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AWS and IBM – an evolving relationship
With over 40 years of combined experience on AI solutions , AWS and IBM have been working together to respond to clients who are looking to leverage AI .
Additionally , IBM is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner with over 22,000 AWS certifications globally and has achieved 17 AWS Service Delivery and 16 AWS Competency designations .
The latest expansion news builds on this longstanding relationship and a shared value of the importance of enterprise AI .
IBM Consulting plans to train and skill 10,000 consultants on AWS generative AI services by end of 2024 – with access to an exclusive , partner-only program that provides training on the top use cases and best practices for client engagement with AWS generative AI services .
“ Our customers are increasingly looking for the technical support and AI expertise they need to build and implement a generative AI strategy that drives business value from their entire cloud value chain ,” said Chris Niederman , Managing Director , Global Systems Integrators , AWS .
Manish Goyal , Senior Partner , Global AI & Analytics Leader , IBM Consulting , said : “ Enterprise clients are looking for expert help to build a strategy and develop
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