IBM has signed a five-year IT services agreement including cloud, mobile, analytics and security technologies with Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. supporting the company's continued growth as an independent energy company. On July 1, CPG completed the separation of its natural gas pipeline, midstream and storage business from energy infrastructure company NiSource Inc. As a stand-alone, publicly traded company, CPG is rapidly expanding its operations to serve new and existing customers and markets, with net asset investments expected to grow from about $4.6 billion in 2015 to about $13.5 billion by 2020.