IBM Acquires Gravitant to Boost Hybrid Cloud Capabilities

Highstreet IT Solutions Acquires Graviton Consulting Services

March 4, 2026

IT Services

Highstreet IT Solutions, a CIVC Partners portfolio company, announced the acquisition of Graviton Consulting Services, a public-sector-focused Oracle Cloud and ERP transformation and advisory services provider. The deal is intended to strengthen Highstreet’s public-sector capabilities and expand its strategic innovation platform, while preserving Graviton’s delivery leadership and client continuity.

Gravity Acquires coUrbanize

September 2, 2025

Government & Public Sector

Gravity, a public-sector financial reporting platform, has acquired coUrbanize, a GovTech community engagement SaaS. The deal integrates coUrbanize’s multilingual, ADA-compliant engagement tools and AI-powered reporting into Gravity’s budgeting and compliance platform to help governments meet 2026 ADA mandates and improve citizen engagement.

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 Sentaca to Boost Hybrid Cloud and 5G Consulting

February 1, 2022

Telecommunications

IBM has acquired Sentaca, a Boston-based telecom-focused cloud consulting and professional services firm, to accelerate its hybrid cloud consulting capabilities and strengthen its telco/5G offerings. Sentaca will join IBM Consulting’s Hybrid Cloud Services to help communications service providers and media companies modernize on multiple cloud platforms and drive new revenue streams.

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 to Acquire Nordcloud

December 22, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

IBM announced an agreement to acquire Nordcloud, a European provider of cloud implementation, application transformation, and managed services. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions, and Nordcloud will become an IBM company.