IBM and Microsoft introduce an agent platform for industry workflows
IBM and Microsoft have announced Imagine Enterprise, combining consulting tools with cloud, data, identity and security services for business agents. Financial services, insurance and retail are its initial sectors. The platform is designed to connect agents to existing enterprise processes, with engineers from both companies supporting qualifying projects and several options for customers to run or commission deployments.
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A joint platform targets industry processes
IBM and Microsoft have announced Imagine Enterprise, a platform for building, running and governing AI agents around industry processes. Financial services, insurance and retail are the initial sectors. IBM Consulting contributes process and context tools, while Microsoft provides cloud, data, identity and security infrastructure. The platform is designed to connect agents with existing company systems and enterprise information rather than requiring wholesale replacement.[1], [2]
Process design meets data and identity controls
IBM’s Process Studio, Context Studio and Advantage Core support workflow design, deployment and oversight. Microsoft Foundry and Copilot tools contribute agent development and coordination, with Fabric for data, Entra for identity, Purview for governance and Defender for security. The starting collection includes more than six thousand IBM Consulting agents and related assets. That combined collection includes supporting materials as well as agents.[1]
Engineers will support qualifying customer projects
Engineers from both companies are expected to work directly on qualifying engagements, helping customers move from experiments into production. Customers can engage IBM Consulting to deploy and operate the platform, develop implementations jointly or choose self-management. SEI, a financial technology, operations and asset-management services provider, is exploring agent technologies with IBM Consulting and Microsoft support. The partners describe that work as exploration within SEI’s enterprise transformation.[1]
