Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
IBM Completes
Acquisition of HashiCorp, Creates Comprehensive, End-to-End Hybrid Cloud Platform
HashiCorps capabilities drive significant synergies across multiple strategic growth areas for IBM, including Red Hat, watsonx, data
security, IT automation and Consulting
ARMONK, N.Y., February 27, 2025 IBM (NYSE: IBM) today
announced it has completed its acquisition of HashiCorp, whose products automate and secure the infrastructure that underpins hybrid cloud applications and generative AI. Together the companies capabilities will help clients accelerate
innovation, strengthen security, and get more value from the cloud.
Today nearly 75% of enterprises are using hybrid cloud,(1) including public clouds from hyperscalers and on-prem data centers, which can enable true innovation with a consistent approach to delivering and managing that infrastructure at scale. Enterprises
are looking for ways to more efficiently manage and modernize cloud infrastructure and security tasks from initial planning and design, to ongoing maintenance. By 2028, it is projected that generative AI will lead to the creation of 1 billion
new cloud-native applications.(2) Supporting this scale requires infrastructure automation far beyond the capacity of the workforce alone.
Organizations globally are looking to deploy modern, hybrid cloud-ready apps, which require automated cloud infrastructure at significant
scale, said Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President, IBM Software and Chief Commercial Officer. With this acquisition, IBM is committed to continuing to invest in and grow the HashiCorp capabilities, and together, with
HashiCorps leading technology and extensive developer community, IBMs global reach and R&D resources, our aim is to infuse HashiCorp technology in every data center.
HashiCorp has been helping the worlds largest enterprises succeed in hybrid and multi-cloud environments for over a decade. Weve seen the
cloud grow from its origins, and have participated first-hand in the change it has brought to the industry, said Dave McJannet, CEO, HashiCorp. With IBMs history, global scale, and customer relationships,
HashiCorp can now expand our reach to help our community of customers, practitioners, and partners automate, secure, and optimize their cloud infrastructure, providing an
end-to-end platform for hybrid environments.
HashiCorp
has been a pioneer in cloud infrastructure since the earliest days of public cloud. Weve 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, said Armon Dadgar, CTO and Co-founder of HashiCorp. Im excited for HashiCorp to join the IBM family, where
there is clear alignment on the vision of enabling hybrid infrastructure for the worlds 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.
Product detail and availability
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HashiCorps capabilities enable enterprises to use automation to deliver lifecycle management for
infrastructure and security, providing a system of record for the critical workflows needed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. HashiCorp Terraform is a |
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