The U.K.’s antitrust authority has given the go-ahead to IBM’s planned multibillion-dollar acquisition of infrastructure software company HashiCorp. In a brief case update published today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had “cleared the anticipated acquisition by IBM of HashiCorp,” and it would publish the full rationale for its decision in due course. The announcement comes some 10 months after IBM first revealed it was doling out $6.4 billion for HashiCorp as it sought dee...