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In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I break down the strategic collaboration between AWS and NTT DATA and what it means for enterprise AI transformation.
Highlights
00:02 — AWS and NTT DATA, an IT and business consultancy, have announced a multi-year collaboration agreement aimed at helping enterprise clients modernize legacy systems and adopt responsible agentic AI at scale. The companies are combining capabilities to develop solutions that modernize workloads and accelerate enterprise transformation across four key areas.
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00:48 — Those areas are AI-driven large-scale cloud transformation, industry cloud solutions on AWS, AI and data innovation for modern managed services to improve client experiences, and digital sovereignty and regulated cloud solutions, including the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
01:05 — This is a particularly significant announcement from AWS, because it goes beyond a traditional infrastructure deal and moves into true enterprise transformation. And there’s some serious people power involved in this. NTT DATA has founded an AWS business group that already includes nearly 11,000 AWS Certified Experts with plans to add another 10,000.
02:02 — This collaboration is focused on responsible cloud and AI scaling with a firm focus on security governance and regulatory compliance. For me, it’s a really strong example of the power of delivery partners.
