List of IBM acquisitions
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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 - 2006
1990 - 2000
- 1995 Lotus Development Corporation for $3.5 billion.
- 1996
- *Tivoli Systems for $743 million.
- *Data Sciences Ltd, UK for £95 million.
- *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.
- 2003
- *March, Rational Software Corporation for $2.1 billion.
- *July, Presence Online, Aptrix.
- *October, CrossAccess.
2004
- Maersk Data & DMData.
- March, Logicalis Australia (renamed to [Cerulean Solutions] in April 2005) and Logical CSI New Zealand.
- April, Candle Corp., Daksh eServices in India.
- April, Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Renamed to Continuity Services Ltd)
- April, Trigo Technologies
- July, Alphablox.
- July, Cyanea Systems.
- August, Venetica.
- October, Systemcorp.
2005
- February, Corio crio for $211 million.
- April, Ascential Software for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.
- May, Gluecode.
- July, PureEdge.
- August, DWL.
- October, DataPower.
- November, Network Solutions Pvt Ltd, India
- December, Bowstreet.
- December, Micromuse for $865 million.
2006
- January, Classic Blue.
- May, Build Forge
- May, Unicorn Solutions, Inc.
- June, Rembo Technology, Geneva
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