IBM is aiming to radically simplify the enterprise data stack, introducing software that unifies, governs, and activates the unstructured enterprise data necessary to power AI agents and other advanced AI applications.
The two new products include IBM watsonx.data integration and IBM watsonx.data intelligence. Select capabilities from both products will also be available through watsonx.data, IBM's hybrid, open data lakehouse for managing the entire data-for-AI lifecycle in a single experience.
The new software is hybrid and open, connecting with third-party data stacks to provide flexibility, interoperability, and drive innovation from across the ecosystem.
Watsonx.data integration introduces a new, unified data integration control plane designed to scale the delivery of AI-ready data. Data engineers can bridge across low-code, code-first, and agentic tools, allowing different authoring entry points.
The software orchestrates data movement across diverse integration styles and features bulk and batch ETL/ELT, real-time streaming, data replication, and data observability capabilities across structured or unstructured data.
Watsonx.data integration is available as a standalone product now. Its unstructured data integration and observability capabilities can also be leveraged through watsonx.data.
Watsonx.data intelligence transforms how organizations curate, manage, and utilize data, leveraging the power of AI to simplify data delivery across hybrid ecosystems. The software unifies data governance, quality, lineage, and sharing, empowering organizations to discover, trust, and access meaningful data.
Watsonx.data intelligence is available as a standalone product now. Its capabilities can also be leveraged through watsonx.data for data under management in the lakehouse.
Following IBM's acquisition of DataStax, IBM will continue to integrate its tools and technologies into watsonx.data. These include Astra DB and Hyper-Converged Database, which provide NoSQL and vector database capabilities powered by the open-source Apache Cassandra.
Hyper-Converged Database is available now within watsonx.data and Astra DB will be available within watsonx.data in Q3 2025.
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