IBM Engineering AI Hub: AI that works inside your ELM environment

SodiusWillert provides IBM Engineering AI Hub and guides you from licensing to daily use. Built for aerospace, defense, and automotive teams where every requirement, test, and change must be accounted for.

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WHAT IS IBM ENGINEERING AI HUB?

A solution for engineering teams that need AI they can trust

IBM Engineering AI Hub adds AI assistants directly to IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM). They work on the requirements, work items, models, and tests your teams already manage in DOORS Next, Engineering Workflow Management (EWM), Engineering Test Management, and Rhapsody. Engineers stay in charge: they review, refine, and approve what the AI suggests.

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Grounded in your data

The AI reads your actual requirements, tasks, and models, not documents pasted into a chat window. Answers and suggestions fit your project.

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People stay in charge

AI proposes; engineers review, refine, and approve. People stay accountable for the final decisions.

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Fits your compliance needs

It deploys in the cloud, on your own servers, or in air-gapped environments, so it can align with your organization's security and compliance standards.

CAPABILITIES

Optimize every step of your engineering process

Each assistant takes over one task your engineers do by hand today. Together, they cut the time spent searching, summarizing, and drafting, so people spend more time deciding.

Better requirements

Checks requirements for clarity and consistency, and suggests better wording as they're written.

Ask, don't search

Lets engineers ask questions in plain language and get answers straight from the requirements they're currently working in.

Quick catch-up

Summarizes long tasks, defects, features, and open issues, so anyone can get up to speed without reading everything.

Faster planning

Drafts clear, well-structured epics, features, and user stories, including success and acceptance criteria, from minimal input, so planning starts from a strong first draft.

From words to models

Finds use cases and actors in written requirements and helps add them to your Rhapsody model, linked to their source, so modeling starts sooner.

Test coverage, faster

Cuts the manual work of drafting test cases and detailed test scripts from selected requirements, linked back to their source, so engineers review and refine instead of writing from scratch.

The missing piece between your connected data and your engineering goal

Your goal: deliver complex, regulated systems faster, without losing traceability. ELM already connects your requirements, work, models, and tests. What has been missing is AI that uses that connected data safely. IBM Engineering AI Hub closes that gap.

Without AI Hub

  • Generic AI tools lack the engineering context your projects need
  • Custom integrations add ongoing maintenance work
  • Disconnected AI assistants give inconsistent outputs and governance gaps
  • Your experts spend more time reviewing

With AI Hub

  • AI works from your ELM requirements, work items, models, tests, and traceability
  • It runs inside the ELM environment your engineers already use, not in customer-built integrations
  • ELM permissions, policies, and guardrails apply across AI interactions, managed centrally
  • Outputs are grounded in traceable engineering data, and engineers review, refine, and approve them
HOW WE HELP

Our services: from licensing to daily use

Buying, setting up, and rolling out AI Hub each raise their own questions. SodiusWillert takes you through all three, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Licensing & Procurement

As an official IBM official reseller, we help you navigate IBM's licensing model. IBM Engineering AI Hub is licensed based on how much your teams actually use it. We help you estimate that usage up front, so you don't overpay or run short and only buy the right amount, at the right price.
 
We help you:
  • Estimate how much your teams will use each assistant;
  • Compare licensing options and recommend the best fit for you;
  • Choose the AI provider that fits your security and privacy needs.

Implementation & Deployment

We install and connect IBM Engineering AI Hub to the tools your engineers already use, in the environment your security policy requires: cloud, on your own servers, or fully offline.

We help you:
  • Check your systems are ready before implementation begins;
  • Install and configure AI Hub in your chosen environment;
  • Connect it securely to your AI provider of choice;
  • Roll out assistants one at a time, in the order that helps most.
Training & Adoption
Getting the software installed is the easy part. We train your teams on the assistants that matter to their day-to-day work, and help you keep review and sign-off habits in place.
 
We:
  • Train engineers, reviewers, and managers on what's relevant to them;
  • Integrate AI review steps into your existing sign-off process;
  • Track usage so you always know where you stand against your license;
  • Stay supported as IBM adds new assistants over time.
Why SodiusWillert?

More than an IBM ELM partner

We have spent our history connecting engineering data across the IBM ELM tools you already use, and beyond them. Rolling out AI Hub is the same job, applied to AI.

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We know your tools

Years of hands-on work inside DOORS Next, EWM, and Rhapsody mean we set up AI Hub around the way your teams actually work, not a generic checklist.

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We look beyond ELM

Engineering data lives in more than one tool. We treat AI Hub as part of your whole toolchain, not a stand-alone install.

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We make licensing simple

IBM's licensing model can be confusing. We turn it into a plain, upfront plan that your engineering and finance teams both understand.

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We understand your industry

Aerospace, defense, and automotive compliance rules shape every recommendation we make — including which decisions stay with your engineers.

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One team, the whole way

Buying, setup, and training all come from one accountable partner, SodiusWillert.

SUPPORT AND RESOURCES

Everything you need to get up and running with IBM Engineering AI Hub

A few places to go next, whether you want the short version, a live look, or a straight answer about your own environment.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The things most engineering leaders ask before bringing AI Hub into their organization.

What is IBM Engineering AI Hub?

It's a set of AI assistants built directly into IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management. It helps engineers write clearer requirements, catch up on tasks faster, and link requirements to model elements, and draft tests from requirements, all using your own project data.

Do we need to change our ELM setup to use it?
You'll need a supported version of DOORS Next, EWM, or Rhapsody. SodiusWillert checks your current setup first and tells you exactly what's needed before anything is installed.
Is our engineering data safe?

IBM Engineering AI Hub applies your ELM permissions, policies, and guardrails to AI interactions, so access stays within the controls you already have. Engineers review, refine, and approve what the AI suggests.

Can it run without an internet connection?
Yes. IBM Engineering AI Hub supports cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped installation, which suits programs with strict security rules.
Which AI providers does it work with?
IBM Engineering AI Hub supports IBM watsonx.ai, Amazon Bedrock, and Azure AI (added in version 1.4). That lets you align it with the AI provider your organization already uses.
How is it priced?

It uses ELM token licensing, so cost follows how much your teams use it. SodiusWillert estimates your expected usage upfront, so you know the cost before you commit.

How long does it take to set up?
It depends on your environment, but most organizations can have a first assistant live within a few weeks once licensing and prerequisites are sorted out.
What does SodiusWillert do that IBM doesn't?

IBM builds and licenses the product. SodiusWillert works out the right license for your organization, sets it up around your existing tools, and trains your teams to actually use it day to day.

Can we start small?
Yes. Most organizations start with one or two assistants, usually requirements quality or quick catch-up, before rolling out the rest.
Where do organizations like us usually start?
Most organizations start with whichever of these sounds most familiar:
  • Test cases eating weeks out of every release. We connect requirements to AI-generated test cases and scripts, with the review step your quality process needs.
  • Requirement reviews running longer than they should. We set up AI-assisted quality checks that catch issues while requirements are being written, not during the review meeting.
  • Leads spending hours writing user stories from scratch. We configure the planning assistants around your own work item types and process.
  • Engineers already using tools like GitHub Copilot. We connect AI Hub so requirements and work item context shows up right where developers already work.
 
Don't hesitate to contact us to explore how your organization can benefit from IBM Engineering AI Hub.

Ready to see if AI Hub is a fit for your team?

Talk to SodiusWillert about what it would take to license, set up, and roll out IBM Engineering AI Hub for your engineering teams.