IBM Unveils AI-Powered Tools to Boost Enterprise Productivity
Source: newsroom.ibm.com
IBM is doubling down on artificial intelligence, launching new tools designed to boost productivity across various business functions. The move comes as companies grapple with integrating AI into their operations to unlock its full economic potential.
New AI Capabilities
At TechXchange 2025, IBM showcased its latest advancements in agentic AI, hybrid cloud, and intelligent infrastructure. These innovations aim to help businesses move beyond experimenting with AI and truly operationalize it.
Agentic Orchestration Enhancements
IBM's watsonx Orchestrate, central to its agentic AI framework, now features over 500 tools and customizable agents. It is designed to adapt to any environment, allowing businesses to scale and govern AI agents effectively.
AgentOps, a built-in governance layer, provides transparency through real-time monitoring and policy-based controls, ensuring agent reliability. IBM plans to extend these capabilities to the mainframe with watsonx Assistant for Z, shifting from reactive troubleshooting to proactive system management.
Project Infragraph for Unified Infrastructure
Following the acquisition of HashiCorp, IBM announced Project infragraph, aiming to replace fragmented tools with a unified control plane. This platform offers a real-time view of the entire infrastructure and security posture, eliminating information silos.
Project infragraph will eventually connect to IBM’s broader software portfolio, including Red Hat Ansible and OpenShift. The goal is to unify infrastructure, security, and applications under a consistent data model.
AI-First Integrated Development Environment
Project Bob, currently in private tech preview, is an AI-first IDE designed to transform the software development lifecycle. It works alongside developers to write, test, and secure software.
Project Bob uses industry-leading LLMs like Anthropic Claude and IBM Granite. It provides advanced task generation capabilities to enhance software modernization.
Strategic AI Partnerships
IBM is also expanding its AI partner ecosystem to offer more choices in how businesses access and deploy AI. A new partnership with Anthropic will integrate Anthropic's LLMs directly into IBM software, starting with Project Bob.
IBM also created a guide for designing, deploying, and managing enterprise AI agents. These steps should provide a structured approach to AI implementation.