IBM Launches Asset-Based Consulting to Build Enterprise AI Platforms
At Think 2026 in Boston, IBM unveiled Enterprise Advantage, a consulting service it calls first-of-its-kind. The model is asset-based: IBM delivers reusable software alongside consulting expertise so clients build and run their own hybrid-AI platforms. Pearson, Providence, and AWS joined IBM on stage to show live deployments across critical workflows.
The distinction IBM is drawing is sovereignty. Mohamad Ali, SVP and Head of IBM Consulting, said clients need to scale AI with control across multiple stacks and within their own business context. Enterprise Advantage targets that gap. In one cited client project, IBM analyzed 1,400 procedures and uncovered more than 1,000 improvement opportunities using assets that will become part of a tool called Process Studio.
IBM Newsroom is the source. Watch whether this asset-based model shifts enterprise consulting spend away from pure time-and-materials engagements toward software-anchored delivery. The clients to watch are those already running multi-cloud stacks who need AI governance they can own, not rent.