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Cirata Symphony, IBM OEM Agreement
Cirata plc has announced a revised Original Equipment Manufacturer agreement with IBM, formalizing a strategic partnership where Cirata Symphony will be offered to IBM's customer base as "Cirata Symphony for IBM Big Replicate." This agreement allows IBM to embed and distribute Cirata's data orchestration technology, designed for petabyte-scale data movement with near-zero downtime, enhanced AI compatibility, and compliance support. Cirata anticipates this collaboration will significantly expand its market reach by leveraging IBM's global distribution network and established enterprise client relationships, aiming to accelerate time-to-value for clients' AI workloads and ensure operational continuity and data confidence. Disclaimer*
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16 June 2026 Cirata plc ("Cirata" or the "Company") Cirata Symphony, IBM OEM Agreement Cirata plc (AIM: CRTA) a leading provider of enterprise data orchestration technology, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a revised Original Equipment Manufacturer agreement (the "Revised OEM Agreement") with International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM"). Under the terms of the Revised OEM Agreement, Cirata Symphony - the Company's Data Orchestration product- will be offered by IBM to its customer base and branded as Cirata Symphony for IBM Big Replicate. Stephen Kelly, CEO of Cirata, commented: "We are delighted to deepen our relationship with IBM through this strategic Revised OEM Agreement. IBM's decision to incorporate Cirata Symphony into its offering is a strong endorsement of our technology and its ability to address some of the most complex data challenges facing enterprises today. The age of live data is here. Resilience, Active Risk Management, cloud modernization, and agentic AI all depend on trusted data that moves continuously and without disruption. That is much harder to deliver than most transformation programs anticipate. Together with IBM, Cirata gives organizations exactly that capability - accelerating change without sacrificing operational continuity or control of their most critical asset: their data." Background On 28 April 2026, IBM published a Statement of Direction announcing its intention to expand its strategic partnership with Cirata to offer Cirata Symphony for IBM Big Replicate, a data orchestration platform engineered to eliminate data silos and accelerate enterprise AI initiatives. The inclusion of Cirata Symphony in the Revised OEM Agreement announced today, details of which are set out below, represents the formal commercialization of that partnership. Principal Terms of the Revised OEM Agreement Under the Revised OEM agreement, IBM will embed and distribute Cirata's Symphony technology as Cirata Symphony for IBM Big Replicate, the next generation of IBM Big Replicate, providing a unified control plane for petabyte-scale data movement, operation, and management. The solution is designed to: = Deliver continuous data movement at petabyte scale with near-zero downtime. = Expand native support for open table formats, including Apache Iceberg, enabling real-time transformation of legacy d...