Decoding DevSecOps Market Merger and Acquisition Activity, 2011-2021

This IDC Market Perspective provides analysis of the data set published in DevOps and DevSecOps Merger and Acquisition Activity, 2011-2021 (IDC #US47924522, March 2022), containing almost 650 different mergers and acquisitions in the DevOps and DevSecOps marketplace in 2011-2021. This document specifically examines merger and acquisition activity in the DevSecOps market."Merger and acquisition activity in the DevSecOps market has increased exponentially over the past 11 years, with 2021 being the most active year," said Jim Mercer, research director, DevOps and DevSecOps at IDC. "The growth in activity can be attributed to the explosion of new applications and digital commerce, creating an attractive attack vector for bad actors that have led to many high-profile security breaches. The result has been more widespread adoption of DevSecOps tools among DevOps teams."