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List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM

IBM has undergone a large number of mergers and acquisitions during a corporate history lasting over a century; the company has also produced a number of spinoffs during that time.

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The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between IBM and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in USD because IBM is based in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.

Precursors 1889–1910

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Herman Hollerith initially did business under his own name, as The Hollerith Electric Tabulating System, specialising in punched card data processing equipment.[1] In 1896 he incorporated as the Tabulating Machine Company.

  • 1889 Bundy Manufacturing Company incorporated.
  • 1891 Computing Scale Company incorporated.
  • 1893 Dey Patents Company (soon renamed the Dey Time Register Company) incorporated.
  • 1894 Willard & Frick Manufacturing Company (Rochester, New York) incorporated.
  • 1896
    • Detroit Automatic Scale Company incorporated.
    • Hollerith incorporates the Tabulating Machine Company. Will be reincorporated in 1905.
  • 1899 Standard Time Stamp Company acquired by Bundy Manufacturing Company.
  • 1900
    • International Time Recording Company incorporated, acquiring the time-recording business of the Bundy Manufacturing Company and the Willard & Frick Manufacturing Company (Rochester).
    • Chicago Time-Register Company acquired by International Time Recording Company.
    • Dayton Moneyweight Scale Company acquired by Computing Scale Company.
    • Detroit Automatic Scale Company acquired by Computing Scale Company.
  • 1905 Hollerith reincorporates as The Tabulating Machine Company.[2]
  • 1907 Dey Time Register Company acquired by International Time Recording Company.
  • 1908 Syracuse Time Recorder Company acquired by International Time Recording Company.

Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, 1911

Since the 1960s or earlier, IBM has described its formation as a merger of three companies: The Tabulating Machine Company (1880s origin in Washington, DC), the International Time Recording Company (ITR; 1900, Endicott), and the Computing Scale Company of America (1901, Dayton, Ohio).[3][4][5] However, there was no merger, it was an amalgamation, and an amalgamation of four, not three, companies.[6] The 1911 CTR stock prospectus states that the Bundy Manufacturing Company was also included.[7] While ITR had acquired its time recording business in 1900 Bundy had remained a separate entity producing an adding machine and other wares.

CTR owned the stock of the four companies; CTR neither produced nor sold any product; the four companies continued to operate, as before, under their own names.

Acquisitions during 1912–1999

1912–1929

  • 1917
    • American Automatic Scale Company acquired as International Scale Company.
    • CTR consolidates three already-existing Canadian companies: The Canadian Tabulating Machine Co., Ltd, the International Time Recording Co. of Canada, Ltd., and the Computing Scale Co. of Canada, Ltd., in a new holding company, International Business Machines Co., Ltd.[8]
  • 1921
    • Pierce Accounting Machine Company (asset purchase).
    • Ticketograph Company (of Chicago).
  • 1923
  • 1924
    • CTR was renamed "IBM".

1930–1949

  • 1930 Automatic Accounting Scale Company.
  • 1932 National Counting Scale Company.
  • 1933 The separate companies were integrated in 1933 as IBM and the holding company eliminated.[10]
  • 1933 Electromatic Typewriters Inc. (See: IBM Electromatic typewriter)
  • 1941 Munitions Manufacturing Corporation.

1950–1969

1970–1989

1990–1999

  • 1993
    • CGI Informatique (France), bought in 1993, ran independently until 1996, and was then progressively absorbed by IBM, country by country, this process being achieved in 1999.
  • 1994
    • Transarc (Transarc Corporation bought by IBM in 1994, became part of IBM proper in 1999 as the IBM Pittsburgh Lab)[11]
  • 1995
  • 1996
    • Wilkerson Group
    • Tivoli Systems, Inc. for $743 million.
    • Data Sciences Ltd, prior to 1991 comprising Thorn EMI Software, Datasolve and the Corporate Management Services Division of Thorn EMI, for £95 million.[12]
    • Object Technology International (OTI) is acquired by IBM
    • Cyclade Consultants (Netherlands)
    • Fairway Technologies
    • Professional Data Management, Inc. / LifePRO[13]
  • 1997
    • Software Artistry for $200 million.
    • Unison Software.
    • Dominion Semiconductor (Manassas, VA) is created by forming a 50/50 joint venture with Toshiba to produce 64MB and 256MB DRAM chips. Administrative offices are located in Building 131 the former IBM Federal Systems campus now primarily owned by Lockheed Martin; the new state-of-the-art fabrication facility was built from on adjacent land.
  • 1998
    • CommQuest Technologies.
    • DataBeam Corporation, Lexington, KY
    • Ubique Ltd., Israel
  • 1999

Acquisitions from 2000 - 2019

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Number of acquisitions per year according to table below:

  • In 2019 IBM acquired 1 company
  • In 2018 IBM acquired 3 companies
  • In 2017 IBM acquired 3 companies
  • In 2016 IBM acquired 12 companies
  • In 2015 IBM acquired 13 companies
  • In 2014 IBM acquired 4 companies
  • In 2013 IBM acquired 9 companies
  • In 2012 IBM acquired 9 companies
  • In 2011 IBM acquired 8 companies
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June 7, 2001 Mainspring Business strategy consulting  USA $80,000,000 [14]
July 2, 2001 Informix Corporation Database software  USA $1,000,000,000 [15]
Jan 14, 2002 CrossWorlds Software, Inc. Software  USA $129,000,000 [16]
June 25, 2002 Metamerge Identity management  NOR [17]
Aug 19, 2002 Trellisoft, Inc. Enterprise storage  USA [18]
Sep 12, 2002 Holosofx, Inc. Business Process Management  USA,  EGY [19]
Oct 2, 2002 PWC Consulting from PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Consulting and Technology Services  USA $3,500,000,000 [20]
Oct 6, 2002 Access360 Software  USA [21]
Oct 7, 2002 EADS Matra Datavision Product lifecycle management  USA [22]
Nov 15, 2002 Tarian Software Records Management  CAN [23]
Feb 21, 2003 Rational Software Corporation Software Development  USA $2,100,000,000 [24]
May 14, 2003 Think Dynamics Software  CAN [25]
July 1, 2003 Information Laboratory Software  USA [26]
July 15, 2003 Aptrix Software  AUS [27]
Oct 17, 2003 CrossAccess Corporation Enterprise Information Integration  USA [28]
Nov 13, 2003 Productivity Solutions, Inc. Automated Self-Checkout Systems  USA [29]
Dec 17, 2003 Green Pasture Software, Inc. Content management software  USA [30]
April 6, 2004 Trigo Technologies Product information management  USA [31]
April 7, 2004 Daksh e-Services BPO Services  IND $170,000,000 [32]
April 13, 2004 Business Continuity Services unit of Schlumberger IT Services  FRA [33]
June 7, 2004 Candle Corporation Infrastructure management  USA [34]
July 14, 2004 Alphablox Corporation Business intelligence  USA [35]
July 29, 2004 Cyanea Systems Application management software  USA [36]
Oct 7, 2004 Venetica Enterprise Information Integration  USA [37]
Nov 19, 2004 Systemcorp ALG Ltd. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software  CAN [38]
Nov 23, 2004 Liberty Insurance Services Business process services  USA [39]
Dec 1, 2004 Maersk Data and DMdata from Maersk IT Services  DEN [40]
Dec 13, 2004 KeyMRO Procurement Services  FRA [41]
Jan 7, 2005 Systems Research & Development Identity management  USA [42]
March 16, 2005 Corio Application Services  USA $182,000,000 [43]
April 29, 2005 Ascential Software Corporation Enterprise Information Integration  USA $1,100,000,000 [44]
May 10, 2005 Gluecode Software Application Server  USA [45]
June 23, 2005 Meiosys Application Management  USA,  FRA [46]
July 25, 2005 PureEdge Solutions, Inc. Electronic Forms  CAN [47]
July 27, 2005 Isogon Corporation Asset Management  USA [48]
Aug 2, 2005 DWL Enterprise Information Integration  USA,  CAN [49]
Oct 14, 2005 DataPower Technology, Inc. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)  USA [50]
Nov 1, 2005 iPhrase Systems, Inc. Information management software  USA [51]
Nov 10, 2005 Network Solutions Pvt Ltd IT Services  IND
Nov 15, 2005 Collation, Inc. Network management  USA [52]
Dec 20, 2005 Bowstreet, Inc. Portal-based tools  USA [53]
Jan 27, 2006 ARGUS Semiconductor Software From INFICON Semiconductor Manufacturing software  USA [54]
Jan 20, 2006 CIMS Lab, Inc. IT Financial Management  USA [55]
Feb 8, 2006 Viacore, Inc. Supply chain optimization  USA [56]
Feb 14, 2006 Micromuse, Inc. Network management  USA $865,000,000 [57]
March 16, 2006 Language Analysis Systems Identity management  USA [58]
May 2, 2006 BuildForge, Inc. Software Development  USA [59]
May 5, 2006 Unicorn Solutions, Inc. Metadata management  USA [60]

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June 27, 2006 Rembo Technology Installation Software   SUI [62]
Aug 1, 2006 Webify Solutions, Inc Service Oriented Architecture software  USA [63]
Sep 6, 2006 Global Value Solutions IT Services  BRA [64]
Oct 4, 2006 DORANA product line from Ubiquity Pty Limited Asset Management  AUS [65]
Oct 5, 2006 MRO Software Asset Management  USA $740,000,000 [66]
Oct 12, 2006 FileNet Corporation Content management software  USA $1,600,000,000 [67]
Oct 20, 2006 Internet Security Systems (ISS) Information security  USA $1,300,000,000 [68]
Oct 20, 2006 Palisades Technology Partners Management consulting  USA [69]
Jan 22, 2007 Consul Risk Management, Inc. Information security  NED [70]
Feb 13, 2007 Vallent Corporation Telecommunications Management  USA [71]
March 1, 2007 Softek Storage Solutions Corporation Data Mobility  USA [72]
March 18, 2007 BlackDot Networks, Inc. Enterprise Data Consulting  USA
April 20, 2007 Unicible IT Services   SWI $460,000,000 [73]
July 20, 2007 Watchfire Corporation Security software testing  USA [74]
Aug 21, 2007 WebDialogs Web conferencing and communications  USA [75]
Aug 31, 2007 DataMirror Corporation Change Data Capture  CAN $161,000,000 [76]
Sep 7, 2007 Qinnova, Inc. Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)  CAN [77]
Sep 10, 2007 Princeton Softech, Inc. Business intelligence  USA [78]
Oct 24, 2007 NovusCG Storage Consulting and Technology Services  USA [79]
Jan 2, 2008 XIV Enterprise storage  ISR Over $300M [80]
Jan 18, 2008 AptSoft Corporation Business intelligence  USA [81]
Jan 29, 2008 Solid Information Technology Database software  USA,  FIN [82]
Jan 31, 2008 Cognos Business intelligence  CAN $5,000,000,000 [83]
Jan 31, 2008 Arsenal Digital Solutions Data backup services  USA [84]
Feb 15, 2008 Net Integration Technologies Inc. Business Server Software  CAN [85]
March 11, 2008 Encentuate, Inc. Enterprise Single Sign-On  USA [86]
April 3, 2008 Telelogic AB Enterprise software development  SWE $845,000,000 [87]
April 18, 2008 Diligent Technologies Data De-duplication  USA $200,000,000 [88]
April 21, 2008 FilesX Application Recovery Software  USA,  ISR [89]
April 29, 2008 InfoDyne Corporation Data Feed Connectors  USA [90]
July 2, 2008 Platform Solutions Mainframe, System Z technologies  USA [91]
July 28, 2008 ILOG Business Rules Management Systems  FRA $340,000,000 [92]
Nov 18, 2008 Transitive Corporation Virtualization Software  USA,  UK [93]
Jan 15, 2009 Outblaze's E-Mail Service Assets Online messaging and collaboration  HKG [94]
May 5, 2009 Exeros Assets Data Discovery Software  USA [95]
July 28, 2009 SPSS Inc. Statistical analysis software  USA $1,200,000,000 [96]
July 28, 2009 Ounce Labs Source code analysis  USA [97]
September 22, 2009 RedPill Solutions Analytics and Optimisation  SGP [98]
November 30, 2009 Guardium Database monitoring and protection  USA,  ISR [99]
December 16, 2009 Lombardi Business Process Management  USA [100]
January 20, 2010 National Interest Security Company, LLC Public sector consulting  USA [101]
February 3, 2010 Initiate Systems Data integrity software  USA [102]
February 16, 2010 Intelliden Inc. Network Automation software  USA [103]
March 1, 2010 Wilshire Credit Corporation Assets Mortgage Business Processing Services  USA [104]
May 3, 2010 Cast Iron Systems Cloud Integration  USA $190,000,000 [105] [106]
May 24, 2010 Sterling Commerce Business software integration  USA $1,400,000,000 [107]
June 15, 2010 Coremetrics Web Analytics  USA [108]
July 1, 2010 BigFix, Inc. Security and IT automation software  USA [109]
July 29, 2010 Storwize Data Compression  USA $140,000,000 [110]
August 10, 2010 Datacap Data capture and Content Management  USA [111]
August 13, 2010 Unica Corporation Marketing planning software  USA $480,000,000 [112]
September 15, 2010 OpenPages Integrated risk management solutions  USA [113]
September 20, 2010 Netezza Data warehousing and analytics  USA $1,700,000,000 [114]
September 27, 2010 BLADE Network Technologies Networking  USA [115]
October 13, 2010 PSS Systems Legal risk management  USA [116]
October 21, 2010 Clarity Systems Financial governance  CAN $350,000,000 [117]
March 22, 2011 Tririga Inc. Facility and Real Estate Management  USA [118]
August 31, 2011 i2 Limited Intelligence Analytics  UK [119]
September 1, 2011 Algorithmics Inc.[120] Risk Management  CAN $387,000,000 [121]
October 4, 2011 Q1 Labs[122] Security Intelligence  USA [123]
October 12, 2011 Platform Computing Cluster and Grid Management Software  CAN [124]
December 5, 2011 Cúram Software Smarter Cities  IRL [125]
December 8, 2011 DemandTec Cloud-based Retail Analytics  USA $440,000,000 [126]
December 15, 2011 Emptoris Supply Chain Analytics  USA [127]
January 4, 2012 Green Hat (software company)[128] Cloud based software testing  USA,  UK [129]
January 31, 2012 Worklight Software Development Firm  ISR $70,000,000 [130][131]
April 13, 2012 Varicent Compensation and Sales Performance Management Software Solutions  CAN [132]
April 25, 2012 Vivisimo Enterprise Search Software  USA [133]
May 2, 2012 Tealeaf Technology Customer Experience Analytics Software  USA [134]
August 16, 2012 Texas Memory Systems Solid State Storage  USA [135]
August 27, 2012 Kenexa Corporation Human Capital Solutions  USA $1,400,000,000[136] [137]
September 24, 2012 Butterfly Software Ltd. Data Analysis and Migration Software  UK [138]
December 19, 2012 StoredIQ Big Data Analysis  USA [139]
February 1, 2013 Star Analytics Business Analytics  USA [140][141]
April 22, 2013 UrbanCode Software delivery automation  USA [142]
June 4, 2013 SoftLayer Technologies Cloud Computing Infrastructure  USA $2,000,000,000[143] [144]
July 9, 2013 CSL International Cloud Computing  ISR Not Disclosed [145]
August 15, 2013 Trusteer Cyber Security  ISR $1,000,000,000[146] [147]
September 19, 2013 Daeja Image Systems Viewer for document management systems  UK Not disclosed [148]
October 1, 2013 The Now Factory Mobile Networks Big Data Analytics  IRL Not disclosed [149]
October 3, 2013 Xtify In-app mobile messaging and push notification tools  USA Not disclosed [150]
November 13, 2013 Fiberlink Communications Mobile Device Management  USA $330,000,000 [151]
December 19, 2013 Aspera, Inc. Data Transfer Technology  USA Not disclosed [152]
February 24, 2014 Cloudant, Inc. Database-as-a-Service  USA Not disclosed [153]
April 10, 2014 Silverpop Systems, Inc. Behavioral Marketing Automation  USA Not disclosed [154]
May 19, 2014 Cognea Cognitive computing (conversational artificial intelligence platform)  USA Not disclosed [155]
July 31, 2014 CrossIdeas Cloud Security (Identity and Access Governance)  ITA Not disclosed [156]
August 11, 2014 Lighthouse Security Group Cloud Security  USA Not disclosed [157]
March 4, 2015 AlchemyAPI Natural language processing, big data  USA Not disclosed [158]
Mar 25, 2015 Lufthansa's IT Infrastructure Unit (LHSystems) IT Infrastructure servicing Lufthansa and its subsidiaries (Technik, Cargo, LSG Skychefs, etc.)
Although purchase price is difficult to find, IBM positioned this acquisition as "winning 'an outsourcing contract' worth US$ 1.25B"[159]		  USA DE [160]
March 27, 2015 Blekko Web Search Engine, Cognitive Computing  USA Not disclosed [161]
April 13, 2015 Explorys Healthcare analytics  USA Not disclosed [162]
April 13, 2015 Phytel Health management software  USA Not disclosed [163]
June 3, 2015 Bluebox Private Cloud as a Service  USA Not disclosed [164]
July 23, 2015 Compose Inc. Database as a Service  USA Not disclosed [165]
August 6, 2015 Merge Healthcare Inc. Healthcare imaging software  USA $1,000,000,000 [166]
September 10, 2015 StrongLoop Inc. Mobile API capabilities  USA Not disclosed [167]
September 28, 2015 Meteorix LLC Consulting services for Workday applications  USA Not disclosed [168]
October 28, 2015 The Weather Company digital assets Weather data sources and analytics, related online and mobile products  USA Not disclosed [169][170][171]
November 3, 2015 Gravitant, Inc Cloud brokerage software and cloud management  USA Not disclosed [172]
November 6, 2015 Cleversafe Object-based storage software  USA $1,309,000,000[173] [174]
December 8, 2015 Clearleap Cloud-based video management  USA Not disclosed [175]
January 15, 2016 Iris Analytics Real time transaction fraud detection  GER Not disclosed [176]
January 21, 2016 Ustream Streaming video  USA Not disclosed [177]
January 28, 2016 Resource/Ammirati Digital marketing and creative agency  USA Not disclosed [178]
February 2, 2016 Aperto AG Digital marketing and creative agency  GER Not disclosed [179]
February 3, 2016 ecx.io AG Digital marketing and creative agency  GER Not disclosed [180]
February 18, 2016 Truven Health Analytics Provider of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights  USA $2,600,000,000 [181]
February 29, 2016 Resilient Systems Cyber security, incident response platform  USA Not disclosed [182]
March 18, 2016 Optevia Specialist provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM based solutions and associated services to the public sector  UK Not disclosed [183]
March 31, 2016 Blue Wolf Group LLC Salesforce systems integrator and professional services  USA $200,000,000 [184]
June 1, 2016 EZSource Application discovery and dashboard visualization  ISR Not disclosed [185]
September 29, 2016 Promontory Financial Group Risk management and regulatory compliance  USA Not disclosed [186]
October 27, 2016 Sanovi Technologies Hybrid cloud recovery  IND Not disclosed [187]
February 3, 2017 Agile 3 Solutions Information security  USA Not disclosed [188]
May 2, 2017 Verizon – Cloud services Cloud services  USA Not disclosed [189]
May 31, 2017 XCC (division of TIMETOACT) Collaboration software  GER Not disclosed [190]
September 24, 2017 Cloudigo Data Center Company  Israel Not disclosed [191]
October 5, 2017 Vivant Digital Innovation Consultancy  AUS Not disclosed [192]
May 3, 2018 Armanta, Inc. Aggregation/analytics software for financial services firms  USA Not disclosed [193]
June 15, 2018 Oniqua Holdings Pty Ltd. Intelligent maintenance repair and operations (MRO) solutions  USA AUS Not disclosed [194]
July 9, 2019 Red Hat Provider of open source software and solutions  USA $34,000,000,000 [195][196]
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Acquisitions since 2020

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Number of acquisitions per year according to table below:

  • In 2020 IBM acquired 6 companies
  • In 2021 IBM acquired 7 companies
  • In 2022 IBM acquired 3 companies
  • In 2023 IBM acquired 3 companies
  • In 2024 IBM acquired 2 companies
  • In 2025 IBM acquired 1 company
June 15, 2020 Spanugo US-based provider of cloud cybersecurity posture management solutions  USA Not disclosed [197]
July 8, 2020 WDG IBM to Acquire WDG Automation to Advance AI-Infused Automation Capabilities for Enterprises  BRA Not disclosed [198]
November 16, 2020 TruQua Enterprises Acquisition enhances IBM's expertise in migrating financial platforms to SAP  USA Not disclosed [199]
November 18, 2020 Instana Acquisition continues to advance IBM's Hybrid Cloud and AIOps strategy with Application Performance Management and enterprise Observability capabilities  USA Not disclosed [200]
December 15, 2020 Expertus Technologies Inc. Digital payments provider  CAN Not disclosed [201]
December 21, 2020 Nordcloud Acquisition enhances IBM's Hybrid Cloud Consulting capabilities  FIN Not disclosed [202]
January 11, 2021 7Summits Acquisition drives digital transformations for Salesforce clients  USA Not disclosed [203]
Jan 14, 2021 Taos Acquisition to expand hybrid cloud consulting services  USA Not disclosed [204]
April 15, 2021 myInvenio Acquisition to help Organizations Use AI-powered Automation to Better Streamline Business Processes  ITA Not disclosed [205]
May 18, 2021 Waeg Acquisition to expand Salesforce consulting services  Belgium Not disclosed [206]
June 17, 2021 Turbonomic Acquisition to expand AIOps (the use of AI to automate IT Operations) to application and infrastructure observability. This also included SevOne, a network performance management solution as part of the acquisition.  USA Estimated $1,500,000,000 - $2,000,000,000 [207] [208][209]
July 8, 2021 BoxBoat Technologies DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider  USA Not disclosed [210]
July 15, 2021 Bluetab Solutions Group, S.L. Hybrid cloud data and analytics consulting  SPA Not disclosed [211]
Feb 15, 2022 Neudesic Cloud services consultancy specializing primarily in the Microsoft Azure platform, along with bringing skills in multicloud  USA Not disclosed [212]
September 22, 2022 Dialexa Digital product engineering services  USA Not disclosed [213]
December 2022 Octo  USA Not disclosed
February 8, 2023 StepZen GraphQL-as-a-Service  USA Not disclosed [214]
May 16, 2023 Polar Security Cyber Security, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)  ISR $60,000,000 [215]
June 26, 2023 Apptio Software-as-a-service  USA $4,600,000,000 [216]
December 18, 2023 Streamsets Data integration  GER [217]
March 20, 2024 Pliant Network and IT infrastructure automation  USA Not disclosed [218]
April 24, 2024 HashiCorp Infrastructure and security automation  USA $7,700,000,000 [219]
February 25, 2025 DataStax AI applications  USA Not disclosed [220]

Spin-offs

  • 1934 – Dayton Scale Division is sold to the Hobart Manufacturing Company.
  • 1942 – Ticketograph Division is sold to the National Postal Meter Company.
  • 1958 – Time Equipment Division is sold to the Simplex Time Recorder Company.
  • 1974 – Service Bureau Corporation sold to Control Data Corporation
  • 1984 – Prodigy, formerly a joint venture with Sears, Roebuck and Company.
  • 1985 – Satellite Business Systems sold to MCI Communications
  • 1988 – Copier/Duplicator business, including service and support contracts, sold to Eastman Kodak.[221][222]
  • 1990 – ARDIS mobile packet network, a joint venture with Motorola. Motorola buys IBM's 50% interest in 1994. Now Motient.
  • 1991 – Lexmark (keyboards, typewriters, and printers). IBM retained a 10% interest. Lexmark has sold its keyboard and typewriter businesses.
  • 1991 – Kaleida, a joint Multimedia software venture with Apple Computer.
  • 1992 – Taligent, a joint software venture with Apple Computer.
  • 1992 – IBM's personal computer manufacturing divisions, combined and spun off to form the autonomous subsidiary IBM Personal Computer Company (later IBM Personal Systems Group).
  • 1992 – IBM Commercial Multimedia Technologies Group, spun off to form private company Fairway Technologies.
  • 1992 – IBM sells its remaining 50 percent stake in the Rolm Company to Siemens A.G. of Germany.[223]
  • 1994 – Xyratex enterprise data storage subsystems and network technology, formed in a management buy-out from IBM.
  • 1995 – Advantis (Advanced Value-Added Networking Technology of IBM & Sears), a voice and data network company. Joint Venture with IBM holding 70%, Sears holding 30%. IBM buys Sears' 30% interest in 1997. AT&T acquires the infrastructure portion of Advantis in 1999, becoming the AT&T Global Network. IBM retained business and strategic outsourcing portions of the joint venture.
  • 1994 – Federal Systems Division sold to Loral becoming Loral Federal Systems. The Federal Systems Division performed work for NASA. Loral was later acquired by Lockheed Martin.
  • 1996 – Celestica, Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS).
  • 1998 – IBM Global Network sold to AT&T to form AT&T Business Internet.
  • 1999 – Dominion Semiconductor (DSC) IBM sells its 50% share to JV partner Toshiba. DSC becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba.
  • 2001 – Information Services Extended department, developer of specialized databases and software for telephone directory assistance, is spun off to form privately held company ISx, Inc (later sold to Local Matters).
  • December 31, 2002 – IBM sells its HDD business to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for approximately $2 billion. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies now provides many of the hardware storage devices formerly provided by IBM, including IBM hard drives and the Microdrive. IBM continues to develop storage systems, including tape backup, storage software and enterprise storage.
  • December 2004 – Acquisition of the IBM PC business by Lenovo: Lenovo acquires 90% interest in IBM Personal Systems Group, 10,000 employees and $9 billion in revenue.
  • April 3, 2006 – Web analytics provider Coremetrics acquires SurfAid Analytics, a standalone division of IBM Global Services. The deal was said to be in the "eight-figure" range, making it worth at least $10 million. (Note: Since then Coremetrics has in turn been acquired by IBM)
  • January 25, 2007 – Three-year joint venture with IBM Printing Systems division and Ricoh to form new Ricoh-owned subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, for $725 million.
  • September 2009 – IBM launches online business IT video advice service in association with GuruOnline.
  • September 2009 – IBM sells its U2 multivalue database and application development products (created by VMark, UniData, System Builder and Prime Computer, obtained via the Informix acquisition) to Rocket Software
  • April 2012 – IBM sells its Retail Store Solutions division (Point-of-Sales) to Toshiba TEC[224]
  • January 2014 – IBM sells its IBM System x business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion.[225]
  • October 2014 – IBM sells its Microelectronics (semiconductor) branch to GlobalFoundries. IBM will pay GlobalFoundries $1.5 billion over 3 years to take over the business.[226]
  • December 2014 – UNICOM Global acquires IBM Rational Focal Point and IBM Rational Purify Plus.[227]
  • January 2015 – IBM sells Algorithmics Collateral to SmartStream Technologies [228]
  • December 2015 – UNICOM Global acquires IBM Rational System Architect [229]
  • December 2018 – HCL Technologies to acquire Select IBM Software Products for $1.8B.[230]
  • July 2019 – IBM Watson Marketing business spins off into standalone company Acoustic, after acquisition by Centerbridge Partners[231][232]
  • October 8, 2020 – IBM announced it was spinning off the Managed Infrastructure Services unit of its Global Technology Services division into a new public company, an action expected to be completed by the end of 2021.[233]
  • November 3, 2021 Kyndryl. IBM distributed 80.1% of its Kyndryl shares to IBM shareholders.
  • January 21, 2022 – IBM announced that it would sell Watson Health to the private equity firm Francisco Partners.[234]
  • August 22, 2023 — IBM announced that the private equity firm Francisco Partners would acquire The Weather Company assets.[235]

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