

Apply AI and data to optimize critical infrastructure across energy and telecommunications. IBM's Transformer Load Management accelerator is one example of how we improve asset visibility, reduce operational risk and accelerate modernization.

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Drive trusted financial insights

From personalized banking to fraud prevention, IBM helps financial institutions modernize with trusted data and AI. IBM Cyber Fraud is one example of how we accelerate transformation with intelligent automation.

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Advance patient and research outcomes

Better patient outcomes begin with connected data. IBM helps healthcare and life sciences organizations bring together clinical, operational and research insights to accelerate discovery, improve care delivery and advance precision medicine.

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Create connected customer experiences

Leverage AI to connect customer, inventory, store and supply chain data for more personalized experiences and smarter operations. IBM's Brickbuilder-certified solutions and accelerators, like AI Concierge and Retail Control Tower, help reduce costs, improve decision-making and enhance customer experiences.

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Transform product innovation

Bring together data from across the manufacturing ecosystem to create a unified view of production, supply chain and logistics performance. IBM’s NeuroTower AI control tower helps manufacturers predict disruptions, optimize workflows and make faster, data-driven decisions to improve efficiency, agility and resilience.

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Improve mission outcomes

Governments have trusted IBM to support mission-critical operations for decades. We bring that experience to data and AI initiatives that modernize public services, strengthen resilience and improve outcomes for the communities agencies serve.

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Case studies

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Telco giant unifies data governance

A leading telecommunications provider struggled with a fragmented data landscape spanning multiple business units, technologies and applications that left teams without clear visibility into data origins, usage or lineage. IBM Consulting designed a Databricks Unity Catalog solution through structured discovery workshops and a phased rollout, establishing a unified governance model across all data domains and business units.

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Retail accuracy reimagined with AI

A major retailer partnered with IBM to address a critical inventory challenge—only 10% of out-of-stock predictions were accurate, causing customer frustration and lost sales. IBM deployed a custom MLOps platform using Databricks that improved prediction accuracy, reduced runtime and enhanced fill rates in five pilot stores. The scalable solution increased revenue and positioned the retailer to expand machine learning across operations.

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Health sciences leader moves to fully governed cloud data platform

A leading health sciences company’s fragmented supply chain data lacked standardization and governance, forcing business units onto disconnected solutions that hurt decision-making. IBM Consulting built a unified Azure Databricks Lakehouse, deploying AI use cases across forecasting, logistics and inventory management. The result was improved lead times and inventory efficiency across global operations and a fully governed cloud data platform built to scale.