List of IBM acquisitions and spinoffs
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[edit] Acquisitions
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 1930 - 1949
- 1930 Automatic Accounting Scale Company.
- 1932 National Counting Scale Company.
- 1933 Electromatic Typewriters Inc. (See: IBM Electromatic typewriter)
- 1941 Munitions Manufacturing Corporation.
[edit] 1950 - 1969
- 1959 Pierce Wire Recorder Corporation.
[edit] 1970 - 1989
- 1974 CML Satellite Corporation (renamed Satellite Business Systems (SBS).
- 1984 ROLM
- 1986 RealCom Communications Corporation.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.s
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 millions
[edit] 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
- Dec
- It will acquire privately held Consul, which makes compliance and security audit software, for an undisclosed sum.
[edit] See Also
IBM Company overview] Scroll down to Selected acquisitions.
[edit] Spinoffs
- 1934 Dayton Scale Division is sold to the Hobart Manufacturing Company.
- 1942 Ticketograph Division is sold to the National Postal Meter Company.
- 1958 Time Equipment Division is sold to the Simplex Time Recorder Company.
- Taligent, a joint software venture with Apple Computer.
- Prodigy, formerly a joint venture with Sears, Roebuck and Company.
- AT&T Business Internet
- 1985 Satellite Business Systems sold to MCI Communications
- 1988 Copier/Duplicator business, including service and support contracts, sold to Eastman Kodak. [1] [2]
- ARDIS mobile packet network, a joint venture with Motorola. Now Motient.
- 1991 Lexmark (keyboards, typewriters, and printers). IBM Retained a 10% interest. Lexmark has sold its keyboard and typewriter businesses. IBM Printing Systems now competes with Lexmark.
- 1994 Xyratex — enterprise data storage subsystems and network technology; formed in a management buy-out from IBM.
- 1994 Federal Systems Division sold to Loral becoming Loral Federal Systems. The Federal Systems Division performed work for NASA.
- 1996 Celestica — Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS).
- 2003 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies now provides many of the hardware storage devices formerly provided by IBM, including IBM Harddrives & The Microdrive. IBM continues to develop storage systems, including tape backup, storage software and enterprise storage.
- December, 2004 — Lenovo Group acquires 90% interest in IBM Personal Systems Group, 10,000 employees and $9 billion in revenue.
- 2007 January 25, 3-year joint venture with IBM Printing Systems division and Ricoh to form new Ricoh-owned subsidiary, InfoPrint Solutions Company, for $725 million.
See also Friden Flexowriter and [3].
