IBM has acquired global data and AI consultancy Hakkoda, which will expand IBM Consulting’s data transformation services portfolio, adding specializsd data platform expertise to help clients get their data ready to fuel AI-powered business operations.
Hakkoda has leading capabilities in migrating, modernising and monetising data estates and is an award-winning Snowflake partner. It also brings a strong portfolio of generative AI powered assets that can speed up data modernisation projects.
The company’s industry solutions complement and build on their consultants’ deep expertise in industries like financial services, public sector, and healthcare and life sciences. Hakkoda will further expand IBM’s ability to bring both consulting expertise and AI to clients using its AI-powered delivery platform, IBM Consulting Advantage.
“IBM is at the leading edge of the consulting industry with how we’re supercharging our consultants with AI,” says Mohamad Ali, senior vice-president and head of IBM Consulting. “With Hakkoda’s data expertise, deep technology partnerships and asset-centric delivery model, IBM will be even better positioned to deliver value faster to clients as they transform with AI.”
Erik Duffield, CEO and co-founder of Hakkoda, comments: “From the beginning, Hakkoda has committed to being ‘in the arena’, not observing the greatest transformation in history but shaping it. It is because of this that we are excited to join IBM at this critical moment when organisations are looking for a trusted partner to help them modernise their data for the AI era.
“IBM’s heritage of innovation, their commitment to discovery and deep partnerships with clients on their most technical challenges is a perfect pairing to take Hakkoda’s industry focused modern data consulting to the global marketplace.”
Estimated global spending for enterprise intelligence services initiatives stands at $169-billion and, with a five-year CAGR of about 13%, is expected to grow to more than $243-billion by 2028, according to IDC.
To extract value from their data, business leaders need a thoughtful data migration strategy and a modern, multi-use case data platform on the cloud.
As an Elite Snowflake partner, Hakkoda brings hundreds of SnowPro core and advanced certifications. It was named the 2024 Snowflake Healthcare & Life Sciences Services Partner of the Year and 2023 Snowflake Americas System Integrator Innovation Partner of the Year. Hakkoda is also an advanced-tier partner of AWS.