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Ucanly is an IBM Silver Business Partner.

The partnership gives our clients certified access to IBM’s enterprise products, and gives them one company to hold responsible for making it all work.

IBM Silver Business Partner

What it means

It is a certification, not a logo

IBM grades its partners on real technical certifications and work they have actually delivered, not on how much they spend on marketing. Silver means our team holds current IBM qualifications and has met IBM’s standard for putting its technology into live use.

Three things change for you because of that. We can tell you honestly what IBM technology is good at and what it is not. When something breaks we have a direct line into IBM. And you can have licences, setup and ongoing support on one contract instead of three.

  • Real certificationsCurrent IBM qualifications in cloud, data and AI, held by the same engineers who do your work.
  • Direct access to IBMWe can bring in IBM solution architects, and we get IBM training and early access to new releases.
  • A real support routeWhen a problem genuinely sits with IBM, we raise it through the partner channel instead of joining a public queue.
  • One contract, one company responsibleLicences, design, setup and support in one agreement, with one company answerable for the result.

Portfolio

IBM technology we work with

We recommend these when they are genuinely the right answer. If an open source or another cloud option suits you better, we will say so. The partnership does not change our advice.

IBM watsonxBuild AI models, store the data behind them, and keep a record of what they do
IBM CloudCloud for work that has to stay in a particular country or meet strict rules
IBM Cloud PaksReady made software for joining systems up, handling data and automating work
Red Hat OpenShiftThe standard way to run applications the same way everywhere
IBM SecurityQRadar to spot attacks, Guardium to protect data and watch who touches it
IBM Db2Databases for daily transactions and for reporting, including moving off older ones
IBM PowerServers for work that needs raw speed and cannot afford to fall over
IBM Instana & TurbonomicSee what is happening across everything, and right size it automatically
IBM MaximoTrack physical assets and fix them before they break

Joint delivery

How a job with IBM technology runs

The partnership matters most in the middle of a project, not when you are buying. Here is where it actually shows up.

01 / CHECK

Does it even fit?

We match what you need against what IBM offers, honestly, including the times when the answer is no.

02 / BUY

Licences and cost

We work out what you will actually use before you buy it, so you are not paying for capacity that sits idle.

03 / SET UP

Certified people build it

Installed by engineers who hold the certifications, with IBM architects brought in when the job is complicated enough to need them.

04 / RUN

We keep it running

Ongoing support against agreed targets, with the direct line into IBM there if a problem turns out to be theirs.

For clients

Why a certified partner is different

Comparing an uncertified supplier with a certified IBM Business Partner
When this happensUncertified supplierCertified IBM partner
Something breaks in the product itself You join a public support queue, and you end up chasing both the supplier and IBM yourself. We raise it through the partner channel and deal with IBM support directly.
Buying licences Sold by a reseller who has no stake in whether what you bought matches what you build. Worked out against your actual design before you buy, by the same team that will build it.
Design decisions Based on reading the manual and general experience. Based on real certifications, plus IBM architects on the hard problems.
Something goes wrong at launch The vendor, the reseller and the builder all point at each other. One contract, one company answerable for licences, setup and support.
One thing worth saying. Being an IBM partner does not make us an IBM only shop. A good share of our work runs on AWS, Azure and open source, and most clients use a mix. If IBM is not the right fit for you, we will tell you. A partnership that costs you the right answer is worth nothing to either of us.

Talk to us

Thinking about IBM technology?

Come to us before you buy, not after. Checking whether it fits costs far less than a licence you never fully use.