IBM and Oracle are expanding their partnership to help companies modernize with AI and cloud

By Charles Jenkins, Global Strategic Partnerships, IBM and Corinne Koppel, Global & Americas Oracle Practice Lead, IBM Consulting

May 4, 2026

This year we are celebrating the 40th^Th Year of the strategic partnership between IBM and Oracle. To celebrate this milestone, we continue to expand our partnership to meet our customers’ evolving needs and help them succeed in the age of AI and hybrid cloud.

Our mutual customers are asking for integrated foundations that provide flexibility and help them break down silos, intelligently automate, and scale AI across their business operations. A current study from the IBM Institute for Business Value found that companies face barriers to scaling AI due to fragmented data and AI foundations that rely on traditional methods. As a result, customers may find it difficult to integrate data and applications across clouds, streamline processes, and scale AI capabilities in a consistent and controlled manner.

To help organizations…