IBM announced it would buy data streaming firm Confluent for $11 billion, the companies said in a statement on Monday morning, marking a major acquisition as the legacy tech company pushes to expand ...

IBM announced on Monday it is acquiring Confluent for $11 billion, sending shares of the data streaming platform up about 29% in morning trading. By midday trading, at the time of this writing, ...

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International Business Machines said Monday it agreed to acquire data-infrastructure company Confluent for around $11 billion. IBM agreed to pay $31 a share for Confluent. The Wall Street Journal ...

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IBM agreed to pay $31 a share for Confluent. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening that IBM and Confluent were in advanced deal talks.

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