Kyndryl certified as a specialized
Google Cloud partner for Gemini models
NEW
YORK and SUNNYVALE,
Calif., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --
Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world's largest IT infrastructure
services provider, today announced an expanded partnership with
Google Cloud to leverage generative AI to help streamline and
accelerate the modernization of mainframe applications and data. As
part of the partnership, Kyndryl has been certified as a
specialized partner for Google Cloud's AI and Gemini
models.
The combination of Kyndryl's deep mainframe expertise and skills
with Google Cloud's generative AI capabilities will provide
customers with a trusted path to modernize their mainframe
applications, increase agility and drive cloud-native
innovation.
"Google's Gemini models and related tools are bringing new
levels of efficiency to mainframe modernization efforts," said
Nirav Mehta, Senior Director of
Cloud Infrastructure Solutions at Google Cloud. "Combined with
Kyndryl's long-standing experience with mainframes, our mutual
customers will have the expertise and leading technology to
successfully modernize mainframe applications faster and with more
sustainable code."
Kyndryl is partnering with Google Cloud offering a new Mainframe
Modernization with Gen AI Accelerator Program to help qualified
customers start their modernization journey without upfront
commitments, and gain a clear understanding of how to integrate or
modernize their applications and data faster and with tangible ROI.
Following the assessment, customers receive a modernization
blueprint and plan, and Kyndryl Consult experts will guide
customers through a phased modernization approach to demonstrate
incremental value and allow them to make informed decisions about
their mainframe workloads.
"Google Cloud delivers the scalability and cutting-edge
AI-driven capabilities needed to power and transform modern
businesses," said Petra Goude,
Global Practice Leader for Core Enterprise & zCloud at Kyndryl.
"Through our collaboration, customers can unlock the full potential
of their mainframe data, create AI-driven innovations and transform
mainframe applications to modern cloud applications with lower risk
and faster time to value."
Kyndryl's data democratization capabilities combined with Google
Cloud's Mainframe Connector solution enable the integration and
augmentation of mainframe data with Google Cloud's BigQuery
analytics platform. This integration helps customers unlock and
leverage their data in new ways, including:
- Bringing mainframe data into Google Cloud BigQuery, Cloud Run,
Cloud SQL and more to unlock its full potential.
- Building dynamic reports and dashboards to enhance
decision-making with increased insights.
- Training AI models to create predictive and generative AI
solutions, driving innovation and operational efficiency.
Kyndryl's mainframe modernization capabilities and Google
Cloud's suite of modernization products, including Mainframe
Assessment Tool (MAT), Dual Run, Mainframe Rewrite and Gemini
models, enable the streamlined migration of mainframe workloads to
the cloud. This comprehensive approach includes:
- Generative AI-driven code analysis and documentation of
mainframe applications.
- Rewrite of mainframe applications to modern applications
in Google Cloud built for the age of cloud computing.
- Creation of future-ready technology stacks optimized for
Google Cloud.
- Testing, certification and de-risking of the
modernization project.
Kyndryl and Google Cloud are already delivering joint mainframe
modernization projects to customers across industries. For example,
the companies partnered to enable mainframe modernization at a
major insurance provider, converting COBOL to Java and migrating
its mainframe applications to Google Distributed Cloud. This
allowed the customer to meet its digital transformation goals while
addressing its mainframe skills shortage and data residency
regulatory requirements.
According to Kyndryl's 2024 Mainframe Modernization Survey, 96%
of organizations are migrating some mainframe workloads, on average
36%, to the cloud. Additionally, 86% of organizations are moving
fast to adopt AI to accelerate mainframe modernization. Almost half
of respondents aim to use generative AI to unlock and transform
critical mainframe data into actionable insights. Kyndryl and
Google Cloud are already working together to help customers on
their digital transformation and AI adoption efforts to
future-proof their IT environment.
For more information about Kyndryl and Google Cloud's alliance
and mainframe modernization initiatives, please visit:
https://www.kyndryl.com/us/en/about-us/alliances/google-cloud.
About Kyndryl
Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is the world's
largest IT infrastructure services provider, serving thousands of
enterprise customers in more than 60 countries. The company
designs, builds, manages and modernizes the complex,
mission-critical information systems that the world depends on
every day. For more
information, please visit: www.kyndryl.com.
Kyndryl Press Contact
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