By Rajneesh De
Publication Date: 2026-09-23 11:50:00
Confluent has been leveraging IBM’s global sales footprint to accelerate its enterprise adoption in India. From 600 odd employees talking about Confluent earlier to 100,000 IBM employees taking Confluent to customers, the scale up has been massive. In an exclusive interaction, Rubal Sahni, VP, Confluent, an IBM company tells Rajneesh De, Group Editor, APAC Media & CXO Media how the IBM acquisition of Confluent has been a perfect example of a Better Together story.
IBM announced its $11bn acquisition of Confluent in December 2025 and it got operationalized in March. This was the second biggest acquisition made by IBM in its long history. How would you assess the impact of the acquisition today?
The IBM acquisition of Confluent has been a perfect example of a Better Together story. Since the time we have been integrated with IBM, our reach has increased a lot. Enhancing our enterprise scale, Confluent has been leveraging IBM’s global sales…
