NTT Data connects data & clouds with AWS for agentic acceleration
NTT DATA (hereafter NTT Data) has detailed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the aim of helping enterprises to modernise legacy systems, adopt agentic AI responsibly and scale innovation across industries.
Combining NTT Data’s work in cloud-native modernisation and agentic AI with the scale of AWS services, the collaboration is hoped to deliver enterprise services for mission-critical workloads and build secure cloud foundations across regulated and high-growth industries.
Under the agreement, NTT Data and AWS will address four priority areas:
- AI-driven large-scale cloud transformation: Accelerating the migration and modernisation of on-premises workloads on AWS, using generative and agentic AI, automation and data platforms to unlock new business models and drive operations.
- Industry cloud solutions on AWS: Delivering industry-specific, repeatable offerings across financial services, healthcare, life sciences, public sector, manufacturing, retail and energy, leveraging NTT Data Industry Cloud with 500+ extensible business components and AI agents.
- AI and data innovation for modern managed services and client experiences: Operating secure, compliant cloud environments at scale, including a recent collaboration agreement to modernise contact centre services on Amazon Connect to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven customer experience (CX) solutions worldwide.
- Digital sovereignty and regulated cloud solutions on AWS European Sovereign Cloud: Enabling European governments and enterprises to meet stringent data residency and operational autonomy requirements. As a launch partner for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, NTT DATA will deliver sovereign-by-design cloud solutions and managed services that combine regulatory compliance with the same security, availability and performance clients expect from AWS.
AWS says it will support NTT Data in running co-innovation programs, certifications and client events, to help enterprises adopt AI-driven cloud solutions faster and with greater confidence.
AWS Business Group
To advance delivery, NTT Data has formed a dedicated AWS Business Group, aligned with the AWS sales and delivery structure. This group includes close to 11,000 AWS-certified experts, with the objective of certifying nearly 10,000 more experts over the next three years.
“Cloud and AI are central to enterprise transformation,” said Abhijit Dubey, president and CEO, NTT Data, Inc. “Through our strategic collaboration agreement with AWS, we are helping usersmove beyond experimentation to scale AI impactfully and responsibly. This collaboration underscores our commitment to deliver secure, industry-specific solutions that create tangible business value for our clients worldwide.”
Greg Pearson, VP AWS global sales, has also commented to say that this collaboration will help modernise operations.
“Through industry-aligned architecture platforms, agentic AI ecosystems, AI-driven customer experience and support in meeting evolving regulatory requirements through the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, we’re enhancing their ability to transform legacy workloads and build the next generation of digital experiences on AWS,” said Pearson.
NTT Data notes that it will develop dozens of new industry-specific, AI-driven cloud solutions on AWS through its Industry Cloud platform to accelerate digital transformation across regulated and high-growth sectors.
- Financial services: The collaboration will modernise core banking and compliance workloads to reduce risk and ensure regulatory requirements.
- Healthcare and life sciences: With support from AWS, NTT DATA will develop secure, AI-enabled data platforms to deliver intelligent insights from business applications, improving outcomes and accelerating research.
- Public sector: NTT DATA will work with AWS to deliver private cloud solutions that meet compliance requirements and enable secure digital services for citizens.
- Manufacturing and automotive: The collaboration will modernise business and IT operations using generative AI and agentic capabilities, driving improved financial and operational efficiency.
Environments on AWS, including sandboxes and dedicated innovation labs, will enable NTT Data and AWS teams to develop, test and refine these solutions before scaling them for enterprise deployment. NTT Data will support these innovations with a full-stack suite of services, from advisory and cloud transformation to implementation and managed services.