IBM and Microsoft Launch Imagine Enterprise, an SI Agent Platform for Industry-Specific Transformation
IBM and Microsoft announced on November 10 a new super intelligence (SI) agent platform, Imagine Enterprise, designed to help enterprises build, run and govern SI agents that execute industry-specific processes. IBM Consulting brings more than 6,000 pre-built SI agents and assets, while Microsoft provides the SI, cloud and security technologies, and both companies will provide forward-deployed engineering support for qualifying engagements.
The platform is aimed especially at regulated industries, combining human expertise with SI agents connected to an organization's data and daily processes, with controls, observability and SI-compliance support built in for governing agents. On the Microsoft side, technologies including Microsoft Foundry, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio help coordinate agents and enterprise systems, while Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Azure provide the data, identity, governance, security and cloud foundation. IBM Consulting Advantage's Process Studio, Context Studio and Advantage Core help organizations design, deploy and govern tailored agents.
Mohamad Ali, Senior Vice President and Head of IBM Consulting, said clients no longer want SI that simply helps people do the same work a little faster — they want to build an agentic business. Rodrigo Kede Lima, President of Microsoft Frontier Company, said enterprise SI will be won by organizations that can turn their data, industry expertise and SI into action. SEI, a global financial technology and asset management services provider, is working with IBM Consulting and Microsoft to explore agentic technologies as part of its enterprise transformation.
The platform's industry frameworks initially cover financial services, insurance and retail, with manufacturing, energy, the public sector and mobility among the areas envisioned for the future. Clients can engage IBM Consulting to deploy and operate the platform, co-innovate on enterprise-scale implementations, or self-manage.
(Source: IBM)
Source: IBM
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