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Big Blue's Big Bet: IBM Buys AI Nervous System for $11B

On Dec. 8, 2025, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) announced one of its most significant strategic moves in years, ...

IBM Reportedly Nears $11 Billion Deal To Acquire Confluent, In Big Push Into Real-Time AI Data

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire data-infrastructure company ...
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IBM To Acquire Real-Time Data Leader Confluent In Blockbuster $11B Deal

IBM has struck a definitive agreement to buy real-time data streaming platform developer Confluent in a deal valued at $11 billion, the companies said Monday. IBM said that with Confluent’s technology ...
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IBM Research to Accelerate Big Data Discovery

The workspace includes access to diverse data sources, unique research capabilities for analytics such as domain models, text analytics and natural language processing capabilities derived from ...

CFLT stock price: IBM deal to buy Confluent for $11 billion shows investors still think AI is popping

News of the acquisition sent the data streaming platform’s shares up nearly 30% in trading on Monday. IBM announced on Monday ...
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IBM Goes Big On Data Observability With Databand.ai Acquisition

IBM expects that Databand.ai, along with IBM Observability by Instana APM and IBM Watson Studio, will help position IBM to address the full spectrum of IT data observability to find bad ...