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AI efforts risk compounding technical debt.
IBM is extending its internal AI platform to outside customers.
The offering is the latest in the emerging "Services-as-Software" category.
IBM has launched a combined platform and consulting service intended to introduce greater cohesion between various artificial intelligence initiatives that have been surging within enterprises.
Until now, many AI initiatives have been either fragmented proofs of concept, function-specific applications, or embedded within commercial product features. IBM's offering, called IBM Enterprise Advantage, represents a next-generation AI platform and service delivered as a comprehensive package that can be plugged into a wide variety of business cases -- without the fuss and muss of tearing up existing systems or searching around for specific talent and toolsets.
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The goal, according to IBM, is to help AI managers rapidly build AI-ready processes on top of their existing cloud providers, AI models, or core infrastructures. The combined platform and service offering will also assist in redesigning workflows, connecting AI to existing systems, and scaling new agentic applications within their domains.
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