Google has recognized Persistent as a top-of-the-mind partner for enterprises looking to speed up and scale out sophisticated machine learning (ML) models. The Google Cloud ML Services specialization, formally announced in January 2024, is a testament to our expertise in channelling data analytics, AI, and ML to accelerate clients’ pivots to AI-driven, data-centric organizations.
As a Google Cloud Premier Partner, we have fostered our strategic relationship with Google during the last decade. With a dedicated Google Cloud business unit comprising more than 1,500 GCP-certified professionals, Persistent accesses all of Google’s cloud capabilities as it works with clients on their most challenging IT and business issues. Our recent Google specialization comes as Persistent was recently recognized by Gartner as a Challenger in its 2023 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services for our expertise in harnessing the power of cloud technologies and commitment to reshaping industries in a cloud-first world.
Leveraging cloud capabilities to operationalize ML engines has been a key focus area at Persistent, and our efforts continue to garner recognition from other third-party analyst firms as well. Our experts can turn around an MVP ML model in just 90 days, aligned with business needs on highly specific use cases. For a leading US e-commerce firm, Persistent deployed ML models 80% faster with a GCP-hosted, ready-to-consume data platform that abstracted feature engineering, language homogenization, and data classification. The model latency was more than halved, helping the client improve customer engagement by 10%. For our value proposition, solution-led approach, and investments in technologies like AI, Everest recognized Persistent as a Leader in its 2023 PEAK Matrix Assessment on Data and Analytics Services for Mid-Market Enterprises.
With more than 100 certified ML engineers on Google’s VertexAI platform, Persistent is helping clients implement Predictive AI and Generative AI use cases using various VertexAI services. Our domain expertise in Healthcare, Banking and Financial Services, Retail, and HiTech is helping our clients quickly realize the value of their data assets using our ML capabilities on GCP. Our product engineering mindset, clubbed with data analytics expertise, helps us create bespoke solutions catering to unique client needs. Our continued investments toward training personnel and developing off-the-shelf solutions using GCP’s AI/ML services accelerate innovation for our clients.
Asheesh Sharma, Associate Vice President, Engineering, Persistent Google Business Unit
A success factor in ML implementations is access to niche talent. Our clients turn to Persistent for its data analytics experts who bring value-adding skills to drive use case-specific ML models from ideation to implementation. For our curated talent pool, Persistent was named a Leader in Everest Group’s Talent Readiness for Next-Generation IT Services PEAK Matrix Assessment 2023. This recognition reflects Persistent’s strong mix of next-gen-ready resources built on the back of a strong L&D program and supported by analytics solutions across the entire talent value management chain.
Our collaboration with Google delivers solutions that have a major impact within various industries. For example, Persistent worked with a multinational healthcare firm to slash experimental costs by 60% with Google Cloud Storage and BigQuery. The team leveraged GCP’s best-in-class solutions to establish an enterprise-ready data foundation, connect sources and ingestion to GCP, and automate data fetching. Real-time data processing and automated workflows allowed the client to scale up experiments by a factor of 125 and improved turnaround times with reduced manual errors.
We are also collaborating with Google Cloud to envision how clients can take advantage of Large Language Models and Generative AI (GenAI) for real business value. In fact, our early commitment to GenAI gained us industry recognition from HFS, which named Persistent as a GenAI Market Leader in its recently released HFS Horizons: Generative Enterprise™ Services 2023 report. This market positioning gives us a unique vantage point to develop new GenAI use cases throughout different industries and stay ahead of this rapidly evolving trend.
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