IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a strengthened collaboration designed to help enterprises overcome challenges in scaling Agentic AI from pilots to production-grade deployments. The expanded partnership, highlighted during AWS re:Invent 2025 in Las Vegas, brings together IBM’s AI technology and consulting capabilities with AWS’s robust cloud services to provide organizations across industries such as government, utilities, financial services, and automotive with the tools to implement scalable, secure, and context-aware AI solutions.
Addressing Enterprise-Scale AI Deployment Challenges
Many organizations seeking to scale AI have struggled to move beyond initial experimentation due to operational complexities and governance concerns. Through this collaboration, IBM and AWS aim to simplify the transition from pilot projects to enterprise-wide AI deployment, enabling businesses of all sizes and sectors to harness the full potential of AI agents.
Key Innovations Fueling the Partnership
The following joint innovations are designed to streamline the development and management of enterprise AI agents:
- Integrated Agentic AI Platform: IBM’s watsonx Orchestrate is integrated with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, allowing enterprises to build, test, deploy, and manage AI agents that maintain conversational context while improving employee productivity and customer engagement.
- AI-First Integrated Development Environment: IBM introduced a new IDE named IBM Bob, offering advanced task-generation capabilities for enterprise software development, including modernization workflows. The integrated platform supports secure development and orchestration across multiple LLMs, including Anthropic Claude via Amazon Bedrock.
- ContextForge Governance Platform: Built on AWS infrastructure, ContextForge is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) registry designed to help enterprises deploy, monitor, secure, and validate AI agents under enterprise-grade governance.
- Agentic Migration Framework: Powered by IBM Consulting Advantage, this new framework combines IBM’s AI assets with AWS native tools, accelerating application modernization while reducing cost and transformation risk.
- Expanded Federal-Grade Capabilities: Eleven IBM software solutions now hold FedRAMP authorization, enabling secure deployment on AWS GovCloud for clients in the public sector.
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Regional Expansion and Strategic Agreements
The IBM-AWS collaboration has also extended into new global markets, including the Middle East, Japan, and India, broadening access through the AWS Marketplace. Additionally, IBM and AWS signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement focused on SAP S/4HANA modernization, creating more intelligent decision-making and workflow automation capabilities for enterprise clients.
Enterprise Security and Future-Proofing
Recognizing the increasing demand for secure and resilient AI solutions, IBM introduced its Autonomous Security for Cloud platform built on Amazon Bedrock. This solution supports organizations in implementing quantum-safe strategies and preparing for post-quantum cryptography standards. IBM’s AWS-hosted Cyber Campus also supports workforce development with hands-on cybersecurity training.
“As companies expand their digital footprint through the use of the cloud, digital tools and AI, working with IBM has allowed us to bring innovative technologies, like hands-on cybersecurity training, to equip our students with the skills and expertise needed to impact the way organizations do business in an ever-connected world.” – Dr. Gregory Moody, Lee Professor of Information Systems and Director of Cybersecurity Programs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
A Unified Vision for Enterprise AI
Underpinning this strategic collaboration is IBM’s deep domain expertise and AWS integration across 32 competencies including Generative AI and Data & Analytics supported by more than 25,000 active AWS certifications held by IBM consultants. IBM is also a launch partner for AWS’s newly announced Agentic AI Specialization, enabling clients to build autonomous systems using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore agents and compatible frameworks.
