After seeing the new acquisition of hashicorp from IBM, it got me wondering, how many of these were actually successful? A quick look at Wiki and its astounding how many companies have been su-ked into IBM.
I am trying to think, out of all them - which ones made a difference (made more $$$ than IBM spent on them)?
I remember the excitement of Gravitant, Cleversafe, softlayer, ustream etc, these all seem to fail and not get sold to clients in big numbers. Most have been forgotten, and some resold to places like HCL.
how much has all the acquisitions cost IBM and for what benefit. I would assume some of the tech was used in other softwares, but would be good to know others perspective!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_IBM