UrbanCode, a privately held firm in Ohio, is being acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM) for its automated software delivery technology.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
UrbanCode’s technology is designed to help businesses speed up release and updates for mobile, social, “big data” and “cloud” computing applications. The company launched in 2001.
“Companies that master effective software development and delivery in rapidly changing environments such as cloud, mobile and social will have a significant competitive advantage,” said Kristof Kloeckner, general manager of IBM Rational Software. “With the acquisition of UrbanCode, IBM is uniquely positioned to help businesses from every industry accelerate delivery of their products and services to better meet client demands.”
UrbanCode will become part of the Rational Software group where IBM DevOps is seeking to simplify and speed up software development. IBM also wants to build on its IBM SmartCloud and IBM MobileFirst initiatives.
“For example, by combining UrbanCode software with the IBM MobileFirst Worklight technology, businesses can now author and deploy an application for any mobile device in hours, versus a previous multi-day timeline,” IBM said in announcing the deal. “The UrbanCode solution also works with traditional applications including middleware, databases and business intelligence.”
IBM noted that in a survey conducted by its Institute for Business Value nearly 70 percent of companies using software development as a competitive advantage “outperform their peers in profitability.”
IBM employs some 10,000 people across North Carolina.
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