IBM to acquire Salesforce partner Waeg to complement 7Summits deal

Berlin: International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) said on Tuesday it would buy Waeg, a consulting partner for Salesforce Inc., in a deal that will extend its range of services and support its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy.

The deal to acquire Waeg, which is based in Brussels and serves clients across Europe, complements IBM’s acquisition in January of 7Summits, a U.S. consultancy that specialises in Salesforce’s customer management software.