By Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
IBM has been on an acquisition spree for some time now, and IBM senior management has said acquisitions will remain a part of the company’s growth strategy through 2015. IBM has had a history of making strategic acquisitions over the years, but big software buys did not start until former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner set out to get Lotus in 1995 and then Tivoli in 1996. However, under the leadership of Samuel Palmisano since 2002, IBM launched a series of acquisitions. Particularly, with analytics as a major focus, in the last four years, IBM has invested more than $14 billion in 24 acquisitions to expand its analytics capabilities. IBM has also dedicated more than 7,000 business consultants with industry expertise to help clients understand their data and put this information to use.
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