The hybrid cloud is widely expected to be a key force in enterprise computing in the coming years, so it’s no wonder vendors are scrambling to bolster their capabilities on that front. Case in point: IBM on Tuesday bought Gravitant, a maker of brokerage software designed to ease the purchase and management of software and services across mixed cloud platforms.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 2004, Texas-based Gravitant develops cloud-based software designed to make it easier for organizations to plan, buy and manage software and computing services from multiple suppliers across hybrid clouds.

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