The DevOps Dozen honors the best of the best in DevOps. The third annual DevOps Dozen awards opened for nominations today. Finalists will be selected based upon how many people nominated them. The top 4 to 6 nominees in each category will then make it to the finalists. The winners will then be voted on by our panel of judges.

You can nominate up to two entrants in the 12 categories for the DevOps Dozen. It is one nomination per person though. We are also requiring name and email address for all people nominating. While that is not going to thwart ballot stuffing, we hope people take these awards in the spirit they are meant to be.

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Which of the following best describes how you currently monitor and manage systems across your hybrid cloud environment?(Required)

Multiple separate tools for different environments

Multiple separate tools for different monitoring and management functions

Single consolidated dashboard

Custom built monitoring and management solution

No full monitoring and management solution

Don’t know

How valuable would it be for your monitoring and management solution to incorporate predictive analytics to help you identify and address system issues that are critical and not waste time or effort working through all the data and “noise” that is not critical?(Required)

Extremely valuable

Moderately valuable

Somewhat valuable

Slightly valuable

Not valuable

How do you most typically address potential system issues BEFORE they impact your operations?(Required)

Automated workflows and playbooks to remediate potential issues as soon as they are detected

An orchestrated response process that leverages automation, AI, and human expertise to rapidly respond to potential issues

Advanced monitoring tools such as predictive analytics and anomaly detection to proactively identify and address potential issues

Respond to issues as they arise, using manual processes and troubleshooting techniques

A combination of automated remediation, orchestrated response, and/or proactive monitoring to address potential system issues

Don’t know

Other

What methods does your organization use to control and monitor cloud/IT spending?(Required)

Centralized procurement processes

Pre-approved budget thresholds

Automated cost monitoring tools

Department-level spending controls

Regular cost audits and reviews

Cloud cost optimization platform

Approval workflows for resource provisioning

Native financial operations tools provided by the cloud provider

No formal controls in place

Don’t know

Other

Please specify:

Which methods do you rely on most to detect security vulnerabilities in your systems?(Required)

Automated scanning tools

Manual assessments

Vendor notifications

Threat modeling (for early detection)

None of these

Don’t know

Other

Please specify:

What are the TWO most common ways you prioritize vulnerabilities to address within your environment?(Required)

Based on potential impact

Based on exploitability

Regulatory compliance requirements

Based on CVSS scores

Risk-based analysis of multiple factors

First-in-first-out approach

No formal prioritization process

Don’t know

How do you typically handle system updates and security patches?(Required)

Automated updates and patches

Manually review and apply updates and patches on a regular schedule

A combination of automation and manual review

Apply updates and patches on an as-needed basis.

Outsourced update and patch management

No defined process

Don’t know

Other

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As stated earlier, we will take the top 4-6 nominees in each category and designate them finalists. Our panel of judges will then pick the winners from that finalists list. Finalists can submit a presentation on why they deserve the award. These can be sent to judges@devops.com. Finalists will be announced 2nd week of November and winners will be announced in December.

Who are the judges? This is tough. We couldn’t have anyone who might be eligible for an award. That disqualifies vendors, practitioners and many others. However, I think we have 4 great judges:

1. Alan Shimel, founder, editor-in-chief, staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud
2. George Hulme, long time tech journalist and editor at staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud and Security Boulevard
3. Jayne Groll, CEO and co-founder of the DevOps Institute
4. Ericka Chickowski, an original editor of staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud and well know tech journalist

So what are the dozen categories for the DevOps Dozen this year? Well you can get the full story at the site itself. Here they are as well:

OpenSource

CommercialSolution

SolutionProviderExecutive

SolutionProvider

SolutionOfTheYear

Evangelist

Transformation

TransformationLeader

SolutionsCompany

BookEBook

PresentationOfTheYear

ArticleOfTheYear

If you have questions after visiting the DevOps Dozen website, write us at DD@devops.com.

The DevOps market is so crowded with worthy winners that we know some great companies and people won’t make the cut. However, there can be only one (as they say)

Voting for finalist nominees is open for just 2 weeks, so don’t waste time. Nominate your favorites today. Good luck to everyone vying for the DevOps Dozen.

— Alan Shimel