IBM is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire Confluent, a data infrastructure company, in a deal worth around $11bn, according to the Wall Street Journal. Based in California, Confluent operates an open-source platform designed to process large streams of real-time data, such as bank transactions and website clicks. The company has built a cloud-native platform to unlock real-time data, serving as a kind of central nervous system that connects all applications around live data streams. This enabl ...