IBM Technology Expert Labs PLAN Data & AI watsonx.data Offering on Azure

IBM Technology Expert Labs PLAN watsonx.data Offering helps clients with planning out your next-generation enterprise data platform that is open, hybrid, and governed. Your enterprise AI builders can consume data from this open data lakehouse architecture that offers the flexibility of a data lake with the performance and structure of a data warehouse.

Our deep, technical consultants will provide 40 hours of architecture consultation to help you de-risk incorrect deployment models and ensure you know how to leverage the built-in governance in watsonx.data.

Business Challenges (discussed in the briefing) may include:

(1) Lack of familiarity with Gen AI technologies in-house (2) Pressure to reduce data warehouse costs (3) Pressure to accelerate adoption of Gen AI and large language models (LLM) technology without understanding best practices for varied deployment models and customization requirements

Outcomes & Deliverables Desired for the Offering (discussed in the briefing) may include:

(i) How to leverage watsonx.data so AI builders can access their data through a single point of entry and run multiple fit-for-purpose query engines such as Presto and Spark across IT environments.

(ii) Integrate data from multiple, disparate source points and virtualize data to reduce redundant data repository builds.

(iii) How to integrate with DB2 warehouse and Netezza on Azure natively with watsonx.data shared metadata and support for open formats.

Deliverables consist of a presentation slide deck containing: client readiness assessment; high level project plan; architecture blueprint; decision recommendations and advice.

Key Activities for the Offering (discussed during the briefing) may include:

• Use case identification and validation; • Defining business value; • Use case demonstration and pilots; • Defining or reviewing architecture; • Solution Validation; • Solution Enablement; • Production readiness; • Delivery proposal development; • Operations and management

Value Proposition:

You will gain access to highly skilled architects that can help you determine GenAI architectures, use cases for implementations, blueprints and approaches that can be used throughout your organization based on our global engagements.

Our experts have real life experience from multiple cross industry engagements around the globe which will help in accelerating adoption of watsonx.data on Azure or hybrid cloud deployment models with an adherence to governance of controls.