IBM Acquires HashiCorp for $6.4 Billion

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.

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.

HashiCorp Acquires BluBracket

June 27, 2023

Cybersecurity

HashiCorp has acquired BluBracket, a Palo Alto-based startup that provides secret-scanning for source code and developer environments. BluBracket's detection and remediation capabilities will be integrated into HashiCorp Vault to expand Vault's secrets management and improve full secret-lifecycle management.

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 Accelalpha

September 9, 2024

IT Services

IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Accelalpha, a Bellevue-based Oracle Cloud Applications consultancy, from Century Park Capital Partners and other equityholders. The deal, expected to close in Q4 2024 pending customary approvals, will expand IBM Consulting's Oracle Cloud and supply‑chain/finance implementation and managed‑services capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

IBM to Acquire NS1

February 28, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

IBM has announced plans to acquire NS1, a New York–headquartered provider of network automation SaaS solutions, to strengthen its hybrid multicloud and network automation offerings. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2023; financial terms were not disclosed and NetBox Labs will be separated from NS1 with IBM taking an investment stake in NetBox Labs.