IBM and Oracle enhance AI and cloud collaboration

Published 06/05/2025, 05:14
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ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM (NYSE: IBM), a prominent player in the IT Services industry with a market capitalization of $226.6 billion, is collaborating with Oracle to integrate IBM’s artificial intelligence (AI) portfolio, watsonx, with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This partnership aims to boost enterprise productivity and efficiency through multi-agentic AI-driven solutions. According to InvestingPro data, IBM has demonstrated strong market presence with annual revenue reaching $62.8 billion.

The collaboration focuses on deploying AI across business operations using AI agents, which provide a unified interface for completing tasks. IBM’s watsonx Orchestrate AI agent offerings are set to be available on OCI starting in July, allowing for the management of agents across diverse business processes and systems. These agents, designed to interface with Oracle’s AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications and OCI’s AI services, will initially target human resources applications. With IBM’s stock trading near its 52-week high and showing a remarkable 52.75% return over the past year, investors can access deeper insights through InvestingPro’s comprehensive analysis tools and Pro Research Reports.

IBM’s AI agents will be operable on Red Hat OpenShift on OCI, catering to various regional and governmental privacy requirements, and can also be hosted on-premises or in multicloud environments. Additionally, Oracle plans to offer IBM’s Granite family of AI models via OCI Data Science, aiming to provide customers with more efficient AI model options by the second half of this year.

Furthermore, IBM intends to make its Envizi ESG Suite, a tool for managing environmental, social, and governance data, available on OCI, with an expected initial release in Saudi Arabia within the next 12 months. IBM’s watsonx.ai, an enterprise-grade developer studio for AI applications, is now certified to run on OCI, which could help organizations develop and deploy AI services where they already host applications and data. The company’s strong financial health is reflected in its GOOD overall score from InvestingPro, which also notes that IBM has maintained dividend payments for 55 consecutive years.

IBM is also expanding its consulting services to assist customers in integrating and scaling AI agents across multiple platforms, thereby transforming business processes. This includes advising on the impact of AI agents on enterprise models and the workforce. IBM Consulting will offer new services to facilitate the migration of workloads from on-premises virtual machines to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization on OCI.

The longstanding partnership between IBM and Oracle, spanning 38 years, includes a joint go-to-market strategy in select markets to introduce these new services and capabilities to customers. This partnership is based on a press release statement and aims to enhance the strategic use of AI agents in optimizing operations and improving customer and employee experiences. Currently trading above its InvestingPro Fair Value, IBM continues to demonstrate strong market momentum, with 7 analysts recently revising their earnings expectations upward for the upcoming period.

In other recent news, IBM has announced an increase in its regular quarterly cash dividend to $1.68 per common share, marking the 30th consecutive year of dividend growth. This decision underscores IBM’s commitment to shareholder value and reflects its financial stability. Additionally, IBM has expanded its partnership with Box to integrate AI-driven workflows into enterprise content management, leveraging IBM’s watsonx technology. This collaboration aims to enhance productivity and compliance through AI-powered insights. In the realm of cybersecurity, IBM introduced new AI capabilities with the Autonomous Threat Operations Machine (ATOM) and X-Force Predictive Threat Intelligence (PTI) agent, aiming to improve threat detection and response efficiency. These advancements highlight IBM’s focus on AI-driven solutions to tackle sophisticated cyber threats. Furthermore, IBM is considered a potential candidate for a contract to modernize the U.S. air traffic control system, as mentioned by President Trump. This project emphasizes the need for a single contractor to oversee the integration of new and existing systems.

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