{"id":223,"date":"2025-02-28T20:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4294326"},"modified":"2025-02-28T20:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:55:12","slug":"ibm-completes-hashicorp-acquisition-for-6-4-billion-expanding-hybrid-cloud-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tecnoartesanos.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/ibm-completes-hashicorp-acquisition-for-6-4-billion-expanding-hybrid-cloud-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Completes HashiCorp Acquisition for $6.4 Billion, Expanding Hybrid Cloud Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IBM has finally completed its acquisition of San Francisco-based HashiCorp for $6.4 billion, 10 months after its announcement. The companies aim to address the growing complexity enterprises face in managing multicloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures, especially with the rise of AI-driven applications that constantly shift workloads and require rapid scaling.<\/p>\n

From today, HashiCorp\u2019s automation tools, such as Terraform and Vault, are available with IBM\u2019s hybrid cloud platform, allowing customers to automate infrastructure provisioning and security management across their systems.<\/p>\n

IBM said infrastructure provisioning from Terraform will enable a number of its products to run more smoothly in hybrid cloud environments. These include the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, which automates the configurations and middleware deployments of applications, and the development of IBM Z mainframe software. HashiCorp Vault, a password and encryption key management tool, can also be deployed across hybrid clouds with Red Hat\u2019s container-based application platform OpenShift.<\/p>\n

HashiCorp will operate as a division of IBM Software rather than being brought into Red Hat, IBM\u2019s open-source subsidiary it acquired for $34 billion in 2019.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOrganizations globally are looking to deploy modern, hybrid cloud-ready apps, which require automated cloud infrastructure at significant scale,\u201d said Rob Thomas, senior vice president, IBM Software and Chief Commercial Officer, in a press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this acquisition, IBM is committed to continuing to invest in and grow the HashiCorp capabilities, and together, with HashiCorp\u2019s leading technology and extensive developer community, IBM\u2019s global reach and R&D resources, our aim is to infuse HashiCorp technology in every data center.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armon Dadgar, chief technology officer and cofounder of HashiCorp, added: \u201cWe\u2019ve built a portfolio of products to help customers embrace a cloud native approach to Infrastructure and Security Lifecycle Management that has been embraced by hundreds of thousands of organizations around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited for HashiCorp to join the IBM family, where there is clear alignment on the vision of enabling hybrid infrastructure for the world\u2019s biggest enterprises. Together, we can continue to invest deeply in R&D innovation and enable the next generation of applications to be built and scaled.\u201d<\/p>\n