At a Glance

  • DXC Technology said in a Monday announcement that it has deployed Amazon Quick, AWS's new agent-building workspace, for its 115,000 employees. According to DXC, this is one of the largest enterprise deployments of Amazon Quick since its release in October.
  • The IT services and consulting firm is taking a "customer zero" approach to drive agentic AI adoption, stress-testing Amazon Quick while providing feedback to AWS on progress. Ramnath Venkataraman, president of DXC's Consulting and Engineering Services, told Channel Dive that more than 40,000 DXC engineers are already using AI assistants to access agent-building knowledge, tools, and prototypes.
  • "This is not just a collaboration," Venkataraman said in the announcement. "It's a launchpad for AI-driven enterprise transformation, with a focus on making AI practical, scalable, and embedded into daily operations, rather than just a tool for bystanders."

Deep Dive

The expansion of the AWS partnership aligns with DXC's broader AI hub strategy and the industry-wide push to overcome adoption barriers.

In December, the company launched AdvisoryX, a global consulting arm designed to help clients bridge the growing gap between AI expectations and actual returns on technology investments.

AdvisoryX found that most organizations face significant AI implementation hurdles and struggle to clearly articulate the business value of use cases to senior leadership. A survey of nearly 2,500 IT decision-makers uncovered a potential high-value gap, with 75% of respondents saying they are actively seeking partners to scale AI applications.

DXC's consulting arm combines deep engineering talent with a strong AWS expertise foundation built around mainframe modernization and cloud migration projects. The agentic AI practice further extends this long-standing partnership.

"This is a step to ensure we stay in sync with our partner ecosystem and customer needs," Venkataraman said. "Being able to collaborate with customers and guide them from point A to point B is where the AdvisoryX business comes in. It builds on the knowledge of engineers and translates that into specific business applications."

Within the first 20 days of using the AWS suite, DXC engineers built approximately 400 agents.

"Early results are already starting to show," Venkataraman said. "We can build on this to help customers, especially those with an existing AWS installation base."