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A Premier Tier Services Partner for AWS

Organizations are aspiring to drive next-generation digital transformation to accelerate growth and gain competitive advantage. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, IBM offers unmatched consulting, technology and AI expertise. These benefits are combined with industry experience, open innovation with RedHat® Open Shift® and IBM Research® capabilities. These elements help clients to migrate, modernize and secure workloads on AWS, build new cloud-native applications and integrate AI into enterprise processes.

IBM brings IBM Consulting® Advantage, the AI-powered delivery platform, a robust suite of AI-powered assets, accelerators and agents built with IBM watsonx® and AWS native agentic tools. Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q and AWS Transform are the assets that help companies to innovate faster and scale agentic AI with confidence.

 Read why IBM is a Star Performer in Everest Group AWS Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024 Accelerate your AWS Cloud journey with IBM Consulting Advantage for Cloud Transformation 
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Why IBM

As a leader in hyperscale cloud transformation, IBM provides e2e AWS consulting services. You can learn professional insights about cloud advisory, cloud migration, application modernization, data modernization and managed cloud services. IBM also offers services for FinOps, cloud cost optimization, cloud security services, AI integration services for generative AI and agentic applications on AWS and industry solutions.
Market Leadership in consulting

As a leader in hybrid cloud, data and AI consulting backed by IBM Research and open innovation with RedHat Open Shift, IBM solves complex business and IT challenges for clients. With 50+ years of SAP experience, IBM is a global leader in delivering complex SAP transformations on AWS. IBM’s partnerships with Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce and Snowflake help clients accelerate their digital journeys on AWS.
Scale of AWS expertise

IBM has the broadest portfolio of AWS capabilities with 25,000 AWS certifications and 35 AWS competencies. IBM is the only AWS Partner providing consulting expertise and software portfolio with one of the largest portfolio on AWS Marketplace with 200+ listings. IBM is a launch partner for several AWS competencies and services including AWS Transform and Digital Sovereignty.
AI-powered delivery

We bring IBM Consulting Advantage, an AI-powered delivery platform with assistants and agents built with IBM watsonx and integrated with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q. IBM’s migration factory approach together with agentic method for application migration and modernization help deliver faster, smarter, and adaptive modernizations at scale on AWS.
Co-innovation with AWS

We bring deep industry expertise with several co-developed industry assets and solutions. This includes AI-powered solutions such as KYC for FSS, ATOM for Healthcare, SAP 4-way invoice matching for automotive and manufacturing, Sustainable Product Ledger for Oil & Gas, Autonomous Security for Cloud (ASC), Smart Insurance Agen and others. Our AWS Innovation Hubs in Bangalore, Bucharest and Riyadh co-develop, test and pilot solutions for clients.
Benefits 4x faster migration

Accelerate migration while lowering operational costs by up to 40%1

 30% effort reduction

Reduce application development efforts and costs by up to 30% enabled by AI agents1

 30% increase in speed to market

Accelerate SAP transformation on AWS and improve speed to market1

Capabilities

AI consulting

Use agentic AI solutions built with Amazon Bedrock, AWS Transform and IBM watsonx to automate complex workflows to enhance productivity and experience. Design, deploy and manage agentic applications with IBM Consulting Advantage for Agentic Applications for AWS.

 Learn more Data and analytics consulting

Modernize your data and analytics estate on AWS and scale the adoption of generative and agentic AI to adopt new ways of working.

 Learn more SAP on AWS

Modernize and manage SAP workloads on AWS. Transform SAP into a scalable and forward-looking innovation engine infused with agentic AI capabilities that deliver faster business outcomes.

 Learn more Application migration and modernization on AWS

Design a cloud operating model, and securely migrate and modernize workloads on AWS including data and applications from data centers, mainframes and VMware to drive next-gen digital transformation.

 Learn more Mainframe application modernization with IBM and AWS

Integrate and extend mainframe capabilities to drive agility and business innovation. Accelerate mainframe application modernization, develop cloud-native applications and drive IT automation with IBM Z® and AWS.

 Learn more Product design and engineering

Transform ideas into digital products. Use AI-powered assets and assistants to build new applications, business platforms and software to unlock new revenue streams.

 Learn more Cloud managed services

As an AWS-managed service provider (MSP), IBM helps migrate, build, automate, manage and optimize cloud transformation, while improving operational efficiency, control and security.

 Learn more Cybersecurity services

Secure complex workloads running on AWS and accelerate hybrid cloud strategy by using critical security capabilities from both IBM and AWS.

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Meet our expert

Dan Kusel, Global Managing Partner, General Manager, and AWS Global Practice Leader, IBM Consulting

How IBM and AWS work together to scale agentic AI

Listen to the video series to understand how companies scale and harness the value of agentic AI

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AWS expertise and industry coverage

Digital KYC

Use the low-code/no-code platform-as-a-service (PaaS) powered by automated workflows to meet Know Your Customer (KYC) regulatory obligations. The solution uses AI to extract data from documents and generative AI to assess risk on a continuous basis.

 Read more Contact center intelligence

Unlock generative AI for exceptional customer service. Deploy and operate contact center platforms such as Amazon Connect and Genesys on AWS, enriched with gen AI accelerators to deliver personalized experience and reduce churn.

 Read more Modern data accelerators

Shorten the time to value of data solutions on AWS Cloud. Use Modern Data Accelerators to build multi-use case data platforms, with common data provisioning that’s instantiated on AWS.

 Read more Software development lifecycle (SDLC) solution

Revolutionize software development with generative AI. Infuse Amazon Bedrock into the IBM SDLC solution to enable developers to create high-quality applications faster and at a lower cost.

 Read more Gen AI-powered migration assistants

Integrate Amazon Bedrock-based migration assistants and tools such as discovery-as-a-service, migration assist and design assistant to migrate applications and workloads to the cloud.

 Read more IBM Consulting AIOps on AWS

Improve application reliability and resiliency in AWS and hybrid cloud environments. The solution integrates with generative AI services such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q and IBM watsonx to expedite issue resolution, optimize cost and improve performance and IT efficiency.

 Learn more Autonomous security for cloud

Harness AI for autonomous cloud security. Integrate Amazon Bedrock-based gen AI to generate security controls, automate deployment and respond to misconfigurations and remediation drifts.

 Read more Sustainable product ledger on AWS

The solution designed for SAP, empowers manufacturers to capture comprehensive sustainability data at every stage of the process.  

 Supply chain ensemble on AWS

Use the power of real-time data to overcome supply chain challenges. The solution offers optimal next best actions, collaboration capabilities for risk mitigation and end-to-end visibility for supply chain resilience.

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IBM has proficiency in 35 competencies and continues to strengthen AWS competencies through acquisitions and co-development of solutions with AWS. Current competencies include:

  • SAP services
  • Data and analytics services
  • Migration and modernization services
  • SaaS services
  • Level 1 MSSP services
  • DevOps services
  • Security services
  • Cloud operations
  • IoT services
  • Mainframe modernization
  • Government services
  • Financial services
  • Retail Services
  • Energy Services
  • Travel and Hospitality Services
  • Manufacturing & Industrial Services
  • Healthcare Services
  • Telecom Services
  • Life Sciences Services
  • Automotive
  • Digital Sovereignty
  • Generative AI
  • Supply Chain Services

IBM Consulting has 25 validated service delivery programs to develop cloud-native apps in the AWS Cloud environment, including:

  • AWS GovCloud (US)
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon EC2 Systems Manager
  • AWS IoT Core
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Database Migration Service
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon EC2 for Windows Server
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon CloudFront
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • AWS WAF
  • Amazon Connect
  • AWS Config
  • Amazon EKS
Government

IBM’s professional services and solutions for application modernization, SAP transformation, process automation and cybersecurity help strengthen government health services, educational programs, citizens engagement and climate action.

 Learn more Energy and utilities

IBM’s services—including cloud and data modernization, SAP transformation on AWS and contact center modernization—transform complex systems and accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future.

 Learn more Manufacturing

Collaborating with industrial and manufacturing firms, IBM helps accelerate hybrid cloud adoption, SAP on AWS and data and application modernization to drive operational resiliency, efficiency and sustainability.

 Learn more Banking and insurance

IBM combines strategy, technology and industry expertise to help financial services companies to build smarter business with AI. From data centers and VMware optimization on AWS, mainframe application modernization to contact center intelligence and agentic AI solutions, we enable for growth and competitive advantage.  

 Learn more Automotive

IBM helps automakers accelerate next-gen digital transformation on AWS, from legacy modernization, supply chain transformation on AWS to cybersecurity services.

 Learn more Travel and transportation

IBM and AWS work with some of the largest global travel and transportation companies, including the ones in airlines, hospitality and freight and logistics to transform customer experience and accelerate secure modernization on AWS.  

 Learn more Healthcare

IBM’s data and application modernization, analytics and AI solutions and customer service transformation drive better patient outcomes, regulatory compliance and overall efficiencies.

 Learn more Life sciences

For life sciences, IBM helps with SAP modernization on AWS, digital supply chain transformation on AWS and data and analytics solutions to modernize e2e pharma value chain.

 Learn more Telecommunications

IBM provides application modernization, data and AI services, customer service transformation and cybersecurity, helping telcos modernize operations to drive differentiation and unlock revenue potential.

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Awards

AWS Awards 2025

Winner
Consulting Partner of the Year - Iberia
Industry Partner of the Year - Auto and Manufacturing - EMEA

Finalist
Consulting Partner of the Year - Global
Consulting Partner of the Year - NAMER
Security Consulting Partner of the Year - Global
Data and Analytics Consulting Partner of the Year - Global
Industry Partner of the Year - Energy and Utilities - Global
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Case studies

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IBM Consulting worked closely with the team from Scuderia Ferrari to redesign and redevelop their mobile app. The project transformed the fan experience with hybrid cloud infrastructure, data and services spread across IBM and AWS cloud.
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Raiffeisen Bank International

Raiffeisen Bank International AG, a leading banking group in Central and Eastern Europe worked with IBM to develop a self-service Databricks data platform on AWS for secure collaboration across workspaces.
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Banco Estado de Chile

Banco Estado designed an agentic AI operating model and implemented a digital housing ecosystem platform powered by AI agents on AWS, connecting banks, government, real estate, construction companies, notaries, and service providers.
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Southwest Gas

Southwest Gas, the energy provider turned to IBM Consulting and AWS to exit on-premises data centers, starting with migration of its mission-critical SAP systems to the cloud.
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Autostrade

Autostrade per l’Italia, one of Europe’s largest toll motorway operators, partnered with IBM Consulting to pgrade to the newer IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) 9.0 and migrate their systems to AWS.
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Edison (part of EDF Group)

Edison successfully implemented SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba and SAP BTP on AWS within 18 months, while improving efficiency and innovation and lowering costs.
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DHCS

IBM helped the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) modernize legacy systems and accelerate their hybrid cloud journey with AWS Cloud and RedHat® OpenShift® on AWS (ROSA).
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Helvetia Insurance

Helvetia collaborated with Nordcloud, an IBM company to move to AWS. The Migration Factory approach helped automate the onboarding for lift-and-shift, and reduced the overall time for data center (DC) exit.
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E.ON

Partnering with IBM, E.ON, one of the UK’s leading energy companies deploys a new contact center platform that is powered by Amazon Connect.
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Daimler Truck

The commercial vehicle manufacturer collaborated with IBM to migrate its key after-sales portal to AWS Cloud within a short time.
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Interpublic Group (IPG)

Working with IBM, IPG migrated complex SAP workloads to AWS and to speed up its data center exit. By this move, IPG started using AWS native services to enable their digital transformation at scale.
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Holi Pharma

IBM helped the Indonesia-based pharmaceutical company successfully use RISE with SAP to move its mission-critical ERP workloads and processes to AWS cloud.

From inspiration to action: Agentic AI workshop

Join us for a customized agentic AI workshop designed to help you shape your organization’s AI journey with agents—powered by IBM’s enterprise AI and scaled on AWS.

Hosted at an IBM Innovation Studio, this experience will help build a clear roadmap to value. You will:

  • Explore what’s possible
  • Define your AI roadmap
  • Build your agent in minutes
Learn more about Innovation Studios Sign up for a free workshop
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Insights

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IBM and AWS help companies reimagine application migration and modernization with AI.

Migrate to the cloud and unlock the full potential of your applications. Enjoy faster modernization, increased agility, lower total cost of ownership, and drive sustainable growth.
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IDC Spotlight: Modernizing mainframe applications with AI

Read the IDC report to explore how AI helps accelerate and de-risk mainframe application modernization.
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IBM named a leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services

Understand the must-have capabilities for providers of public cloud IT transformation services and learn why IBM is recognized as a Leader by Gartner.
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Securing generative AI: What matters now

In partnership with AWS, we explore what matters now for cybersecurity leaders to protect their organizations’ generative AI solutions.
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Driving manufacturing excellence with SAP on AWS Cloud

By transitioning SAP to AWS, companies can achieve long-term business benefits and operational excellence.
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Custom application management services for AWS

Discover how IBM uses AI-driven strategies and AWS native capabilities to manage your custom applications portfolio, ensuring peak performance and seamless user experiences.
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Accelerate .Net modernization with AWS Transform

Learn how IBM Consulting’s AI-augmented cloud modernization services for .NET applications are helping achieve predictable transformation outcomes with enterprise-class governance and delivery capabilities.
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Pathways to optimize, migrate and modernize your VMware workloads on AWS

Learn about IBM Consulting’s expert guidance that can help VMware clients succeed in their journey through a selection of different pathways.
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Accelerate VMware migrations with AWS Transform

Discover how IBM Consulting applies a structured approach to fast-track VMware migrations to AWS with AWS Transform and AI-powered assets and accelerators.
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Build secure, scalable digital products to accelerate business innovation

IBM Consulting helps companies design, manage and engineer digital products with AI-powered assets to build applications and platforms on AWS, unlocking new revenue streams.
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Footnotes

¹The outcomes are based on engagements delivered for existing clients, such as Helvetia Insurance, Delta Airlines, Naturgy, Water Corp and others. Outcomes presented are illustrative only. Actual results will vary based on client configurations and conditions and, therefore, generally expected results cannot be provided.