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International Business Machines Corporation develops enterprise technology across software, consulting, hardware, hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. News from IBM centers on AI platforms and services, including watsonx, IBM Enterprise Advantage, IBM Consulting Advantage, IBM Sovereign Core, watsonx Orchestrate and Red Hat technologies for hybrid and regulated environments.
Recurring updates also cover IBM Consulting client work, industry and cloud collaborations, research milestones in quantum-centric supercomputing, AI-enabled application experiences, and IBM Institute for Business Value studies on enterprise adoption and governance of AI.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) will announce its fourth-quarter 2025 financial results and host a quarterly conference call on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
A live webcast will be available at www.ibm.com/investor. The company says the earnings press release will be posted on the investor website prior to the webcast, and a replay, associated charts and prepared remarks will be available after the event.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the National Retail Federation released a global study (Q3 2025) showing AI is reshaping pre-purchase decisions. The report finds 72% of consumers still shop in stores while 45% use AI during buying journeys—including 41% for product research, 33% to interpret reviews, and 31% for deal hunting.
The study surveyed over 18,000 consumers across 23 countries and 200 executives. Key retailer gaps: 54% report persistent channel/data challenges and 51% cite limited AI expertise. Recommendations include data readiness, testing, agent use, and amplifying brand distinctiveness.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The All England Lawn Tennis Club announced a multi‑year renewal of their long‑standing technology partnership on January 6, 2026, extending 36 years of collaboration to expand Wimbledon's global digital reach.
Key metrics: the partnership produced a 16% year‑on‑year increase in engagement across platforms in 2025; more than 20 million fans followed Wimbledon via the app and website; the app saw a 19% engagement rise and an average 4.9‑star app store rating. IBM will continue to provide AI capabilities via watsonx and related digital experiences, supported by an IBM/Morning Consult survey finding that 86% of tennis fans value AI features.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Pearson announced a global partnership on Dec 11, 2025 to build AI-powered personalized learning tools for businesses, public organizations, and educational institutions.
The collaboration will use watsonx Orchestrate and watsonx Governance, create a custom AI learning platform combining human experts with AI assistants, and integrate Pearson solutions including Credly, Faethm, and Pearson Professional Assessments.
The companies say IBM customers and 270,000 IBM employees will have access to Pearson enterprise learning; Pearson research cited a $1.1 trillion annual US loss from skills mismatches as market context. Announced goals are subject to change.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) will acquire Confluent for $31 per share, representing an $11 billion enterprise value to create a smart data platform for enterprise generative AI.
The transaction is expected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA within the first full year and to generate free cash flow in year two after close; closing is expected by mid-2026. Confluent serves >6,500 clients, including >40% of the Fortune 500, and its TAM is noted to have doubled to $100 billion in the last four years.
Riyadh Air and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a partnership to launch the world's first AI-native airline, embedding AI across operations, employee tools and customer care.
The collaboration spans three years, coordinated across 59 workstreams with more than 60 partners, and uses IBM watsonx Orchestrate and IBM Consulting Advantage. Initial flights are underway with first commercial service expected in early 2026. Riyadh Air plans to double its workforce in the next 12 months and aims to expand connectivity to more than 100 destinations by 2030.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) was designated on Dec 5, 2025 by the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, ESMA) as a critical ICT third-party provider under DORA.
The designation places IBM in-scope for supervision by the ESAs and signals its central role supporting the operational resilience of Europe’s financial sector. IBM says it will work with the ESAs, strengthen cybersecurity and governance, and support financial institutions in meeting their own DORA obligations ahead of DORA implementation.
Priorities listed include collaboration with regulators, supporting clients' compliance, and continued investment in resilience and security.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced an intent to collaborate to build a network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, targeting initial demonstrations by the early 2030s and a proof-of-concept within five years.
The companies plan to link multiple QPUs via a quantum networking unit (QNU), explore microwave-optical transducers, and develop a hardware and software stack to distribute entanglement, synchronize operations with sub-nanosecond precision, and enable computations across tens-to-hundreds of thousands of qubits and potentially trillions of quantum gates.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and University of Dayton announced a joint research collaboration to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for the AI era, covering AI hardware, advanced packaging, and photonics.
IBM will contribute state-of-the-art semiconductor equipment valued at over $10M to fund a new on-campus semiconductor nanofabrication facility, planned for completion in early 2027. The facility will provide hands-on, lab-to-fab training and pair University of Dayton faculty with IBM technical leaders to advance research and workforce development.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and UFC launched In-Fight Insights, an AI-driven live alert platform built with IBM watsonx that identifies real-time milestones, streaks and records during UFC events.
The capability taps >13.2 million UFC data points from 20+ years and more than 2,400 athletes, and will debut at UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2025. In-Fight Insights is the first live in-fight integration since the IBM‑UFC partnership began and extends the UFC Insights Engine into live broadcasts, pre-event programming, social channels and in-venue activations.