A new technical paper titled “Next generation Co-Packaged Optics Technology to Train & Run Generative AI Models in Data Centers and Other Computing Applications” was published by researchers at IBM.

Confluent’s data-streaming platform helps data engineers move data that flows continuously – such as payments, orders and activity on a website – between databases, data lakes and AI systems. It also ...

I’m upgrading International Business Machines Corporation to a Buy as I believe the Confluent, Inc. acquisition could accelerate top-line growth via IBM’s distribution and Confluent Cloud synergies. I ...

IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and ...

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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.

Dec. 8 (UPI) --IBM announced Monday its buying out Confluent, a steaming platform, in a multi-billion-dollar deal. Confluent stock shares spiked nearly 30% and IBM at about 1$ after it was revealed ...

IBM is close to finalizing a deal to buy Confluent, a company that provides technology for managing real-time data streams used in large artificial intelligence models, reported The Wall Street ...

The move reflects a rapidly intensifying race among technology giants to strengthen the data foundations required for generative and agentic AI. Source: IBM IBM has AI on its mind with plans to ...

IBM said Monday it’s buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help bolster the technology company’s artificial intelligence strategy. The two companies said they ...

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna and Fitch Ratings are separately questioning the wisdom of trillions of dollars in planned data center spending by the world’s largest tech companies, adding a pair of credible ...

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