That's Why IBM Stocks Would Be Exciting After the Confluent Deal!
The acquisition of Confluent is a strategic game changer. It eliminates the risk of IBM falling behind in one of the most important areas of AI—the data infrastructure.
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The news that IBM is on the verge of acquiring the data infrastructure specialist Confluent for around $11 billion is more than just a headline. Why is Confluent so valuable? AI is only as good as the data it is fed with. Confluent is the specialist in managing real-time data streams. The company's technology, based on Apache Kafka, ensures that data flows continuously rather than in batches. In a world where AI models must make decisions in milliseconds, this capability is absolutely business-critical. With this acquisition, IBM is directly investing...
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