IBM has agreed to acquire data-infrastructure company Confluent in an all-cash deal valued at about $11 billion. The agreement values Confluent at $31 per share ...

International Business Machines ($IBM) has been one of 2025’s standout performers, with shares up more than 44% ...

IBM Corp. today announced the launch of Guardium Data Security Center, a new platform that has been designed to help organizations address the growing data security risks associated with hybrid cloud ...

IBM's $11B Confluent acquisition completes its hybrid cloud stack, with Kafka streaming joining Red Hat and HashiCorp for enterprise AI infrastructure.

IBM advances AI strategy with $11B Confluent acquisition, boosting real-time data processing and hybrid cloud capabilities.

The next wave of cloud evolution will center on converged data security platforms—architectures that unify policy enforcement ...

While $11 billion is a lot of money to spend, IBM is betting that acquiring Confluent and its popular data streaming platform will generate a superior return compared to the capex-heavy strategies of ...

Startups and well-established vendors alike have a new acronym in their arsenals: DSPM, or data security posture management, which can extend data security practices from on-premises environments to ...

“We believe there will be added demand because a combined portfolio is more interesting,” IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said on an earnings call. IBM executives painted the planned $6.4 billion purchase of ...