{"id":871684,"date":"2026-08-25T07:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=871684"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:23:01","slug":"bitanium-helps-businesses-build-an-ai-ready-data-foundation-with-ibm-watsonx-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/871684\/bitanium-helps-businesses-build-an-ai-ready-data-foundation-with-ibm-watsonx-data\/","title":{"rendered":"BITanium helps businesses build an AI-ready data foundation with IBM watsonx.data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For organisations looking to scale with AI, the biggest challenge is not usually the technology itself, but the data needed to make it work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BITanium helps organisations simplify hybrid data integration, unify trusted enterprise data, and accelerate AI initiatives with IBM watsonx.data and IBM watsonx.data integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campaigns.bitanium.co.za\/ibm-webinar-on-demand?utaff-BT2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more and watch the webinar.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It recently hosted a webinar in partnership with IBM, which explored how IBM watsonx.data helps organisations connect fragmented enterprise data and create an AI-ready foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connecting fragmented enterprise data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The webinar highlighted how enterprise data is often distributed across operational systems, cloud platforms, on-premise environments, and content repositories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe problem is that data is everywhere, but it&#8217;s not connected,\u201d said Thabani Poswa, Technical Specialist at BITanium Consulting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that this creates data silos that can prevent AI from accessing the full picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAI may have access to the data, but it does not have access to the full business context,\u201d Poswa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The webinar demonstrated how IBM watsonx.data can create a link between diverse data sources and the consumers that need the information, without requiring organisations to move or consolidate all their existing data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turning enterprise data into AI-ready information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>IBM watsonx.data creates an AI-ready data foundation that enables AI to make sense of fragmented, unstructured information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This process involves BOB, IBM\u2019s AI assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BOB provides users with a behind-the-scenes look at its reasoning process. 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