Ibm today announced a definitive agreement to acquire varicent software incorporated, a leading provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. The company employs about 350,000 people as of 2018, ibm annual report globally. Ibm investor relations events and presentations are listed here. In 2011, data management was the largest ibm software product family, based on worldwide sales. Computershare, microsofts transfer agent, administers a direct stock purchase plan and a divident reinvestment plan for the company. Sc media home security news reboot 2012 top mergers and acquisitions activity in 2012. The ibm software is fueled by expertise, built for change,and ready for work. The transaction, expected to close by mid2019, addresses a potential. Ibm today announced it has completed the acquisition of varicent software incorporated, a leading provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. Ibm investor relations news and events selected acquisitions. The following is a partial list of ibm precursors, amalgamations, acquisitions and spinoffs. Ibm news room 20120523 ibm completes acquisition of. Ibm stock dips on mixed earnings, withdraws 2020 guidance.
Ibm sees software acquisitions key to profit rise reuters. Since ibm never called, heres the strategy anyway forbes. In november 2012, ibm announced it would be dropping the lotus brand and moving forward with the ibm brand only to identify products, including notes and domino. During ibm s investor briefing on february 25, ginni rometty and the senior management team discussed the progress of the companys transformation, and described how ibm is becoming more than a hardware, software and services company.
Software vendors, 3q 2012, forrester research inc, aug 2012. Ibm has undergone a large number of such during a corporate history lasting over a century. International business machines corporation common stock. Data sciences ltd, prior to 1991 named thorn emi software, for. Ibm operates one of the worlds broadest security research and. Ibm press room ibm today announced a definitive agreement to acquire varicent software incorporated, a leading provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. Top mergers and acquisitions activity in 2012 sc media. Ibm investor relations news and events event calendar.
Gartners business intelligence magic quadrant dominated by acquisitions, specialty vendors. Through its combination of social software, analytics, content. Ibm bets on mergers and algorithms for growth financial. Seeking to beef up its smarter commerce initiative with cloudbased analytics, ibm thursday moved to acquire san mateo, calif. However, most ibm followers see reason for optimism longterm. Ibm has become a skilled acquirer, said steve mills, senior vice president and group executive for software and systems. Ibm snaps up demandtec for cloudbased commerce analytics. Ibm is getting ready to fight for a place in the cloud. The table below is an incomplete list of acquisitions, with each acquisition. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between ibm and the subject of the acquisition. Varicent is a privately held company, with headquarters in toronto, canada. Links to press release of selected ibm acquisitions. Kenexa acquisition to drive ibms growth in the cloud.
Ibm has been paying dividends since 19, and has consistently increased its dividend since 1999. Ibm stock dipped after firstquarter ibm earnings beat on the bottom line but missed on revenue as the computer giant withdrew 2020 guidance. Attunity, aquafold, hit software, information builders, jaspersoft, lavastorm, qliktech, and tableau software. Ibm api connect cloud service offers additional ordering options for ibm api connect reserved instance to enhance. Why did ibm sell lotus and other software products to hcl. And as ibm continues to evolve over the next few years, it will become even more of a software company. The ibm investor relations, website contains information about ibm for current stockholders. On october 9, 2018, ibm announced the availability of the latest version of the client and server software. May 2012 vivisimo april 2012 green hat january 2012 butterfly software ltd. Ibms ginni rometty leaves behind a mixed legacy as ceo. Articles and viewpoints articles, commentary and viewpoints to aid understanding ibm s current thoughts, positions, strategy and business.
List of mergers and acquisitions by alphabet wikipedia. Arvind krishna, 57, is ibm senior vice president for cloud and cognitive software, where he leads the ibm business unit that provides the cloud and data platform on which ibms clients build the. Ibms acquisition activity throughout 2012 reflects the companys longterm growth goals in the cloud and business analytics, with second quarter acquisitions such. September 2012 kenexa august 2012 varicent software april 2012 worklight january 2012 back to top. Software vendors that play in the ibm i arena and who made acquisitions or announcements related to big data last year include. Acquisitions press releases on selected acquisitions. Event calendar recent and upcoming event information. Here are historically all the 21 ibms acquisitions of storage companies. Software companies are on an acquisition tear as tech companies seek. Ibm press room ibm today announced the closing of its acquisition of kenexa. Ibm investor relations ibm aquisition performance on track. Software companies are spending billions on acquisitions, but how. Ibm increases big data portfolio with acquisition of start.
Leaving aside the figures for a moment, loughbridge also explained why 2011 was such quiet year on the acquisitions front. Ibm expands smarter commerce initiative with demandtec. Ibm and kenexa, the expected timetable for completing the transaction. Find the latest earnings report date for international business machines corporation common stock ibm at. To find out more about these programs you may contact computershare directly at 800 2857772, option 1, between. The hype surrounding socalled big data technologies continued to grow in 2012. Ibm news room 20121204 ibm completes acquisition of. Gartners business intelligence magic quadrant dominated. Running under the theme of manage your challenges today, foresee those of tomorrow, the ibm software day will attract more than 250 senior business decision makers and it executives from a wide range of verticals including government, utilities, healthcare.
Ibm today announced it has completed the acquisition of platform computing, a privately held company headquartered in toronto, ontario, canada. Ibm closes acquisition of platform computing big blue plans to integrate platform computing, a specialist in cluster, grid and cloud management software for distributed computing environments, with its ibm systems and technology group. Articles and viewpoints articles, commentary and viewpoints to aid understanding ibms current thoughts, positions, strategy and business. The acquisition bolsters ibms leadership in helping clients embrace social business. Ibm increases big data portfolio with acquisition of startup storediq in active data management software and ediscovery this is a press release edited by on december 20, 2012. At ibm, integrating acquisitions is one of the things we specialize in. Since then, he has lead a major transformation of the ibm security product portfolio, and integrated a number of strategic acquisitions that broadened ibm securitys capabilities in the market. Ibm smartcloud notes delivers email, calendar and scheduling, and.
Google is a computer software and a web search engine company that acquired, on average, more than one company per week in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, denis began leading product development for the newly formed ibm security business unit. Ibm investor relations ibm updates reporting segments. Information about the various models and series of thinkpad notebooks in the form of brochures, case studies, data sheets, news, presentations, press releases, reference guides, technical information, white. The ibm collaboration suite, notes domino, sametime, portal and connections was sold to hcl technologies in december 2018. The transaction is by far ibms biggest acquisition. Kenexa bolsters ibms leadership in helping clients embrace social business capabilities while gaining actionable insights from the enormous streams of information generated from social networks every day. Ibms analytics, smarter planet push q4 growth, buying. Growing software sales help the companys bottom line, whereas hardware sales and service revenue struggle. Ibm may acquire more software companies this year following two recent purchases as it tries to boost softwares share of total ibm profit to 50 percent, according to analysts. Ibm completes acquisition of varicent software al bawaba. Join us for an executive briefing on ibms information management product portfolio, including background on ibms recent acquisitions and 2012 information integration and data governance strategies.
In depth view into international business machines net divestitures acquisitions annual including historical data from 1970, charts, stats and industry comps. That goal is made more difficult by current weakness in certain highmargin divisions like software and software integration services. It underscores ibm chief executive ginni romettys efforts to expand the companys. To view by specific announcement type, click category below. Oracle displaces ibm as second biggest software vendor by. Ginni rometty, ibms ceo who led the company since 2012 stepped down, but she will stay in ibm in the role of executive chairman of the board until the end of 2020 when she plans to retire after.
Ibm forecast tops estimates after earnings rise on software. Ibm makes and sells computer hardware and software and provides a wide range of technology and business consulting services to clients on all continents. Ibm margins narrow while it struggles to end sales slide. June 2012 ibm smartcloud for social business leads in 11 of 18 categories. In addition, ibm offers outsourcing, infrastructure, hosting and. Ibms stock price is driven by global business demand for it services, particularly software and global technology services.
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