{"id":41463,"date":"2024-04-30T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/?p=41463"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:24:05","slug":"ibm-acquires-hashicorp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/ibm-acquires-hashicorp\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM acquires HashiCorp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As announced on April 24, 2024, <strong>IBM will acquire HashiCorp<\/strong>, with the transaction expected to close by the end of 2024. This <strong>definitive agreement<\/strong> was reached between the boards of directors of IBM and HashiCorp, and is<strong> subject to approval<\/strong> by HashiCorp shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-04-30-Update-Website-IBM-acquires-HashiCorp-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-04-30-Update-Website-IBM-acquires-HashiCorp-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-04-30-Update-Website-IBM-acquires-HashiCorp-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-04-30-Update-Website-IBM-acquires-HashiCorp-1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-04-30-Update-Website-IBM-acquires-HashiCorp-1-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Does This Acquisition Mean?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IBM\u2019s purchase of HashiCorp <strong>aligns their shared goals<\/strong>, merging IBM\u2019s resources with HashiCorp\u2019s innovation. <strong>HashiCorp&#8217;s<\/strong> suite of products provides enterprises with extensive <strong>Infrastructure Lifecycle Management<\/strong> and <strong>Security Lifecycle Management<\/strong> capabilities to enable organizations to <strong>automate<\/strong> their <strong>hybrid and multi-cloud environments<\/strong>. The <strong>integration<\/strong> of <strong>HashiCorp\u2019s<\/strong> solutions <strong>with IBM and<\/strong> <strong>Red<\/strong> <strong>Hat<\/strong> will provide clients with a unified platform that streamlines the automation and management of workloads. <strong>Red Hat was acquired by IBM in 2019<\/strong> and will therefore offer<strong> integration with HashiCorp<\/strong>. This <strong>unified system<\/strong> will support a variety of infrastructures, from <strong>large-scale cloud service providers<\/strong> to <strong>private and on-premises clouds<\/strong>. This move is set to <strong>create<\/strong> an <strong>end-to-end hybrid cloud platform<\/strong> that is well-suited for the <strong>AI<\/strong> <strong>era<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41468 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/HashiCorp-Cloud.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"913\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/HashiCorp-Cloud.webp 913w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/HashiCorp-Cloud-300x144.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/HashiCorp-Cloud-150x72.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/04\/HashiCorp-Cloud-768x368.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">About IBM<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19289 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2021\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-07-26-Website-IBM-Partner-Logo-Silver.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2021\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-07-26-Website-IBM-Partner-Logo-Silver.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2021\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2021-07-26-Website-IBM-Partner-Logo-Silver-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>IBM<\/strong>, also known as International Business Machines Corporation, is an American multinational <strong>technology company<\/strong> with operations in <strong>over<\/strong> <strong>175 countries<\/strong>. Founded in <strong>1911<\/strong>, IBM has been a leading force in the <strong>technology sector <\/strong>for over a century. The company specializes in a wide range of services and products, including <strong>cloud computing<\/strong>, <strong>artificial intelligence<\/strong>, <strong>computer hardware<\/strong>, and <strong>software<\/strong>. <strong>IBM <\/strong>has a <strong>track record of acquiring related companies<\/strong>, with notable recent mentions including <strong>HashiCorp<\/strong>, Apptio, Truven Health Analytics, Cleversafe, Aspera and Red Hat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">About HashiCorp<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2021\/03\/HashiCorp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2021\/03\/HashiCorp.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2021\/03\/HashiCorp-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>HashiCorp<\/strong> is an American software company established in 2012. It specializes in developing tools for <strong>automating cloud infrastructure<\/strong>, particularly for <strong>multi-cloud environments<\/strong>. The company offers a range of products that help with <strong>provisioning<\/strong>, <strong>securing<\/strong>,<strong> running<\/strong>, and<strong> connecting cloud-computing infrastructure<\/strong>. HashiCorp\u2019s products are designed to <strong>support developers<\/strong>, <strong>operators<\/strong>, and <strong>security<\/strong> <strong>professionals<\/strong> in <strong>managing complex IT systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">More information<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the <strong>announcement<\/strong> of the <strong>acquisition of HashiCorp by IBM<\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/2024-04-24-IBM-to-Acquire-HashiCorp-Inc-Creating-a-Comprehensive-End-to-End-Hybrid-Cloud-Platform\">https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/2024-04-24-IBM-to-Acquire-HashiCorp-Inc-Creating-a-Comprehensive-End-to-End-Hybrid-Cloud-Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more <strong>info <\/strong>on <strong>HashiCorp&#8217;s Infrastructure Cloud<\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hashicorp.com\/infrastructure-cloud\">https:\/\/www.hashicorp.com\/infrastructure-cloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more <strong>info <\/strong>on<strong> IBM<\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"\/?page_id=17783\">https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/software\/ibm\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for <strong>expert services<\/strong> on your specific <strong>IBM<\/strong> requirements and to <strong>request a quote today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As announced on April 24, 2024, IBM will acquire HashiCorp, with the transaction expected to close by the end of 2024. This definitive agreement was reached between the boards of directors of IBM and HashiCorp, and is subject to approval by HashiCorp shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. &nbsp; What Does This Acquisition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[363],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ibm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41463"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41786,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41463\/revisions\/41786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}