Persistent Systems forms strategic alliance with AWS for AI innovation

Persistent Systems, a leader in digital engineering and enterprise modernization, has announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This agreement is aimed at accelerating innovation and development of generative AI solutions for clients. Persistent Systems is a long-standing AWS Partner and has a proven track record in early scale generative AI adoption across various industries.

Leveraging AWS’s Advanced AI Services

This collaboration will utilize services like Amazon CodeWhisperer and Amazon Bedrock. Amazon CodeWhisperer offers AI-powered code recommendations in multiple integrated development environments (IDEs) to aid developers in building applications in over 15 coding languages. Amazon Bedrock provides a fully managed service for accessing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies, enabling the building and scaling of generative AI applications.

Persistent Systems and AWS Team Up to Accelerate Generative AI Solutions

Enhancing Client Impact with Generative AI

Through this partnership, Persistent Systems aims to enhance its impact on clients embracing generative AI. The agreement will provide Persistent with additional AWS resources for building proofs of concept to help clients identify tangible business outcomes from generative AI. It will also support use case discovery and the rapid development of solutions with extra go-to-market funds from AWS. Clients will benefit from early access to AWS’s generative AI services and investments, aiding in growth, time-to-market, and improved customer experiences.

Building on Persistent’s Software Engineering Heritage

The collaboration builds on Persistent’s 30+ years of software engineering experience, its best practices from over 120 AWS engagements for cloud migration and modernization, and its 2,500 AWS practitioners. With the new AWS Migration Competency status, Persistent can provide expert cloud expertise to help clients move successfully to AWS.

Expert Opinions on the Collaboration

Rajiv Sodhi, Senior Vice President of Hyperscaler Business & Strategic Alliances at Persistent, highlighted the transformative potential of generative AI in reimagining business models for improved customer experiences and growth. Chris Sullivan, Vice President of Worldwide System Integrator Partners at AWS, expressed excitement about redefining possibilities with generative AI, setting new efficiency and innovation standards.

This strategic collaboration between Persistent Systems and AWS marks a significant step forward in the digital transformation journey, leveraging advanced AI solutions to modernize enterprises and drive future growth.