HashiCorp speaks up about adjusting to life under IBM

HashiCorp is now an IBM company, with one staffer remarking: "We're actually quite happy for it, most of us sitting in this room at least."

The comment came during a briefing at this week's London HashiDays event – the first since the IBM merger went through.

While HashiCorp was eager to talk about General Availability of products including HCP Vault Radar and Boundary transparent sessions, and post-quantum cryptography updates to Vault Enterprise, the company also addressed the Big Blue elephant in the room.

Commenting on the cultural differences between IBM and its new acquirement, HashiCorp CTO and co-founder Armon Dadgar described it as "interesting." Yes, there are the usual irritations that come with many mergers – HashiCorp is a Google Suite and Zoom shop, while, according to Dadgar, "IBM's all-in on Office 365" – but putting a company that likes to measure its release cadence in months together with something ...