November 2025 Touchpoint Highlights

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Product Updates

Serverless

• IBM Cloud Code Engine introduces Serverless Fleets with GPUs

Storage

• Enhancing cyber resilience with IBM Cloud Object Storage and IBM Storage Defender Data Protect

Databases

• From static dashboards to proactive action: The evolution of Db2 Intelligence Center
• Announcing the IBM Db2 Vector Store integration for LlamaIndex

Mainframe

• IBM Spyre® Accelerator and Telum II® Processor: Capturing AI value at a trusted enterprise level
• IBM watsonx Assistant for Z: Bringing intelligence and automation to mainframe IT management with agentic AI

watsonx

• IBM Granite 4.0: hyper-efficient, high performance hybrid models for enterprise
• Agent monitoring and insights plus security metrics in watsonx.governance
• High-trust engineering domains and AI Agents: Introducing IBM Engineering AI Hub v1.0 (available this month)
• Powering the agentic enterprise: New innovations in IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration
• IBM launches watsonx.data developer edition: Free, local and ready to power your next prototype
• From orchestration to outcomes: New agentic workflows and domain agents in IBM watsonx Orchestrate
• IBM watsonx.data plus Unstructured: Turning unstructured data into AI-ready fuel
• Compliance without blind spots: Data lineage and IBM Guardium Data Protection
• Building trusted AI agents with watsonx: Turning fragmented data into confident decisions

Technical updates

• Mixture of Experts podcast: hear expert analysis on the latest AI news, trends, innovations and their impact on business
• What's New Videos:
  • Episode 28: IBM Cloud Severless with Uwe Fassnacht
  • Episode 29: watsonx.data Developer Edition with David Paul
  • Episode 30: Observability in Hybrid Cloud with Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • Episode 31: Guardium Cryptography Manager with Sam Hector
  • Episode 32: Agentic AI and IBM Z with Chris Backer
• IBM becomes first major open-source AI model developer to earn ISO 42001 certification
• Java at 30 and beyond: How IBM is Securing the future of Java
• How IBM Concert is redefining cybersecurity and IT operations
• Drive operational efficiency with GenAI observability
• IBM launches new capabilities at TechXchange 2025 to help enterprises scale AI
• Announcing DataPower Nano Gateway and API Developer Studio: Two big steps for a developer-first, agentic AI future
• Announcing IBM Project Bob: Your AI partner for faster, smarter software development
• IBM named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management
• IBM named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Security Service Edge Services
• IBM named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Data Integration Software Platforms
• Trust by design: Embedding Governance into AI at Banco do Brasil
• IBM expands support services for virtual and physical firewalls

Education

• Upcoming webinar 19 November 2025: Backup & Protect your MS 365 Data and Entra ID service using Anycloud’s solutions hosted on IBM Cloud. Register here
• Explainers: become an expert on emerging and fundamental tech topics
• Building resilient applications with AI agents: Profiles, prescriptions and peace of mind
• 5 application development trends to watch in 2025 and 2026
• The CHRO's guide to AI in HR: Myths, mayhem and measurable impact
• The CIO's playbook for managing multi-agent AI systems
• Prepare your organization for Q-Day: 4 steps toward crypto-agility
• Kubernetes migration strategy and best practices

Previous editions

In case you missed it, here you are links of past months touchpoints:

• October 2025