| July 2019 | Partnership | IBM and AT&T have signed a multi-year strategic alliance to support each other in cloud and software-defined networking in a multi-year partnership. As part of the deal, AT&T Business Solutions will migrate its internal software applications to the IBM cloud. IBM, for its part, will make AT&T Business its primary provider of software-defined networking (SDN). AT&T Business was previously IBM's strategic global networking provider. |
| August 2017 | Partnership | IBM Corporation partnered with Cisco Systems to provide software-defined network solutions. Software-defined networking provides core capabilities that make networks more secure and stable to allow SDN to fulfill the needs of a hybrid cloud environment. |
| September 2019 | Agreement | IBM signed an agreement with Avaya Holdings Corp.—a software solution company—to offer hybrid cloud solutions. These solutions enhance Avaya’s ReadyNow private cloud unified communications and contact center globally, resulting in the expansion of Avaya Holdings Corp.’s business. |
| September 2019 | Partnership | IBM Corporation partnered with Primerica, Inc., a leading insurance and financial services company, to offer hybrid cloud solutions for accelerating their innovation and modernize their internal and customer-facing applications. |
| July 2019 | Acquisition | IBM Corporation completed the acquisition of Red Hat—a software development company. The acquisition is expected to strengthen the capabilities of IBM Corporation and allow the company to offer new and agile hybrid cloud solutions to its users. |
| January 2018 | Partnership | IBM Corporation partnered with Salesforce.com, Inc., a cloud-based software company for the development of new solutions for the enterprise customers with the help of IBM Cloud and Watson services, and Salesforce Quip & Salesforce Service Cloud Einstein. This partnership will strengthen the business capabilities of the enterprises |
| – | – | IBM launched an 8-bit analog chip that uses projected phase change memory. This product can be used to achieve high-performance deep learning in low-power environments such as edge applications and IoT. |
| – | – | IBM introduced a new technology platform—AI OpenScale that addresses the challenges of AI adoption. The AI OpenScale makes it possible to create complex, deep neural networks from the start. This bridges the AI skill gaps and accelerates AI scaling. |
| – | – | IBM launched its next-generation power system servers using POWER9 processor which is built specifically for intensive AI functionalities. POWER9 systems are used for improving training times of deep learning frameworks allowing enterprises to build AI applications faster. |
| July 2018 | Partnership | IBM Corporation signed an agreement with Spanish electricity grid operator Red Eléctrica de España, sole transmission agent and operator of the national electricity system in Spain, to offer IBM Watson IoT technologies for intelligent asset management project. |
| June 2018 | Acquisition | IBM Corporation acquired Oniqua Holdings Pty Ltd, a global modernizer in maintenance repair and operations (MRO) inventory optimization solutions and services. This acquisition leads to strengthening IBM's Asset Optimization Practice, |
| September 2019 | Collaboration | IBM collaborated with the city of Los Angeles and the LA cyber lab in order to help the local businesses fight against cybercrime. With this, IBM provided technologies and data that enabled local businesses to have an edge against cyberattacks. |
| July 2019 | Acquisition | IBM acquired Red Hat, a multinational software company. This acquisition helped IBM to extend its cloud-based products and services. Red Hat has added to the growth of IBM in terms of the cloud-related business. |
| June 2018 | Acquisition | IBM acquired Oniqua Inc., which is among the global leaders in maintenance repair and operations (MRO), inventory management solutions, and other services. This acquisition has strengthened the hardware warranty and maintenance services of IBM. |
| May 2015 | Acquisition | IBM acquired Phytel, Inc., a leading provider of integrated population health management software, based in Texas, US. With this acquisition, IBM expanded its product portfolio. |
| January 2018 | Partnership | IBM announced its strategic partnership with Salesforce, the global leader in CRM. The partnership is expected to integrate the services of IBM Cloud and Watson with Salesforce Quip and Salesforce Service Cloud Einstein to enable companies to connect with their customers and collaborate more effectively with deeper insights. |
| March 2019 | Product Launch | IBM launched a new suite of IIOT (industrial internet of things) solutions for predictive maintenance that uses advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. The solution will minimize the risk of failure associated with physical assets including manufacturing robots, vehicles, turbines, electrical transformers, elevators, and mining equipment. |
| Feb 2019 | Product Launch | IBM launched asset performance management tools to enter the industrial IoT market. The applications, which fall under the IBM Maximo Asset Performance Management (APM) product line, are aimed at making IBM more competitive with vendors such as GE’s industrial IoT solutions as well as upstarts such as Uptake and C3. |
| Sep 2017 | Agreement | IBM Corporation signed an agreement with the US Army to offer cloud services, including predictive maintenance to augment the maintenance and repair of military vehicles. |
| June 2019 | Product Launch | IBM launched the IBM POWER9-based IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers for IBM Cloud. Clients can access IBM Power Systems virtual servers in North America via the IBM Cloud catalog to provide powerful scaleup compute for AIX and IBM in workloads for hybrid cloud. |
| September 2021 | Product Enhancement | New features have been added to IBM Watson to make it a better virtual agent for call centers and other organizations. Watson has also worked with enterprise communications platform IntelePeer to make Watson available to contact centers as a white-label voice assistant without the need for coding. Watson has made IntelePeer's platform available as an add-on, allowing clients to create a voice AI with a new phone number in less than half an hour and without coding. It's also simple to integrate AI into existing call center phone systems. When compared to hand-coding a new AI, IntelePeer's presence in most major contact center platforms speeds up the creation and deployment process significantly. |
| September 2022 | Collaboration | IBM and Bharti Airtel, India's leading communications solutions provider with over 358 million subscribers, announced their intention to collaborate on the deployment of Airtel's edge computing platform in India, which will feature 120 network data centers spread across 20 cities. Once deployed, the platform is intended to enable large organizations in a variety of industries, including manufacturing and automotive, to expedite creative solutions that provide new value to their clients and operations while remaining secure at the edge. |
| May 2020 | Solution Launch | IBM and Red Hat Launch New Edge Computing Solutions for the 5G Era. In order to assist businesses and telecoms firms in hastening their transition to edge computing in the 5G era, IBM unveiled new services and solutions at its Think Digital conference. This project combines Red Hat's top open-source technology with IBM's experience and expertise in multi-cloud environments. Red Hat joined IBM last year in one of the largest tech mergers in history. |
| June 2018 | Solution Launch | IBM launched the new clients deploying cutting-edge Smart Building solutions built on the IBM Cloud. With contracts signed with Sodexo, Karantis360, R + V Versicherung, and HUF Haus, in addition to existing relationships with KONE and Chameleon Technologies, IBM is driving smart building innovation. |
| June 2022 | Partnership | Using artificial intelligence (AI) operating on IBM Cloud and hybrid cloud technologies, IBM and the All England Lawn Tennis Club unveiled new ways for Wimbledon fans worldwide to experience The Championships online. The new features, which the All England Club and IBM jointly developed for Wimbledon.com and the Wimbledon app, add to an extensive collection of digital fan experiences, including the award-winning1 IBM Power Index with Watson, IBM Match Insights with Watson, and Personalised Recommendations and Highlights Reels, all aimed at enhancing global audiences' knowledge of and interest in players, matches, and the competition. |
| August 2021 | Product Launch | IBM Launched IBM Power Rankings with Watson at the 2021 Wimbledon Championship. IBM Power Rankings with Watson are AI-powered daily rankings of player momentum that will be used at the US Open for the first time. |
| July 2019 | Deployment | IBM started on a strategic program with Rugby Football Union (RFU) to transform the fan experience with a target to successfully launch a refreshed version of englandrugby.com on 1st July 2019. |
| April 2023 | Collaboration | By working together to develop a unified software solution integrating their respective offerings for systems engineering, service lifecycle management, and asset management, Siemens Digital Industries Software and IBM announced they are extending their long-term cooperation. |
| April 2023 | Collaboration | According to a joint announcement made earlier this week, IBM and Siemens will collaborate to develop software that connects maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) to product lifecycle management (PLM). |
| January 2021 | Collaboration | In order to aid businesses in accelerating their digital transformation and streamlining business procedures, Atos and IBM recently announced the expansion of their strategic worldwide collaboration. |
