International Business Machines News - March 17, 2026

IBM Completes $11B Confluent Deal, Accelerating Real-Time AI Data

IBM finalized its $11 billion acquisition of data-streaming platform Confluent. The transaction, first announced in December 2025, adds Confluent’s Apache...

IBM Scales NVIDIA Partnership, Targeting 83% Cost Savings for Enterprise AI

IBM expanded its collaboration with NVIDIA at GTC 2026 to move enterprise artificial intelligence projects into full production. The partnership focuses on...