IBM acquires Israel-based XIV for undisclosed sum
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International Business Machines Corp.  said on Wednesday it had acquired XIV, a privately held storage technology company based in Tel Aviv.
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IBM (Quote, Chart) announced Tuesday that it will acquire Venetica to manage access to its DB2 Information Integrator for Content software.
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IBM Corp. on Thursday won EU approval for its largest acquisition ever, the $5 billion cash purchase of "business intelligence" specialist Cognos Inc.
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Lenovo Group, China&#39;s personal computer giant, Wednesday signed a definitive agreement with IBM to acquire Big Blue&#39;s personal computer
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IBM's purchase of XIV is rare indeed for a company that hasn't purchased storage IP in recent memory. What adds spice to this deal is the fact that XIV's chairman is the legendary Moshe Yanai -- the man many regard as the father of EMC's flagship storage array, Symmetrix.
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IBM on Friday announced it acquired privately held Systems Research & Development (SRD), for an undisclosed amount, to fill out its business intelligence middleware portfolio.
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IBM has signed a seven-year, &#36;969.2 million contract with British bank Lloyds TSB to supply it with Internet telephony and data services, IBM said on Monday.
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IBM announced Monday that it has won a 10-year contract from Honeywell International Inc. worth several hundred million dollars. The agreement between IBM&#39;s Engineering &amp; Technology Services unit and Honeywell&#39;s
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Special incentives offered to steal customers from Internet Security Systems after it was bought by IBM.
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(InfoWorld) - IBMÂ is looking to add real-time capabilities to its data integration software by buying Canadian firm DataMirrorÂ for about C$170 million (US$162.3 million). The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire all outstanding DataMirror common shares for C$27 per share, they announced Monday. IBM's offer represents a premium of 19.4 percent compared with the average trading price of DataMirror's common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the last 20 days. In Monday midmorning trading, DataMirror's shares rose 4.2 percent on the news, up from Friday's close of C$22.50. Subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, the deal is set to close in the third quarter of this year. DataMirror's Transformation Server software identifies and captures data that has been added, updated, or deleted, and it enables the changed information to be delivered in real time to processes, applications, and databases. IBM previously partnered with DataMirror, pointing customers to the vendor whenever they needed heterogenous real-time change data-capture software. However, recently, it became clear that IBM needed to own the technology since more and more of its users required it. "DataMirror's capabilities are very important for our Information on Demand strategy," said Michael Curry, director, product strategy and management, information platform and solutions at IBM. Having the ability to note data changes as they occur and react accordingly is vital for users of dynamic warehouses, master data management, and service-oriented architecture, he added. Information on Demand is designed to give users access to all kinds of data regardless of where it's stored in their enterprises. A key piece of that strategy isÂ Information Server, data integration software IBM released last year, based on technology it acquired through the 2005 $1.1 billion purchase of Ascential. IBM plans to continue offering DataMirror's data integration, auditing, high availability, and data replication software as stand-alone products as well as incorporating them into Information Server, Curry said. "We've already seen very strong traction for Information Server," he added. Acquiring DataMirror is testimony to the fact that the Information Server business is growing so well that IBM continues to invest in the product, Curry said. IBM expects to release a more detailed road map for DataMirror once the acquisition has closed. DataMirror will become part of IBM's Information Management Software unit, which is headed up by Ambuj Goyal. IBM was particularly attracted to DataMirror by its very broad support of different types of data, Curry said. The Canadian vendor provides data integration on Windows, Unix, IBM's System i servers and mainframes and supports databases from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase. DataMirror also has its own Java database called PointBase. There's no real overlap between DataMirror's technologies and what IBM already has, Curry said. IBM already provides some data capture capabilities but they're limited to its DB2 database. IBM intends to continue DataMirror's partnerships with other vendors, notably BEA Systems, Business Objects, Microsoft, and Oracle. Such relationships are vital to ensure that IBM can be effective in offering heterogenous data integration, Curry said. With its headquarters in Markham, Ontario, DataMirror has around 2,200 customers. IBM hopes to retain all of the firm's 220-plus staff, Curry said.
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IBM is celebrating a seven-year contract to provide voice and data solutions to Lloyds TSB, as part of the largest European IT deal of its kind, worth an estimated Â£500m.
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International Business Machines   Corp said on Friday it has agreed to buy in-memory  database software provider Solid Information Technology from  private owners for an undisclosed sum.
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IBM has bought XIV, an Israeli manufacturer of SAN (storage area network) equipment. XIV's main product is Nextra, a storage system based on a grid of standard hardware components.
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RealNetworks plans to acquire South Korean mobile entertainment provider WiderThan Co. in a cash deal worth around $350 million.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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IBM &lt;IBM.N&gt; and Lehman Brothers &lt;LEH.N&gt; have agreed to pay nearly US$17 million for 7.7 percent of Kingdee International Software Group Ltd. &lt;0268.HK&gt;, aiming to establish an alliance under which Big Blue will help the Chinese software firm re-design its...
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IBM has signed a 7-year, &#36;969 million contract with British bank Lloyds TSB to supply it with Internet telephony and data services, The U.S.-based computer giant said on Monday.
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IBM  said on Wednesday it is  buying privately held AptSoft Corp to expand its business event  processing software portfolio.