Jim Mercer

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Jim Mercer

Research Director, DevOps

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Google Cloud Next: Addressing Enterprise Needs While Elevating Developers and DevOps to a High Priority

Apr 2019 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS45021719

By: Al GillenGroup Vice President, Software Development and Open Source, Larry CarvalhoResearch Director, Platform as a Service, Arnal DayaratnaResearch Director, Software Development, Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps

At Google Cloud Next '19, there was a markedly sharp focus on addressing enterprise customer needs. This was the first major conference led by Google's new CEO, Thomas Kurian. While Kurian is still new to Google, his presence was clear in t...
CloudBees Acquires Electric Cloud to Add Release Automation

Apr 2019 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS45023019

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

CloudBees, a provider of continuous delivery software services known predominantly for their Jenkins-based CI/CD solutions announced the acquisition of Electric Cloud, a well-known continuous delivery and application release automation (ARA...
Atlassian Acquires AgileCraft for a Strategic Perspective

Mar 2019 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS44942119

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

On March 18, 2019, Atlassian Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AgileCraft, a provider of business-oriented, higher-end agile planning software. This acquisition seeks to address a compelling need for its ...

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IDC TechScape: Worldwide Life-Cycle, Development, Deployment, and PaaS Technologies, 2019

Mar 2019 | IDC TechScape | Doc # US44926019

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

This IDC study considers the collective technologies in the application life-cycle, development, DevOps, and PaaS market areas."Given the high degree of interest in moving to an agile, DevOps-managed development and deployment practice, the...
Addressing the DevOps Skills Gap

Mar 2019 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US44899019

By: Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps

This IDC Survey Spotlight examines the approaches organizations are taking to address the DevOps skills gap."Demand for talent with proven DevOps skills is soaring, making it difficult for organizations to drive their DevOps adoption simply...
DevOps: How Automation and Intelligence Drive Velocity

Mar 2019 | Event Proceeding | Doc # DR2019_T4_JM

By: Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps

These event proceedings were presented at the IDC Directions conferences in Santa Clara and Boston in March 2019.DevOps and agile development have become buzzwords for an industry obsessed with successfully navigating through a digital tran...

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Directions 2019 Boston/MA, Directions 2019 Boston/MA: Analysts hosting 1-1s, Directions 2019 Boston/MA: Analysts speaking, Directions 2019 Santa Clara/CA, Directions 2019 Santa Clara/CA: Analysts hosting 1-1s, Directions 2019 Santa Clara/CA: Analysts speaking

Jim Mercer

IDC Links

Analyst Research

Google Cloud Next: Addressing Enterprise Needs While Elevating Developers and DevOps to a High Priority

CloudBees Acquires Electric Cloud to Add Release Automation

Atlassian Acquires AgileCraft for a Strategic Perspective

IDC TechScape: Worldwide Life-Cycle, Development, Deployment, and PaaS Technologies, 2019

Addressing the DevOps Skills Gap

DevOps: How Automation and Intelligence Drive Velocity

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