IBM Acquisitions

IBM Acquisition History

 


 1889 - 1909

  • 1889 Bundy Manufacturing Company incorporated.
  • 1891 Computing Scale Company incorporated.
  • 1893 Dey Patents Company (Dey Time Registers)
    incorporated.
  • 1894 Willard & Frick Manufacturing Company (Rochester,
    New York) incorporated.
  • 1896
    • Detroit Automatic Scale Company incorporated.
    • Tabulating Machine Company incorporated.
  • 1899 Standard Time Stamp Company acquired by Bundy
    Manufacturing Company.
  • 1900 Willard & Frick Manufacturing Company (Rochester)
    acquired by
    International Time Recording Company.

    • Chicago Time-Register Company acquired by
      International Time Recording Company.
    • Dayton Moneyweight Scale Company acquired by
      Computing Scale Company.
    • Detroit Automatic Scale Company acquired by
      Computing Scale Company.
  • 1902 Bundy Manufacturing Company acquired by
    International Time Recording Company.
  • 1907 Dey Time Registers acquired by International Time
    Recording Company.
  • 1908 Syracuse Time Recording Company acquired by
    International Time Recording Company.

 


 1910 - 1929

  • 1911
    • Computing Scale Company acquired by
      Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R).
    • International Time Recording Company acquired by
      Computing-Time-Recording Company (C-T-R).
    • Tabulating Machine Company acquired by
      Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R).
  • 1917
    • American Automatic Scale Company acquired by
      Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R) as
      International Scale Company.
    • C-T-R opens in Canada as International Business
      Machines Company Limited.
  • 1921
    • Pierce Accounting Machine Company (asset purchase).
    • Ticketograph Company (of Chicago).
  • 1924 C-T-R renamed International Business Machines
    Corporation.

 


 1930 - 1949

  • 1930 Automatic Accounting Scale Company.
  • 1932 National Counting Scale Company.
  • 1933 Electromatic Typewriters Inc. (See:
    IBM Electromatic typewriter)
  • 1941 Munitions Manufacturing Corporation.

 


 1950 - 1969

  • 1959 Pierce Wire Recorder Corporation.

 


 1970 - 1989

  • 1974 CML Satellite Corporation (renamed
    Satellite Business Systems (SBS).
  • 1984
    ROLM
  • 1986 RealCom Communications Corporation.

 


 1990 - 2000

  • 1995
    Lotus Development Corporation for $3.5 billion.
  • 1996
    • Tivoli Systems, Inc. for $743 million.
    • Data Sciences Ltd,
      UK
      for £95 million.
    • Object Technology International (OTI) is acquired by
      IBM
    • Cyclade Consultants (Netherlands)
  • 1997
    • Software Artistry for $200 million.
    • Unison Software.
  • 1998 CommQuest Technologies.
  • 1999
    • Mylex Corporation.
    • Sequent Computer Systems for $810 million.

 


 2000 - 2003

  • 2001
    • Informix Software (a purchase of assets rather than
      a true acquisition) for $1.0 billion.
    • Mainspring Inc. for $80 million.
  • 2002
    • PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Consulting for $3.5 billion
      (recalculated by IBM in August 2003 as $3.9 billion).
    • January,
      Crossworlds.
    • September,
      Holosofx.
    • Tarian Software.
  • 2003
    • March,
      Rational Software Corporation for $2.1 billion.
    • July,
      Presence Online, Aptrix.
    • October, CrossAccess.

 


 2004

  • Maersk Data & DMdata, Denmark.
  • March, Logicalis Australia (renamed to
    Cerulean Solutions in April 2005) and Logical CSI New
    Zealand.
  • April
    • Candle Corp.,
      Daksh eServices in India.
    • Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Renamed
      to Continuity Services Ltd)
    • Trigo Technologies
  • July
    • Alphablox.
    • Cyanea Systems.
  • August, Venetica.
  • October, Systemcorp.
  • December,
    KeyMRO.

 


 2005

  • February, Corio
    crio for $211 million
  • April,
    Ascential Software for approximately $1.1 billion in
    cash
  • May,
    Gluecode Software
  • June,
    Meiosys
  • July,
    PureEdge Solutions
  • August,
    DWL
  • October,
    DataPower
  • November, Network Solutions Pvt Ltd, India
  • December
    • Bowstreet
    • Micromuse for $865 million

 


 2006

  • January, Classic Blue.
  • May
    • Build Forge
    • Unicorn Solutions, Inc.
  • June, Rembo Technology, Geneva
  • August
    • Webify Solutions, Austin, Texas
    • MRO Software
    • FileNet Corporation for $1.6 Billion
    • Internet Security Systems for $1.3 Billion
  • December
    • privately held Consul, for an
      undisclosed sum.


 2007

  • January
    • Softek
  • November
    • Cognos - $5 billion
  • December

      Arsenal Digital Solutions
      Solid Information Technology


 2008

  • January
      XIV
      Net Integration Technologies
      AptSoft Corporation

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