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List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM

The following is a partial list of IBM precursors, acquisitions and spinoffs. 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.

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 US$ because IBM is based in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.


This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Precursors 1889–1910

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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

The Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR),[1] renamed International Business Machines Corporation in 1924, was incorporated on June 15, 1911. CTR was formed through a merger of three separate corporations:[2]

Acquisitions during 1912–1999

Acquisitions since 2000

Acquisition Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
Jun 7, 2001 Mainspring Business strategy consulting 23x15px USA $80,000,000 [5]
Jul 2, 2001 Informix Corporation Database Software 23x15px USA $1,000,000,000 [6]
Jan 14, 2002 CrossWorlds Software, Inc. Software 23x15px USA $129,000,000 [7]
Jun 25, 2002 Metamerge Identity management 23x15px NOR [8]
Aug 19, 2002 Trellisoft, Inc. Enterprise storage 23x15px USA [9]
Sep 12, 2002 Holosofx, Inc. Business Process Management 23x15px USA, 23x15px EGY [10]
Oct 2, 2002 PWC Consulting from PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Consulting and Technology Services 23x15px USA $3,500,000,000 [11]
Oct 6, 2002 Access360 Software 23x15px USA [12]
Oct 7, 2002 EADS Matra Datavision Product lifecycle management 23x15px USA [13]
Nov 15, 2002 Tarian Software Records Management 23x15px CAN [14]
Feb 21, 2003 Rational Software Corporation Software Development 23x15px USA $2,100,000,000 [15]
May 14, 2003 Think Dynamics Software 23x15px CAN [16]
Jul 1, 2003 Information Laboratory Software 23x15px USA [17]
Jul 15, 2003 Aptrix Software 23x15px AUS [18]
Oct 17, 2003 CrossAccess Corporation Enterprise Information Integration 23x15px USA [19]
Nov 13, 2003 Productivity Solutions, Inc. Automated Self-Checkout Systems 23x15px USA [20]
Dec 17, 2003 Green Pasture Software, Inc. Content management software 23x15px USA [21]
Apr 6, 2004 Trigo Technologies Product information management 23x15px USA [22]
Apr 7, 2004 Daksh e-Services BPO Services Template:Country data IND $170,000,000 [23]
Apr 13, 2004 Business Continuity Services unit of Schlumberger IT Services 23x15px FRA [24]
Jun 7, 2004 Candle Corporation Infrastructure management 23x15px USA [25]
Jul 14, 2004 Alphablox Corporation Business Intelligence 23x15px USA [26]
Jul 29, 2004 Cyanea Systems Application management software 23x15px USA [27]
Oct 7, 2004 Venetica Enterprise Information Integration 23x15px USA [28]
Nov 19, 2004 Systemcorp ALG Ltd. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software 23x15px CAN [29]
Nov 23, 2004 Liberty Insurance Services Business process services 23x15px USA [30]
Dec 1, 2004 Maersk Data and DMdata from Maersk IT Services 23x15px DEN [31]
Dec 13, 2004 KeyMRO Procurement Services 23x15px FRA [32]
Jan 7, 2005 Systems Research & Development Identity management 23x15px USA [33]
Mar 16, 2005 Corio Application Services 23x15px USA $182,000,000 [34]
Apr 29, 2005 Ascential Software Corporation Enterprise Information Integration 23x15px USA $1,100,000,000 [35]
May 10, 2005 Gluecode Software Application Server 23x15px USA [36]
June 23, 2005 Meiosys Application Management 23x15px USA, 23x15px FRA [37]
Jul 25, 2005 PureEdge Solutions, Inc. Electronic Forms 23x15px CAN [38]
Jul 27, 2005 Isogon Corporation Asset Management 23x15px USA [39]
Aug 2, 2005 DWL Enterprise Information Integration 23x15px USA, 23x15px CAN [40]
Oct 14, 2005 DataPower Technology, Inc. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) 23x15px USA [41]
Nov 1, 2005 iPhrase Systems, Inc. Information management software 23x15px USA [42]
Nov 10, 2005 Network Solutions Pvt Ltd IT Services Template:Country data IND
Nov 15, 2005 Collation, Inc. Network management 23x15px USA [43]
Dec 20, 2005 Bowstreet, Inc. Portal-based tools 23x15px USA [44]
Jan 27, 2006 ARGUS Semiconductor Software From INFICON Semiconductor Manufacturing software 23x15px USA [45]
Jan 20, 2006 CIMS Lab, Inc. IT Financial Management 23x15px USA [46]
Feb 8, 2006 Viacore, Inc. Supply chain optimization 23x15px USA [47]
Feb 14, 2006 Micromuse, Inc. Network management 23x15px USA $865,000,000 [48]
Mar 16, 2006 Language Analysis Systems Identity management 23x15px USA [49]
May 2, 2006 BuildForge, Inc. Software Development 23x15px USA [50]
May 5, 2006 Unicorn Solutions, Inc. Metadata management Template:Country data ISR [51]
Jun 27, 2006 Rembo Technology Installation Software 23x16px  SUI [52]
Aug 1, 2006 Webify Solutions, Inc Service Oriented Architecture software 23x15px USA [53]
Sep 6, 2006 Global Value Solutions IT Services 23x15px BRA [54]
Oct 4, 2006 DORANA product line from Ubiquity Pty Limited Asset Management 23x15px AUS [55]
Oct 5, 2006 MRO Software Asset Management 23x15px USA $740,000,000 [56]
Oct 12, 2006 FileNet Corporation Content management software 23x15px USA $1,600,000,000 [57]
Oct 20, 2006 Internet Security Systems (ISS) Information security 23x15px USA $1,300,000,000 [58]
Oct 20, 2006 Palisades Technology Partners Management consulting 23x15px USA [59]
Jan 22, 2007 Consul Risk Management, Inc. Information security 23x15px NED [60]
Feb 13, 2007 Vallent Corporation Telecommunications Management 23x15px USA [61]
Mar 1, 2007 Softek Storage Solutions Corporation Data Mobility 23x15px USA [62]
Mar 18, 2007 BlackDot Networks, Inc. Enterprise Data Consulting 23x15px USA
Apr 20, 2007 Unicible IT Services 23x16px  SWI $460,000,000 [63]
Jul 20, 2007 Watchfire Corporation Security Software Testing 23x15px USA [64]
Aug 21, 2007 WebDialogs Web conferencing and communications 23x15px USA [65]
Aug 31, 2007 DataMirror Corporation Change Data Capture 23x15px CAN $161,000,000 [66]
Sep 10, 2007 Princeton Softech, Inc. Business Intelligence 23x15px USA [67]
Oct 24, 2007 NovusCG Storage Consulting and Technology Services 23x15px USA [68]
Jan 2, 2008 XIV Enterprise storage Template:Country data ISR Over $300M [69]
Jan 18, 2008 AptSoft Corporation Business Intelligence 23x15px USA [70]
Jan 29, 2008 Solid Information Technology Database Software 23x15px USA, 23x15px FIN [71]
Jan 31, 2008 Cognos Business Intelligence 23x15px CAN $5,000,000,000 [72]
Jan 31, 2008 Arsenal Digital Solutions Data backup services 23x15px USA [73]
Feb 15, 2008 Net Integration Technologies Inc. Business Server Software 23x15px CAN [74]
Mar 11, 2008 Encentuate, Inc. Enterprise Single Sign-On 23x15px USA [75]
Apr 3, 2008 Telelogic AB Enterprise software development 23x15px SWE $845,000,000 [76]
Apr 18, 2008 Diligent Technologies Data De-duplication Template:Country data ISR $200M [77]
Apr 21, 2008 FilesX Application Recovery Software 23x15px USA, Template:Country data ISR [78]
Apr 29, 2008 InfoDyne Corporation Data Feed Connectors 23x15px USA [79]
Jul 2, 2008 Platform Solutions Mainframe, System Z technologies 23x15px USA [80]
Jul 28, 2008 ILOG Business Rules Management Systems 23x15px FRA $340,000,000 [81]
Nov 18, 2008 Transitive Corporation Virtualization Software 23x15px USA, 23x15px UK [82]
Jan 15, 2009 Outblaze's E-Mail Service Assets Online messaging and collaboration Template:Country data HKG [83]
May 5, 2009 Exeros Assets Data Discovery Software 23x15px USA [84]
July 28, 2009 SPSS Inc. Statistical analysis software 23x15px USA $1,200,000,000 [85]
July 28, 2009 Ounce Labs Source code analysis 23x15px USA [86]
September 22, 2009 RedPill Solutions Analytics and Optimisation 23x15px Singapore [87]
November 30, 2009 Guardium Database monitoring and protection 23x15px USA, Template:Country data ISR [88]
December 16, 2009 Lombardi Business Process Management 23x15px USA [89]
January 20, 2010 National Interest Security Company, LLC Public sector consulting 23x15px USA [90]
February 3, 2010 Initiate Systems Data integrity software 23x15px USA [91]
February 16, 2010 Intelliden Inc. Network Automation software 23x15px USA [92]
May 3, 2010 Cast Iron Systems Cloud Integration 23x15px USA $190,000,000 [93] [94]
May 24, 2010 Sterling Commerce Business software integration 23x15px USA $1,400,000,000 [95]
June 15, 2010 Coremetrics Web Analytics 23x15px USA [96]
July 1, 2010 BigFix, Inc. Security and IT automation software 23x15px USA [97]
July 29, 2010 Storwize Data Compression 23x15px USA $140M [98]
August 10, 2010 Datacap Data capture and Content Management 23x15px USA [99]
August 13, 2010 Unica Corporation Marketing planning software 23x15px USA $480,000,000 [100]
September 15, 2010 OpenPages Integrated risk management solutions 23x15px USA [101]
September 20, 2010 Netezza Data warehousing and analytics 23x15px USA $1,700,000,000 [102]
September 27, 2010 BLADE Network Technologies Networking 23x15px USA [103]
October 13, 2010 PSS Systems Legal risk management 23x15px USA [104]
October 21, 2010 Clarity Systems Financial governance 23x15px CAN $350,000,000 [105]
March 22, 2011 Tririga Inc. Facility and Real Estate Management 23x15px USA [106]
August 31, 2011 i2 Limited Intelligence Analytics 23x15px UK [107]
September 1, 2011 Algorithmics Inc.[108] Risk Management 23x15px CAN $387,000,000 [109]
October 4, 2011 Q1 Labs[110] Security Intelligence 23x15px USA [111]
October 12, 2011 Platform Computing Cluster and Grid Management Software 23x15px CAN [112]
December 5, 2011 Cúram Software Smarter Cities 23x15px Ireland [113]
December 8, 2011 DemandTec Cloud-based Retail Analytics 23x15px USA $440,000,000 [114]
December 15, 2011 Emptoris Supply Chain Analytics 23x15px USA [115]
January 4, 2012 Green Hat (software company)[116] Cloud based software testing 23x15px USA, 23x15px UK [117]
January 31, 2012 Worklight Software Development Firm Template:Country data ISR $70,000,000 [118][119]
April 13, 2012 Varicent Compensation and Sales Performance Management Software Solutions 23x15px CAN [120]
April 25, 2012 Vivisimo Enterprise Search Software 23x15px USA [121]
May 2, 2012 Tealeaf Technology Customer Experience Analytics Software 23x15px USA [122]
August 16, 2012 Texas Memory Systems Solid State Storage 23x15px USA [123]
August 27, 2012 Kenexa Corporation Human Capital Solutions 23x15px USA $1,400,000,000[124] [125]
September 24, 2012 Butterfly Software Ltd. Data Analysis and Migration Software 23x15px UK [126]
December 19, 2012 StoredIQ Big Data Analysis 23x15px USA [127]
February 1, 2013 Star Analytics Business Analytics 23x15px USA [128][129]
April 22, 2013 UrbanCode Software delivery automation 23x15px USA [130]
June 4, 2013 SoftLayer Technologies Cloud Computing Infrastructure 23x15px USA $2,000,000,000[131] [132]
August 15, 2013 Trusteer Cyber Security Template:Country data Israel $1,000,000,000[133] [134]
September 19, 2013 Daeja Image Systems Viewer for document management systems 23x15px UK Not disclosed [135]
October 1, 2013 The Now Factory Mobile Networks Big Data Analytics 23x15px Ireland Not disclosed [136]
October 3, 2013 Xtify In-app mobile messaging and push notification tools 23x15px USA Not disclosed [137]
November 13, 2013 Fiberlink Communications Mobile Device Management 23x15px USA $330,000,000 [138]
December 19, 2013 Aspera, Inc. Data Transfer Technology 23x15px USA Not disclosed [139]
February 24, 2014 Cloudant, Inc. Database-as-a-Service 23x15px USA Not disclosed [140]
April 10, 2014 Silverpop Systems, Inc. Behavioral Marketing Automation 23x15px USA Not disclosed [141]
July 31, 2014 CrossIdeas Cloud Security 23x15px ITA Not disclosed [142]
August 11, 2014 Lighthouse Security Group Cloud Security 23x15px USA Not disclosed [143]
March 4, 2015 AlchemyAPI Natural language processing, big data 23x15px USA Not disclosed [144]
April 13, 2015 Explorys Healthcare analytics 23x15px USA Not disclosed [145]
April 13, 2015 Phytel Health management software 23x15px USA Not disclosed [146]

Spinoffs

  • 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.
  • 1972 SAP, world-leader in collaborative business software, founded by five former IBM employees (then System Analyse und Programmentwicklung)
  • 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.[147][148]
  • ARDIS mobile packet network, a joint venture with Motorola. Now Motient.
  • 1991 Lexmark (keyboards, typewriters, and printers). IBM retained a 10% interest. Lexmark has sold its keyboard and typewriter businesses.
  • 1991 Kalieda, a joint Multimedia software venture with Apple Computer.
  • 1992 Taligent, a joint software venture with Apple Computer.
  • 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.[149]
  • 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%. 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 Harddrives & The Microdrive. IBM continues to develop storage systems, including tape backup, storage software and enterprise storage.
  • December 2004 Lenovo Group 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 [150]
  • October 2014 IBM sells its microelectronics (computer chips) business to GlobalFoundries. IBM will pay GlobalFoundries $1.5 billion over 3 years to take over the business. [151]
  • January 2015 IBM sells Algorithmics Collateral to SmartStream Technologies [152]

See also

References

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  77. ^ "IBM Acquires Storage Company Diligent Technologies" (Press release). IBM. 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 
  78. ^ "IBM Completes Acquisition of FilesX" (Press release). IBM. 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 
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  82. ^ "IBM Announces Plans to Acquire Transitive" (Press release). IBM. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
  83. ^ "IBM Announces Intent to Acquire Outblaze's E-Mail Service Assets" (Press release). IBM. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
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