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IBM to Acquire Turbonomic

April 29, 2021

Software

IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Turbonomic, a Boston-based Application Resource Management (ARM) and Network Performance Management (NPM) software provider. The acquisition expands IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI capabilities by adding Turbonomic’s AIOps-driven optimization and observability technology to IBM’s Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps and Instana offerings.

IBM Acquires 7Summits from Sverica Capital Management

January 11, 2021

IT Services

IBM acquired 7Summits, a Milwaukee-based Salesforce digital solutions consultancy, from Sverica Capital Management. The acquisition adds Salesforce consulting, experience design and application development capabilities to IBM Global Business Services to support its hybrid cloud and AI strategy; financial terms were not disclosed.

IBM Acquires Taos to Boost Hybrid Cloud Consulting Capability

January 14, 2021

IT Services

IBM agreed to acquire Taos, a multi-cloud consulting and managed services provider headquartered in San Jose, California, to strengthen IBM's hybrid cloud consulting, migration and managed services capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal was announced in January 2021 (expected to close Q1 2021). Taos brings deep public-cloud partnerships (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) and experience across technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, transportation and education.

IBM Acquires Manta Software Inc.

October 24, 2023

Data & Analytics

IBM has acquired Manta Software Inc., a Prague-based data lineage platform, to strengthen its data and AI governance capabilities across watsonx.ai, watsonx.data and watsonx.governance. Financial terms were not disclosed; Manta’s technology will provide deeper data lineage and provenance visibility to improve model explainability and regulatory compliance.

IBM Acquires Instana

November 18, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Instana, an application performance monitoring and observability company headquartered in Chicago, to strengthen IBM's hybrid cloud and AI-powered automation capabilities. The deal (financial terms not disclosed) will integrate Instana's observability platform with IBM's Watson AIOps and Cloud Paks to help customers manage complex, cloud-native applications across hybrid environments.

IBM Acquires Apptio Inc.

June 26, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

IBM has acquired Apptio Inc. from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion, adding Apptio's FinOps and cloud cost-management SaaS capabilities to IBM's IT automation and watsonx AI portfolio. The deal is intended to create a 360-degree technology business management platform, drive synergies across IBM's automation, Red Hat and consulting businesses, and augment IBM's AI/data capabilities with Apptio's anonymized IT spend data.