IBM completes acquisition of ILOG
ConvergenceAsia staff
07/01/2009

IBM has announced the completion of its approximately US$340 million tender offer for the shares of ILOG. The tender offer, announced July 28, 2008, was finalised after IBM acquired all outstanding stock in ILOG and satisfied the other conditions of the offer.

Headquartered in Paris, ILOG has more than 2,500 customers, 850 employees and operations in 30 countries around the world. ILOG technology will add significant capability across IBM's software platform and the addition of ILOG Business Rule Management System (BRMS) will provide another dimension of leadership for the IBM BPM portfolio. This includes improved rules and business optimisation for WebSphere and Information Management offerings, better visualisation for WebSphere, Lotus and Tivoli products and solutions, as well as enhanced optimisation and efficient supply chain management assets for planning and scheduling within a service oriented architecture (SOA).

ILOG will become part of the IBM WebSphere software portfolio. Consistent with IBM’s software strategy, ILOG clients’ and partners’ investments in existing IBM and ILOG technologies will be preserved, allowing customers to take advantage of the broader set of capabilities without the need to replace existing systems.

Tom Rosamilia, general manager, IBM WebSphere Software said the acquisition of ILOG "is an important element within our overall SOA strategy and the key addition of the ILOG BRMS to IBM’s BPM portfolio will help IBM clients to become more dynamic. ILOG brings significant new capabilities to IBM that will provide agile, flexible applications for real-time response and confident decision-making”.

The acquisition of ILOG will strengthen IBM's business process management (BPM) and SOA position by providing customers a broad set of rule management tools for information and application lifecycle management across a comprehensive platform, including IBM's leading WebSphere application development and management platform. Many of the ILOG products will also become part of IBM's Industry Frameworks, which are integrated solutions that support industry specific business and technology standards.

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