IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings

IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to to bolster its data and automation ...

How quantum computing could put IBM back on top again

Big Blue has been working on the next-gen technology for decades, and now has major breakthroughs in its sights. We get a ...

Confluent surges after IBM reveals plan to acquire data streaming pioneer for $11B

IBM acquires Confluent for $11B to boost real-time data streaming for AI. Discover how this deal could reshape enterprise AI ...
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IBM Broadens Its Enterprise Software Stack With Confluent Buy

This year, about 45 percent of the revenues at Big Blue will come from software. But IBM wants to push this up to half of ...

What the head of IBM’s $500 million AI and quantum venture fund is looking for in a startup

Emily Fontaine is the global head of venture capital at IBM. The company’s venture fund, IBM Ventures, is a $500 million fund currently focused mostly on AI and quantum computing. So far it has made ...

IBM's CEO says there is no AI bubble: report

IBM ( IBM) CEO Arvind Krishna believes there is no AI bubble, the executive said on a podcast with The Verge. BofA maintained ...
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IBM was early to AI, then lost its way. CEO Arvind Krishna explains what's next

IBM is angling hard for an AI comeback story, and CEO Arvind Krishna is counting on a recent pivot to get it there. Since May, the company has reintroduced the Watson brand as part of the company's ...
Ars Technica

What is a "Retirement Benefit Account" -- IBM to scrap 401(k)s

It essentially will be whatever IBM wants it to be; as a matter of fact I am 95+% certain this is the point of it, to move to a vehicle that is entirely within IBM's control to shape, including ...