Jim Mercer

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Jim Mercer

Research Director, DevOps & DevSecOps

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Perforce To Expand Quality Portfolio with BlazeMeter Acquisition

Oct 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS48301921

By: Melinda-Carol BallouResearch Director, Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies, Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps & DevSecOps, Katie NortonSenior Research Analyst, DevOps

On September 30, 2021, Perforce Software agreed to acquire the BlazeMeter Continuous Testing (BlazeMeter CT) platform from Broadcom. BlazeMeter CT is a SaaS-based, continuous testing platform built on open source. The acquisition, the compa...
AnsibleFest 2021: Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 is re-architected for speed and ease of use

Oct 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS48074221

By: Jevin JensenResearch Vice President, Infrastructure and Operations, Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps & DevSecOps

Recently, Red Hat held its annual AnsibleFest with more than 23,000 registered attendees for the two-day virtual event. The event featured keynotes and general sessions from Red Hat, IBM, and its multiple Ansible partners. Customer present...
ChefConf 2021 — New Post-Acquisition Investments in the Chef Platform

Sep 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS48236921

By: Katie NortonSenior Research Analyst, DevOps, Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps & DevSecOps

The annual Chef conference — ChefConf 2021, held September 7–9, 2021 — was the first ChefConf since the acquisition by Progress Software in October 2020. The virtual event featured three days of sessions ending with a hackathon to wrap up t...

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Scaling DevOps in the Future Enterprise: Future Enterprise Planning Guide

Sep 2021 | Tech Buyer Presentation | Doc # US48217521

By: Meredith WhalenChief Research Officer, IDC, Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps & DevSecOps, Serge FindlingVice President of Research, Digital Transformation, Martha RoundsResearch Director

This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation is part of IDC's Future Enterprise Planning Guide series. Each module delivers key overviews, targeted advice, and peer insights to guide users through key parts of the digital transformation (DX) process.Sc...
Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide DevOps Software, 2021

Aug 2021 | Market Analysis Perspective | Doc # US48161321

By: Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps & DevSecOps, Jevin JensenResearch Vice President, Infrastructure and Operations

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective (MAP) examines the DevOps competitive market for 2021. Modern technologies and market pressure, coupled with organizations trying to improve business agility and resiliency following 18 months of a world...
IDC Market Glance: DevOps, 3Q21

Aug 2021 | Market Presentation | Doc # US48129721

By: Jim MercerResearch Director, DevOps & DevSecOps

This IDC Market Glance provides a graphical overview of the DevOps market landscape across the software delivery pipeline. It reveals some of the DevOps players and depicts the segments and structure of the market.

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