IBM has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia in modernizing core systems, adopting hybrid cloud strategies, and scaling responsible AI in alignment with national digital transformation goals.

The partnership will make IBM software available as SaaS on AWS cloud regions in both countries, simplifying procurement and deployment while meeting local compliance and data-hosting requirements. 

The initiative combines IBM’s data, AI, and automation solutions with AWS’s secure and scalable cloud infrastructure to help clients accelerate innovation and move from experimentation to enterprise-scale implementation.

“Our clients want to build and scale AI and cloud solutions with speed and confidence, and this collaboration makes that possible,” said Ana Paula Assis, Senior Vice President and Chair, EMEA and Growth Markets at IBM. “By offering IBM’s enterprise-grade software and watsonx portfolio on AWS, we’re giving organizations the flexibility to innovate while maintaining trust and transparency across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.”

Tanuja Randery, Managing Director and Vice President, EMEA at AWS, added that the collaboration will help advance the UAE’s strategic digital goals by combining IBM’s software with the security, agility, and resilience of the AWS Cloud.

The move extends IBM and AWS’s global partnership, localizing IBM’s enterprise software on AWS for the first time in the region to promote secure, sustainable, and responsible digital growth.