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Bill McDermott – CEO – ServiceNow

BM and ServiceNow have announced an expansion to their strategic partnership , designed to help companies reduce operational risk and lower costs by applying AI to automate IT operations . Available later this year , a new joint solution will combine IBM ’ s AI-powered hybrid cloud software and professional services to ServiceNow ’ s intelligent workflow capabilities and market-leading IT service and operations management products .

The solution is engineered to help clients realise deeper , AI-driven insights from their data , create a baseline of a typical IT environment and take succinct recommended actions on outlying behaviour to help prevent and fix IT issues at scale . Together , IBM and ServiceNow can help companies free up valuable time and IT resources from maintenance activities , to focus on driving the transformation projects necessary to support the digital demands of their businesses .

“ AI is one of the biggest forces driving change in the IT industry to the extent that every company is swiftly becoming an AI company ,” said Arvind Krishna , Chief Executive Officer , IBM . “ By partnering with ServiceNow and its market-leading Now Platform , clients will be able

to use AI to quickly mitigate unforeseen IT incident costs . Watson AIOps with ServiceNow ’ s Now Platform is a powerful new way for clients to use automation to transform their IT operations .”

“ For every CEO , Digital Transformation has gone from opportunity to necessity ,” said ServiceNow CEO , Bill McDermott . “ As ServiceNow leads the workflow revolution , our partnership with IBM combines the intelligent automation capabilities of the Now Platform with the power of Watson AIOps . We are focused on driving a generational step improvement in productivity , innovation and growth . ServiceNow and IBM are helping customers meet the digital demands of 21st century business .”

Organisations are under pressure to deliver innovation and create great experiences for customers and employees , all while driving efficiencies and keeping costs and IT risks down . Yet in today ’ s technology-driven organisation , even the smallest outages can cause massive economic impact for both lost revenue and reputation . This partnership will help customers address these challenges and help avoid unnecessary loss of revenue and reputation by automating old , manual IT processes and increasing IT productivity .

“ Businesses are facing increased pressures to match the digital pace of a cloud-first market in order to meet the demands of their customers ,” said Stephen Elliot , Programme Vice President , DevOps and Management Software , IDC . “ The C-suite is transforming workflows to deliver insights and automation for more efficient customer engagement models and cost containment strategies for the business , while simplifying IT operations and increasing collaboration between IT and business stakeholders .”

The news strengthens the partnership previously announced by IBM and ServiceNow to help enterprises simplify IT operations for multi-cloud environments .

IBM also announced the formation of the AIOps Elite Team – a new no-charge advanced engagement team , dedicated to engineering AIOps in a client environment and building and refining AI models . •

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