Forbes

IBM’s $11 Billion Bet On A Data Streaming Infrastructure Company

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 ...
CRN

IBM To Acquire Real-Time Data Leader Confluent In Blockbuster $11B Deal

With AI applications and agents increasing the demand for trusted real-time data, IBM plans to combine the Confluent platform with its AI infrastructure software and automation systems. IBM has struck ...
insideHPC

The Next-Level of Operationalizing Machine Learning: Real-time Data Streaming into Data Science Environments

New Stack’s Streaming Data and the Future Tech Stack report (2019) show a 500% percent increase in the number of companies processing data in real-time for AI/ML use cases. And experts posit a more ...
Seeking Alpha

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

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 ...
insideHPC

IoT Feeds Data Stream to AI Application Converge for Real-time, Sideline Insights

Pundits have claimed the arrival of the “year of AI” many times over the last few decades. How well have those predictions worked out? But with today’s cheaper computing and more streaming data, ...