The watsonx Platform

Inputs

Data Sources

Cloud & On Premise
Databases & Warehouses
Streaming & Real-time

Enterprise Systems

ERP / CRM / HCM
Mainframe & Legacy
Custom Applications

Documents & Content

PDFs & Contracts
Emails & SharePoint
Images & Scans

APIs & Services

REST / GraphQL
Microservices
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AI Risk Governance and Security

Model inventory • Workflows

Risk assessments • Dashboards

AI Factsheet

Capture model facts throughout the lifecycle

AI Observability and Guardrails

Model health • Explainability • Accuracy

Harmful content detection • Drift • Bias

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Datastores

Presto • Spark • DataStax

Golang • Azro • Parquet • ORC

Integration

ETL / ELT • Real-time streaming

Replication • Observability

Intelligence

Data Governance • Data Quality

Data Lineage • Data Sharing

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AI Models

Hugging Face • Bring Your Own Model

Pre-deployed models (Llama, Mistral, etc.)

Prompt Lab

Prompt Engineering • Quick Prototype

Chat with Docs / Images

Machine Learning Ops

Jupyter Notebooks • Optimization

Auto AI / Auto RAG • Deployment

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Build

Agent Builder • ADK • Flow Builder

Tools (MCP / A2N) • LangFlow

Extended

Agentic Orchestration • Pre-build Agent

Agent Catalog

Agent Ops

Observability • Governance

Automation Automation

Application Development and Integration

Application Development • Application Integration

Infrastructure Automation

Infrastructure Lifecycle Management

Security Lifecycle Management • Network Management

Technology Business Management

Observability • FinOps

IT Financial Management • Asset Lifecycle Management

Hybrid Cloud Hybrid Cloud

Red Hat Platform

OpenShift • Enterprise Linux

Ansible Automation • Red Hat AI

IBM Infrastructure

IBM Z • LinuxOne • IBM Power

IBM Cloud • IBM Storage

Outputs

Customer & Employee

AI chatbots & assistants
Automated workflows
Personalized experiences

IT & Operations

Proactive monitoring
Automated remediation
Code modernization

Cost, Risk & Governance

Cost optimization
Security & compliance

Innovation

Generative AI apps
Agentic automation