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Tahawul Tech
25-03-2025
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
NTT DATA launches agentic AI services for hyperscaler AI technologies
NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, recently announced the launch of its Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies. This transformative suite of services helps organisations easily adopt, build, manage and scale AI-powered agents to improve efficiencies, unlock innovation and enhance employee and customer experiences, maximising returns on AI investments. This unique suite of services addresses the growing demand for agentic AI solutions that offer personalized experiences. This news builds on NTT DATA's recently announced Smart AI Agent™, enabling enterprises to integrate AI-driven automation across business functions. Unlike traditional automation, Agentic AI understands user needs, engages naturally and handles complex interactions, empowering organisations to confidently scale their AI capabilities while ensuring optimisation and success. NTT DATA's Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies offers the industry's most comprehensive suite of services for AI. These services support every stage of an organisation's agentic AI journey with cloud providers – from advisory and building AI agents to implementation, connectivity and ongoing managed services. Applicable across all industries including manufacturing, banking and healthcare, these services help organisations maximise AI investments and responsibly innovate while ensuring ongoing optimisation and success. Available in over 20 languages across every major market, NTT DATA ensures seamless global adoption. By integrating its agentic AI with generative AI, including large and small language models, these AI agents can perform tasks more rapidly, accurately and efficiently with fewer errors. NTT DATA also helps to ensure clients that once AI agents are deployed, they remain secure, up-to-date and continuously improved. By connecting AI agents to hyperscaler data centres, NTT DATA helps to enable more personalised, natural interactions, making AI-driven services more intuitive and effective. Meeting the demand for scalable AI solutions Enterprise AI investments are accelerating. According to Gartner®, 'by 2028, the market for artificial intelligence services will reach $609 billion with a five-year annual growth rate of 21.4% in constant U.S. dollars'. Additionally Gartner also states that 'By 2028, '33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling 15% of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously'. NTT DATA's own Global GenAI Report reflects this trend, showing organizations are increasingly prioritizing agentic AI for back-office and workflow optimisation in 2025. The report also found that 96% of CIOs and CTOs prefer cloud-based solution methods. 'Agentic AI will revolutionise business operations and NTT DATA is at the forefront of this transformation', said Charlie Li, Global Head of Cloud & Security, NTT DATA, Inc. 'As the first global provider to offer comprehensive agentic AI services with a focus on AI agent management, we are empowering organisations to invest in AI agents with confidence– unlocking unprecedented efficiency and innovation while enhancing the experiences they provide to their employees and customers'. Flexible agentic AI services NTT DATA's Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies are available in flexible packages, allowing organisations to scale AI adoption with industry leading support that can easily align to clients' budgets, resources and timeframes. Advisory services : Guidance on adopting and optimizing agentic AI solutions, including planning, design, GenAI, business process optimisation and automation tailored to specific business needs. : Guidance on adopting and optimizing agentic AI solutions, including planning, design, GenAI, business process optimisation and automation tailored to specific business needs. Implementation services : AI agent configuration, integration and deployment focused on security, compliance and performance optimisation with complementary change management options. : AI agent configuration, integration and deployment focused on security, compliance and performance optimisation with complementary change management options. Ongoing AI management services : Continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, data governance and detailed reporting and analytics. : Continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, data governance and detailed reporting and analytics. Connectivity: Seamless connectivity across all channels using NTT DATA's cloud-native global connectivity services for voice, chat and mobile integration, ensuring consistent monitoring and compliance with local regulations. Advanced expertise to accelerate innovation with hyperscalers NTT DATA is uniquely positioned to deliver innovative and comprehensive capabilities and services as a systems integrator, managed services provider and carrier. This allows for faster and more efficient deployment of AI agents anchored in our commitment to responsible AI. NTT DATA is launching its Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies with an initial focus on Microsoft platforms. As the leading Microsoft Cloud Voice partner and a top provider of Copilot for Microsoft 365, NTT DATA is well-positioned to help enterprises integrate AI agents into their daily operations. By leveraging cutting-edge tools such as Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio, NTT DATA agents are equipped to deliver even more innovative and effective solutions to clients. 'AI-powered agents are transforming how businesses operate, and we are excited to collaborate with NTT DATA to help organisations embrace this new era of AI-powered innovation', said Maziar Zolghadr, General Manager Global Communications Partners, Microsoft. 'Combining Microsoft's AI technologies with NTT DATA's expertise in AI agent building, deployment and management we are empowering enterprises to create more intelligent experiences for their employees and clients'. Real-world applications across industries NTT DATA's Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies offer solutions across functions and use cases, providing easy-to-implement solutions such as: Customer service : Automating query resolution and enabling self-service to reduce wait times. : Automating query resolution and enabling self-service to reduce wait times. Billing and scheduling: Streamlining repetitive tasks to save time and improve operational efficiency. Streamlining repetitive tasks to save time and improve operational efficiency. Training and onboarding: Accelerating employee onboarding and skills development. Accelerating employee onboarding and skills development. Logistics and risk management : Enhancing processes like fraud protection and data analysis for insight-driven decisions. : Enhancing processes like fraud protection and data analysis for insight-driven decisions. HR and sales assistants : Offering voice, chat and messaging options for improved communication and task management. : Offering voice, chat and messaging options for improved communication and task management. Workflow automation: Smart assistants optimize task routing process management. Future growth and expansion With today's launch, NTT DATA builds on its established GenAI capabilities, further strengthening its position as a leader in AI-driven enterprise solutions. NTT DATA's Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies are designed to work with a wide range of AI platforms and will continue to expand to support new technologies. These services are integral to NTT DATA's broader managed services portfolio across cloud, networking and cybersecurity. NTT DATA Smart AI Agent offers a comprehensive end-to-end and full-stack solution that includes AI agents consulting, platforms, third-party integrations and managed services to transform business processes across industries. By streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency, Smart AI AgentTM empower businesses to rapidly evaluate and deploy generative AI applications, optimise workflows and drive greater productivity. Image Credit: NTT Data
Zawya
10-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
MENA economies will surpass global growth in 2025 – IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva
Growth of economies in the MENA region will surpass global growth this year at 3.6%, but it will still be weaker than pre-pandemic, so countries must find ways to avoid a low-growth, high debt scenario, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said at the World Governments Summit in Dubai on Monday Global growth is set to hold at 3.3% this year and next year, and then slow to 3%, which is well below historical average, according to IMF. The MENA region will rebound to 3.6% growth driven by oil production recovery and easing of regional conflicts. 'Digitalised countries have substantially higher productivity than those that are less so, with some in the region the most developed in the world in this area,' Georgieva said. 'Digital innovation with AI Technologies is expected to raise the UAE's GDP significantly by 2030. More research and development spending will further enhance productivity.' Saudi Arabia is an example of a state reducing its footprint in the economy and strengthening governance with regulatory improvements, fostering private sector investment, especially in the non-oil economy, she said. The UAE's National Agenda for Entrepreneurship has supported a vibrant start-up economy and Morocco's New Model of Development aims to spur markets by improving public sector governance, she added. However, while policymakers around the world have succeeded in taming inflation, it is beginning to pick up again in some countries, which could lead to divergence in interest rates and higher borrowing costs for emerging markets and developing economies. Meanwhile, global public debt is set to hit 100% of GDP by 2030 with many MENA countries facing debt levels of 70% of GDP, which risks them becoming trapped in the low-growth, high-debt scenario, Georgieva said. The region must therefore find ways to create jobs, enhance social safety nets and build resilience to more frequent national disasters and support economic diversification, she added. Governments globally are shifting priorities, with the USA being clear it will take action in trade, tax and spending, deregulation and digital assets, she said, meaning, recipes of the past may no longer provide the path to prosperity.
