IBM Software Group (SWG) was one of the major divisions of
IBM.
Since 2010, it was sub-divided into two groups: Middleware and Solutions
See
List of IBM products#Computer software for a list of actual IBM software products.
Middleware Group
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Information Management Software — database servers and tools, text analytics, and content management.
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Rational Software
Rational Machines is an enterprise founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development. It changed its ...
— Software development and application lifecycle management. Acquired in 2002.
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Tivoli Software
Tivoli Software encompasses a set of products originally developed by Tivoli Systems Inc. IBM bought the company and ran the operation as its Tivoli Software division. Additional products were acquired and run under the Tivoli portfolio brand. ...
— Systems management. Acquired in 1995. Re-branded as 'Cloud & Smarter Infrastructure' (C&SI) in 2013.
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WebSphere
IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of proprietary computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create and integrate applications w ...
- An
EJB development environment, container, and a series of pre-packaged applications, primarily for management interfaces and
web commerce.
Solutions Group
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Lotus Software — Groupware, collaboration and business software. Acquired in 1995.
* Business Analytics —
Cognos
Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over ...
and
SPSS
SPSS Statistics is a statistical software suite developed by IBM for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, and criminal investigation. Long produced by SPSS Inc., it was acquired by IBM in 2009. C ...
* Industry Solutions — Enterprise Content Management, Enterprise Marketing Management and B2B&Commerce
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