IBM's $11B Confluent acquisition completes its hybrid cloud stack, with Kafka streaming joining Red Hat and HashiCorp for enterprise AI infrastructure.

According to a press release, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Confluent announced that IBM will acquire all ...

90% of IT leaders are boosting investments in DSPs in 2025 “From powering agentic AI to enabling real-time fraud detection, data streaming platforms are quickly becoming the fuel for modern ...

In hyper-competitive streaming, platforms win or lose based on the strength of their data and AI infrastructure. Few leaders have shaped this foundation as directly as Manoj Yerrasani, who oversees ...

Confluent survey: 90% of respondents say data streaming platforms can lead to more product and service innovation in AI and ML development 86% of respondents cite data streaming as a strategic or ...

Investment in data streaming is ballooning as firms chase AI dreams yet find themselves tangled in a growing thicket of platforms. A new report from Conduktor said adoption is soaring, but so are ...

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 ...

New features include a Real-time Context Engine for GenAI Agents and MCP Server—uniting AI-assisted pipelines, unified orchestration, cost optimization, and observability in a single serverless ...

The proposed deal will see IBM acquire Confluent for $31 per share, which is a 30% premium over Confluent’s stock price prior to the deal being announced. The deal has garnered support from investors ...

The hottest big data tools in 2025 include Amazon Aurora DSQL, Snowflake Intelligence, and the Databricks Lakebase.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confluent, Inc. (Nasdaq: CFLT), the data streaming pioneer, today released findings from its fourth annual Data Streaming Report, which surveyed 4,175 IT leaders across 12 ...