AI that works for you in the age of watsonx

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Global, May 13, 2025

Author: Scott Hodges, Head of Cloud, Logicalis UK&I

AI is past the hype and becoming part of the norm, offering businesses new opportunities to innovate and stay ahead. However, organisations face a key challenge—whether to build AI solutions for greater control or buy ready-made solutions for faster results. Each approach has its trade-offs, and finding the right balance is essential to unlocking AI’s full potential.

IBM has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) for decades, with innovations that have redefined how businesses leverage AI to drive transformation. From early natural language processing (NLP) breakthroughs to supercomputing with Watson's famous Jeopardy! Win (if you remember this!), IBM has consistently evolved its AI capabilities to meet the changing needs of enterprises. 

IBM's AI journey has now culminated in the watsonx platform—a comprehensive AI and data solution designed to empower businesses with scalable, responsible, and impactful AI. watsonx helps organisations seamlessly adopt AI to unlock real business value.

So let’s dive in a bit more detail to understand watsonx and what’s under its covers.

watsonx is a next-gen AI and data platform providing businesses with the tools they need to scale AI across their operations through a number of different components. Whether that is to augment workforce productivity, assisting developers, helping to manage corporate data efficiently, or ensuring AI governance, watsonx is there to accelerate innovation and your AI use-cases.
Let’s explore the key components of watsonx and how they can benefit an organisation.

watsonx Orchestrate: AI-powered workforce

Do you have a large number of routine tasks within the organisation, where too much time is being spent on, rather than work that really helps drive the business forward? This is where watsonx.orchestrate plays. Its designed to help businesses streamline operations by automating repetitive tasks and workflows across departments – whether its HR, Sales, Finance etc.

With natural language interactions, your team can easily offload those time-consuming tasks allowing them to focus on bigger, more strategic goals.

Why you should love it:

  • Effortlessly automate even complex processes
  • Get more done by reducing manual effort
  • Free up your team to focus on what really drives success

watsonx Code Assistant: Your AI-powered coding partner

To all the experienced and budding developers, writing and maintaining code can be challenging, but with watsonx Code Assistant, developers get the support they need to work smarter and faster. Powered by AI, it provides intelligent code suggestions and automates the tedious tasks, helping teams tackle complex projects with ease while improving overall code quality.
Whether it comes to debugging, optimising, or building something from scratch, watsonx Code Assistant accelerates the workflow and allows you to focus on creating great software.

Why you should love it:

  • AI-Powered code suggestions and optimisations
  • Boost productivity and write code faster
  • Speed up the entire development process

watsonx.ai: Powering Smarter AI with speed and trust

Now into the more tailored use of AI within organisations, where building and deploying AI models doesn’t need to be complicated. With watsonx.ai you get a powerful platform designed to simplify the entire AI journey – from development and training to deployment. Whether your AI use-case is with generative AI, foundation models, or traditional machine learning, watsonx.ai helps turn your corporate data into actionable insights and powerful AI solutions while ensuring transparency and governance every step of the way.

Deployment options include both cloud and on-premises, so watsonx.ai makes scaling across businesses easier than ever. 

Why you should love it:

  • Develop AI models faster and with greater efficiency
  • Deploy seamlessly across cloud and on-premisses infrastructure
  • Ensure responsible and transparent AI governance (more on this shortly)

watsonx.data: Unlocking the full potential of data

Data is at the heart of every business, but managing and making sense is normally challenging—especially with data spread across different environments. That’s where watsonx.data comes in. It helps businesses take control of their data, offering a smarter way to manage and analyse large datasets across hybrid cloud environments. 

With open and governed access, you can gain faster insights while staying compliant with industry regulations. Whether your data lives on-premises, in the cloud, or somewhere in between, watsonx.data ensures it’s always within reach and ready to drive better decisions.

Why you should love it:

  • Scalable data management that works seamlessly across environments.
  • Faster insights delivering the information you need, when you need it.
  • Built-in governance and security, ensuring your data stays compliant and protected across all sources.

And finally…

watsonx.governance: Build trust in your AI with transparency and compliance

As AI becomes a bigger part of everyday business, ensuring it’s used responsibly is more important than ever. That’s where watsonx.governance comes in. It helps organisations manage the risks that come with AI, making sure everything stays compliant with regulations and ethical guidelines. With the right tools to monitor AI performance and detect potential bias, you can confidently adopt AI solutions that are fair, transparent, and aligned with your business goals.

Why you should love it:

  • Stay compliant with AI regulations and ethical standards effortlessly.
  • Detect and reduce bias, ensuring fair and accurate AI outcomes.
  • Build trust and transparency, making AI adoption smoother across your organisation.

How Logicalis can help you build a strong AI foundation?

At Logicalis, we understand the old adage that there’s no AI without the right IA (Infrastructure Architecture). To successfully adopt and scale AI, businesses need a solid, high-performing, and secure infrastructure foundation. We help organisations design and implement tailored infrastructure architectures that support the demanding requirements of AI workloads, whether in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. Our solutions ensure that your infrastructure is scalable, optimised for performance allowing you to focus on extracting value from your AI initiatives rather than managing IT complexities.

Beyond infrastructure, Logicalis offers flexible resourcing through our Professional Services, enabling organisations to accelerate AI adoption by augmenting their teams with specialised AI and data expertise. Whether you need short-term support for a specific project or long-term collaboration to scale your initiatives, our experts integrate seamlessly into your teams to fill skill gaps and drive progress. 

As well as this, our Managed Services free up your internal teams by taking on the operational burden of maintaining and optimising AI-ready environments. With 24/7 monitoring, proactive management, and security compliance, we help organisations focus on innovation, ensuring they can fully realise the benefits of AI without being bogged down by day-to-day operations.

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