Melinda-Carol Ballou

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Current: Melinda-Carol Ballou

Melinda-Carol Ballou

Research Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies

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Broadcom Acquires CA Technologies; CA Technologies Customers Should Consider Potential Risks

Jul 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44147918

By: Stephen ElliotProgram Vice President, Management Software and DevOps, Tim GrieserResearch Vice President, Enterprise System Management Software, Mario MoralesProgram Vice President, Enabling Technologies and Semiconductors, Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies, Peter RuttenResearch Manager, Server Solutions

Broadcom Inc. is attempting to become a major software provider by entering the mainframe and multi-disciplined distributed management markets by acquiring CA Technologies. CA Technologies' financial model generates operating cash flow of $...
Microsoft Significantly Expands Its Developer Collaboration Portfolio with GitHub Acquisition

Jun 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43961318

By: Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies, Al GillenGroup Vice President, Software Development and Open Source, Arnal DayaratnaResearch Director, Software Development, Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps, Larry CarvalhoResearch Director, Platform as a Service

Targeting leverage with developers and incorporation of key code management and software collaboration platform capabilities for its developer portfolio, Microsoft announced the acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock. Wit...
Meltdown, Spectre Attack Dangers Require Careful Risk Analysis, Thorough Patch Testing

Jan 2018 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS43470218

By: Robert WesterveltResearch Director, Security Products, Sean PikeProgram Vice President, Security Products, Pete LindstromVice President of Research, Enterprise / NextGen Security, Frank DicksonResearch Vice President, Security Products, Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies

The CPU chips of nearly two dozen widely used manufacturers are vulnerable to the Spectre and Meltdown attacks, which can be used by a highly sophisticated attacker to expose sensitive information such as passwords or secret keys on PCs, vi...

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Worldwide DevOps Software Forecast Update, 2018–2022

Aug 2018 | Market Forecast | Doc # US44193818

By: Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps, Stephen ElliotProgram Vice President, Management Software and DevOps, Tim GrieserResearch Vice President, Enterprise System Management Software, Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies

This IDC study provides a forecast for the worldwide DevOps software market for 2018–2022."The worldwide DevOps software market achieved a level of $3.9 billion in 2017 according to IDC estimates. The market is forecast to reach $8 billion ...
Worldwide DevOps Software Market Shares, 2017: Year of Robust Adoption and Market Expansion

Jul 2018 | Market Share | Doc # US42656318

By: Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps, Stephen ElliotProgram Vice President, Management Software and DevOps, Tim GrieserResearch Vice President, Enterprise System Management Software, Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies

This IDC study discusses 2017 vendor shares and market activities across the worldwide DevOps software market. This is a relatively new IDC competitive software market that includes portions of revenue found in a number of IDC functional so...
Coordinating Software Quality, Code Analytics, and Security as Core Areas of Focus with Agile for DevOps?

Jul 2018 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US44114118

By: Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies

This IDC Survey Spotlight underscores user engagement with and demand for automated software quality, in coordination with security, code analytics, and agile processes. While some organizations in the past have split teams organizationally...

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Melinda-Carol Ballou

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Broadcom Acquires CA Technologies; CA Technologies Customers Should Consider Potential Risks

Microsoft Significantly Expands Its Developer Collaboration Portfolio with GitHub Acquisition

Meltdown, Spectre Attack Dangers Require Careful Risk Analysis, Thorough Patch Testing

Worldwide DevOps Software Forecast Update, 2018–2022

Worldwide DevOps Software Market Shares, 2017: Year of Robust Adoption and Market Expansion

Coordinating Software Quality, Code Analytics, and Security as Core Areas of Focus with Agile for DevOps?

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