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- IBM Consulting brings more than 6,000 pre-built AI agents and assets, the experience building them, and industry expertise, while Microsoft provides AI, cloud, and security technologies
- New platform comes with forward-deployed engineering support from both Microsoft and IBM Consulting
- SEI’s enterprise transformation illustrates the types of business needs that agentic AI can help address
By IBM Corporation
November 10, 2026 – IBM and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced Imagine Enterprise, an agentic platform designed to help enterprises build, run, and govern AI agents that help people execute industry-specific processes. IBM Consulting and Microsoft have combined their technologies and expertise with forward-deployed engineering support for qualifying engagements to help enterprises accelerate AI deployment.
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
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