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IBM vs Ivanti

IBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities. Ivanti offers IT service management software that scales from core service and asset management to ITSM Premium capabilities, with optional autonomous endpoint management add-ons. CISO Tribune files both under Endpoint management and application control. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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IBM vs Ivanti: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
IBMIBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities.ibm.comIvantiIvanti offers IT service management software that scales from core service and asset management to ITSM Premium capabilities, with optional autonomous endpoint management add-ons.ivanti.com
What it sells
  • IBM Cloudant[7]A JSON document database built on CouchDB technology.
  • IBM Maximo Application Suite[9]A unified asset and facilities management solution.
  • Autonomous Endpoint Management[1][2][5]A hands-off approach to unify control of every device on one platform.
  • Application Control[8]Combines allowed and denied lists with privilege management.
  • Ivanti Application Security Posture Management[10]Cloud-based solution that assesses vulnerabilities in applications.
  • Ivanti External Attack Surface Management[11]Cloud-based application that uncovers internet-facing assets with agentless monitoring.
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Headquarters
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Founded
1911[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • September 24, 2026IBM UK announced its acquisition of Logiq Consulting, a UK cybersecurity consultancy.[16]
  • May 21, 2026IBM joined Project Glasswing, a security initiative focused on protecting critical software infrastructure.[17]
  • March 17, 2026IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent, adding event streaming to its data, integration and enterprise infrastructure portfolio.[15]
  • October 20, 2026Ivanti appointed Robert Ruelas as Chief Revenue Officer and promoted Sterling Parker to Chief Customer Officer.[15]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[18]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[3]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 10, 2026[4]
Who it fits
From its own pages, IBM sells to operations, maintenance and facility teams through its asset and facilities management solution. IBM also addresses energy operators with solar, wind and battery storage portfolios. IBM Bob is aimed at development teams working on complex software. IBM offers purchase options aimed at asset-intensive businesses. Maximo Application Suite is delivered as client managed software or software as a service. IBM supports developing optimization models for on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments.Ivanti ITSM can be deployed in the cloud, on-premises or as a hybrid combination. Ivanti Application Security Posture Management is aimed at DevSecOps teams, and Ivanti Risk-Based Vulnerability Management provides dashboards for personnel from the SOC to the C-suite. Ivanti also describes ATOs from US federal government agencies such as the Air Force, Army and Navy.
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November 4, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • IBM and Ivanti are both filed under Endpoint management and application control.

Where they differ, field by field

  • IBM's primary category is Data security posture management; Ivanti's is Endpoint management and application control.
  • IBM is also filed under Workforce IAM and SSO and AI governance. Ivanti is also filed under Zero trust network access.
  • IBM lists IBM Cloudant and IBM Maximo Application Suite. Ivanti lists Autonomous Endpoint Management, Application Control, Ivanti Application Security Posture Management and Ivanti External Attack Surface Management.
  • IBM was founded in 1911.

What it sells: IBM

What IBM Cloudant does[7]
IBM Cloudant supports flexible, schema-free JSON document storage and is built on CouchDB technology with compatible API and replication protocols. IBM Cloudant encrypts all data, with optional user-defined encryption key management through IBM Key Protect, and integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management.
What IBM Maximo Application Suite does[9]
IBM Maximo Application Suite is a unified asset and facilities management solution that brings maintenance, inspections and reliability together in one place for critical equipment and infrastructure. Maximo Application Suite comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service. MAS is purchased through a credit-based system called AppPoints.

What it sells: Ivanti

What Application Control does[8]
Application Control combines dynamic allowed and denied lists with privilege management to prevent unauthorized code execution. Application Control is part of the Ivanti User Workspace Manager (UWM) suite.
What Ivanti Application Security Posture Management does[10]
Ivanti Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) is a cloud-based solution that assesses vulnerabilities in internal and customer-facing applications so that DevSecOps teams can prioritize the highest-risk vulnerabilities for remediation. Ivanti ASPM ingests data from over 100 sources and natively integrates with Ivanti ITSM and Ivanti Patch Management.
What Ivanti External Attack Surface Management does[11]
Ivanti External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a cloud-based application that uses agentless monitoring to uncover all internet-facing assets, including assets that evade detection by traditional discovery tools. Each vulnerability identified by Ivanti EASM is assigned a Vulnerability Risk Score (VRS).

Questions about IBM and Ivanti

What do IBM and Ivanti sell?
IBM sells IBM Cloudant and IBM Maximo Application Suite. Ivanti sells Autonomous Endpoint Management, Application Control, Ivanti Application Security Posture Management and Ivanti External Attack Surface Management.
Are IBM and Ivanti in the same category?
They share Endpoint management and application control. IBM's primary category is Data security posture management and Ivanti's is Endpoint management and application control.
When were IBM and Ivanti founded?
IBM was founded in 1911.
Who are IBM and Ivanti sold to?
From its own pages, IBM sells to operations, maintenance and facility teams through its asset and facilities management solution. Ivanti ITSM can be deployed in the cloud, on-premises or as a hybrid combination.
What have IBM and Ivanti announced recently?
September 24, 2026: IBM UK announced its acquisition of Logiq Consulting, a UK cybersecurity consultancy. October 20, 2026: Ivanti appointed Robert Ruelas as Chief Revenue Officer and promoted Sterling Parker to Chief Customer Officer.

About IBM

IBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities. IBM provides governance of machine identities, secrets and access across hybrid environments. Riverty is named as a user of built-in security from IBM Vault. IBM sells watsonx Orchestrate for bringing agents under control. IBM offers management, governance, security and optimization of AI agents across their complete lifecycle, regardless of where they were built or run. Scuderia Ferrari is named as a user of watsonx Orchestrate to automate fan content. Skechers is named as a customer that modernized its cloud infrastructure with IBM Terraform.[1][3]

IBM offers automated governance for managing AI risks, simplifying regulatory compliance and creating responsible, explainable AI workflows. IBM offers an integrated, collaborative, end-to-end developer studio that features an AI developer toolkit and full AI lifecycle management for developing custom AI applications. IBM offers data management that prepares and integrates data from anywhere, in any format. IBM watsonx Code Assistant provides AI-powered playbook generation, code explanations and personalized recommendations for IT automation.[4]

IBM states that AI is increasing the speed and scale of vulnerability discovery across applications, dependencies and infrastructure. IBM states that vulnerability scoring systems like CVSS measure technical severity, not real-world exploitability, business context or operational impact. IBM Concert Protect applies AI-powered automation and contextual risk intelligence to application vulnerability management. Concert generates AI-powered insights including tailored remediation steps, attack vectors and guidance. Concert has a unified dashboard that shows vulnerabilities across applications, containers and infrastructure. Code-based auto-remediation enables fixes directly in code before production. Concert has built-in SCA capabilities that extend visibility into SBOMs, CI/CD pipelines and software packages, and scan open-source and third-party components for vulnerabilities, outdated libraries and license compliance issues.[3][5]

IBM Concert for Z is an AI-powered IT operations management hub for mainframe resilience. IBM Concert for Power automates the entire patch and update lifecycle. IBM Concert integrates with Instana to automate the collection of resilience data across Non-Functional Requirements. IBM introduces IBM Bob Premium Package for DevSecOps to bring security closer to where software is created and reviewed while keeping developers in control. IBM Bob stops risky packages as the agent writes, flags issues as developers save, runs deeper AI security scans on demand and keeps people in control throughout. IBM Bob premium packages extend Bob with capabilities tailored to specific development environments.[5][6]

IBM Cloudant supports flexible, schema-free JSON document storage and is built on CouchDB technology with compatible API and replication protocols. IBM Cloudant encrypts all data, with optional user-defined encryption key management through IBM Key Protect, and integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management. IBM Cloudant has layered additional open-source technologies for full text search and geospatial indexing capabilities. IBM Cloud includes a service that adds authentication to mobile and web apps and protects APIs and back ends running on IBM Cloud.[7][8]

IBM Maximo Application Suite is a unified asset and facilities management solution that brings maintenance, inspections and reliability together in one place for critical equipment and infrastructure. IBM builds the suite for operations, maintenance and facility teams. Maximo Application Suite comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service. MAS is purchased through a credit-based system called AppPoints. IBM Maximo is used to digitize the entire data center asset lifecycle. IBM Maximo Renewables is for energy operators managing solar, wind and battery storage portfolios. KP Group is named as a customer that automates asset performance, reporting and compliance across 70+ sites with IBM Maximo Renewables. VPI is named as a customer that needed a consistent way to manage assets, maintenance, safety and compliance across four power plants.[9][10][11][12]

IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is now available as part of IBM Decision Intelligence Enterprise Edition, which brings together decision automation, optimization and intelligent decision management capabilities. CPLEX Optimizer and CP Optimizer solve mathematical programming, constraint programming and constraint-based scheduling problems. IBM supports developing optimization models for on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. IBM SPSS Amos is structural equation modeling software that extends regression, factor and variance analysis. SPSS Amos is a standalone application available on Windows and is included in SPSS Statistics Premium.[1][3][4][6][10][13][14]

IBM on the record

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IBM full record

  1. [1]SecurityIBM · ibm.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]AboutIBM · ibm.com · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]IBMIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]IBM watsonxIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Application Vulnerability Management - IBM ConcertIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]AI Coding Agent and Development Partner for Enterprise | IBMIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]IBM CloudantIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]IBM Cloud Free TierIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Maximo Application Suite | IBMIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Pricing Maximo Application Suite - IBM Maximo Application SuiteIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Data Center Asset Management | IBM Application SuiteIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Renewables Energy Asset Performance Management | IBM Application SuiteIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization StudioIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]IBM SPSS AmosIBM · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]IBM acquires Confluent to connect, process and govern real-time data for applications and AI agentsIBM · published March 17, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]IBM Acquires Logiq Consulting to Expand Secure Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity Capabilities in the UKIBM · published September 24, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]IBM expands AI security push as cyberattacks accelerate | IBMIBM Think · published May 21, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]IBM App Connect Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

Ivanti full record

  1. [1]ivanti.comIvanti · ivanti.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Ivanti | Data Authority. Governed Autonomy. Proactive IT.Ivanti · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Ivanti ITSM Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier C
  4. [4]Ivanti Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier C
  5. [5]IT Service Management Solutions | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Modern IT Service Management Software | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Enterprise Patch Management Software | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Application Control - Windows | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (RBVM) Software | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) Software | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Software | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Ivanti Careers: Join Our Team of IT Professionals | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Security and Compliance | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Success, Services and Support | IvantiIvanti · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Ivanti Appoints Robert Ruelas as Chief Revenue Officer and Promotes Sterling Parker to Chief Customer Officer | IvantiIvanti · published October 20, 2026 · Tier A

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