IBM is no stranger to AI, given its long history with its AI Watson project and countless other efforts. But today’s AI hits different.
On Monday, IBM announced that it had begun the process of acquiring streaming data platform Confluent for US $11 billion, or $31 per share, chiefly for what it could bring enterprises in terms of supporting generative AI (GenAI).
Today, enterprise data “is spread across public and private clouds, data centers and countless technology providers,” said IBM Chairman, President and CEO Arvind Krishna, in an…
