{"id":74654,"date":"2023-09-20T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/?p=74654"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:06:31","slug":"arcads-deal-with-ibm-for-devops-in-merlin-is-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/news-events\/arcad-press-articles\/arcads-deal-with-ibm-for-devops-in-merlin-is-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"ARCAD\u2019s Deal with IBM for DevOps In Merlin Is Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:45px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>When IBM launched Merlin in 2022, it touted the browser-based environment as a new way to deliver functionality to the IBM i installed base and potentially to distribute third-party solutions. But right now, the only third-party vendor IBM is working with when it comes to Merlin is ARCAD Software, which has exclusive rights to supply the DevOps components within Merlin, according to executives with both companies.<\/p>\n<p>IBM introduced Merlin with great fanfare in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itjungle.com\/2022\/05\/04\/ibm-merlin-brings-new-approach-to-developing-on-ibm-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2022<\/a>\u00a0as a potentially transformative technology. Not only was Merlin the first browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) from IBM, providing an alternative to the powerful but resource-draining Rational Developer for IBM i (RDi) product, but Merlin also contained a full suite of integrated lifecycle management and DevOps tooling to help IBM i shops change the way they manage code. The fact that IBM bundled the VSCode-based IDE, Git, Jenkins, and DevOps connective tissue for IBM i within a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Hat<\/a>\u00a0Open Shift container managed via Kubernetes just added to Merlin\u2019s mystique as a next-gen offering.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itjungle.com\/2023\/09\/20\/arcads-deal-with-ibm-for-devops-in-merlin-is-exclusive\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read this Article<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM partners solely with ARCAD for DevOps in Merlin\u2014bringing CI\/CD, Git, and modernization tooling to IBM i within a unified 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