IBM's (IBM) fourth-quarter results demonstrated solid growth across multiple business segments, prompting shares to jump 6% during early market action on Thursday. "IBM reported another overall beat ...

Confluent’s data-streaming platform helps data engineers move data that flows continuously – such as payments, orders and activity on a website – between databases, data lakes and AI systems. It also ...

IBM is betting $11 billion that real-time data infrastructure will become as critical to AI deployments as databases were to enterprise applications. The company's just-announced acquisition of ...

IBM acquires Confluent for $11 billion, signaling major expansion in AI data streaming infrastructure. Confluent stock jumps 29% as investors react to IBM’s transformative acquisition announcement.

IBM Corp. said today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire streaming data firm Confluent Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at about $11 billion, paying $31 per share in cash for all ...

IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and ...

Per a Wall Street Journal report, International Business Machines Corporation IBM is aiming to boost its cloud and data-services offerings by acquiring Confluent, Inc. CFLT, a leading ...

IBM is in advanced negotiations to acquire data infrastructure firm Confluent for approximately $11 billion. The potential deal, reported by the Wall Street Journal, could be announced imminently.

IBM (IBM) revealed today it plans to acquire Confluent (CFLT), a pioneer in data streaming, for about $11B, prompting Confluent shares to surge more than 25% during early Monday trading. Confluent ...

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IBM said it is acquiring Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion. The addition of Confluent will strengthen IBM's artificial intelligence portfolio. IBM will pay $31 per share in cash for all of the ...

Confluent surges after report of IBM’s $11B takeover talks. IBM seeks stronger cloud software momentum after recent slowdown. Deal underscores rising consolidation in data-infrastructure and AI ...