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IBM Purchases GraphQL Startup StepZen

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GraphQL is a query language for APIs, developed by Facebook and released as open-source in 2015.

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IBM has acquired GraphQL startup StepZen, which provides tools for hybrid cloud environments to build and scale GraphQL deployments.

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The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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StepZen was founded by the same people who started Apigee, which was acquired by Google in 2016.

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StepZen will become a part of IBM's Software unit and its customers include DataStax, Komex, and HP Enterprise.

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The complexity of data storage and usage has increased with the move to the cloud, leading to the growth of GraphQL as a simplified way to make data calls from a single API.

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Although GraphQL is growing in popularity, it can be a complicated framework and StepZen provides a way to use it more easily.

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Adoption of GraphQL varies, with some surveys reporting around 38% of developers using it and others citing Gartner stats that less than 10% of enterprises were using it in 2021.

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Gartner predicts that the adoption of GraphQL will increase to 50% by 2025, which is why IBM has acquired StepZen.

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IBM is streamlining its workforce but investing in its software unit, which accounts for more than half its revenues and showed growth in the last quarter.

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