On March 17, IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent, Inc., the data streaming platform used by more than 6,500 enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 500 — to power real-time operations. Under ...

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Confluent operates in a structurally growing real-time data streaming market, delivering double-digit revenue growth but remaining unprofitable. The company is expected to reach breakeven in 2027, ...

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American tech giant IBM announced last month the acquisition of Confluent, a pioneering company in data streaming, for $11 billion. The buyout will allow IBM to strengthen its AI platform and cloud ...

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International Business Machines Corp. is buying the data-streaming platform Confluent Inc. for $11 billion including debt, marking one of its largest takeovers yet and a major bet on the kind of ...

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 revenues and then onwards from there. IBM also wants to find the modern AI era ...

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 ...

I’m upgrading International Business Machines Corporation to a Buy as I believe the Confluent, Inc. acquisition could accelerate top-line growth via IBM’s distribution and Confluent Cloud synergies. I ...