ServiceNow and IBM expand collaboration on enterprise data and legacy application modernization

ServiceNow and IBM agreed an expanded, multi-year collaboration aimed at two obstacles to enterprise AI: data that is not ready for AI and older application layers. Joint solutions cover application modernization, enterprise data governance and autonomous infrastructure operations, with availability expected in the second half of 2026. The release pairs ServiceNow's Workflow Data Fabric and Data Catalog with IBM watsonx.data, IBM Bob and Instana, and also names Red Hat Ansible and HashiCorp Terraform and Vault.

• Multi-year expanded collaboration announced June 11, 2026
• Joint solutions expected in the second half of 2026
• ServiceNow says more than 100 billion workflows run on its platform each year
• Named products include IBM Bob, IBM watsonx.data, Workflow Data Fabric and Data Catalog