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Techstrong Group announces the recipients of the ninth annual DevOps Dozen2 Awards in recognition of outstanding leadership and service to the DevOps community.

Boca Raton, FL, January 18, 2024 —  Techstrong Group, the power source for people and technology, has published the list of honorees for the 24 categories of the 2023 DevOps Dozen² Awards. The DevOps Dozen Awards highlight the most agile and distinguished individuals and companies who have demonstrated exceptional performance and commitment to the DevOps community.

As we’ve done the last two years, the awards program has been expanded to include a tools and services section and a community section with 12 categories in each class.

Through their exceptional efforts, the DevOps Dozen honorees have not only propelled their businesses and communities forward, but have also played a pivotal role in advancing the entire industry. In a landscape characterized by continuous innovation and evolution, these trailblazers stand out as true champions, making significant contributions to the ongoing progress and excellence within the DevOps realm.

“It is an honor to present these awards to the individuals, projects and organizations ​​that serve as true inspirations in the DevOps landscape,” said Alan Shimel, CEO of Techstrong. “Their dedication to driving innovation and their positive impact on the community make them the epitome of DevOps excellence. Congratulations to all the honorees and to the finalists for making our community better through their leadership and service.”

DevOps Dozen² 2023 Awards Honorees

Here are the names of the 2023 DevOps Dozen² Awards honorees:

DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards

• Best End-to-End DevOps Tool/Service: JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform
  
• Best DevOps Repo/GitOps Tool/Service: gitStream by LinearB
  

• Best CI/CD Tool: CloudBees CI/CDRO
  

• Best Value Stream Management Tool: ValueOps by Broadcom
  

• Best Observability Solution: Grafana Cloud Free Tier
  

• Best DevSecOps Solution: GitLab
  

• Best Testing Tool/Service: Tricentis Mobile
  

• Best Kubernetes Platform/Service: Rafay Systems
  

• Best Cloud-Native Security Solution/Service: Sysdig Secure
  

• Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution: BMC AMI DevX tool suite
  

• Best DevOps for DataOps/Database Solution: Percona
  

• Best New DevOps Tool/Service Provider: New Relic Grok (now New Relic AI)

DevOps Dozen Community Awards

• Best DevOps Industry Implementation: St James’s Place DevOps Implementation
  

• Best DevOps Survey/Analysis/Research: Accelerate State of DevOps Report by DORA
  

• Best DevOps-Related Video Series (video): DevOps Exchange YouTube Channel
  

• Best DevOps-Related Audio Podcast Series: DevOps Paradox
  

• Best DevOps Book/eBook of the Year: Industrial DevOps: Build Better Systems Faster by Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman
  

• Top DevOps Evangelist: Fatima Sarah Khalid, Developer Evangelist at GitLab
  

• Best DevOps Transformation (non-vendor): Pera People Science B.V
  

• Best DevOps Event of the Year: swampUP by JFrog
  

• Most Innovative DevOps Open Source Project: Jenkins
  

• DevOps Executive of the Year (non-vendor): Garima Bajpai, Founder of Canada DevOps Community of Practice
  

• Best DevOps Presentation of the Year: It’s Time to Rip Off the Training Wheels and Enable End-to-End Automation (BMC Software)
  

• Best staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud Article of the Year: DevSecOps: The Fusion of Security and DevOps for Enhanced Software Security by Muneesh Sharma, Neem Consulting Ltd.
  

Winners have been chosen from among the finalists, with public voting weighted for 40% of the final total and our judges’ selections for 60% of the weighted total.

The DevOps Dozen Awards winners will receive digital and physical trophies and badges to celebrate their achievements.

For more information regarding the entry process, awards, timing or any technical issues regarding the website, please contact us at DD@devops.com.

About Techstrong Group

Techstrong Group is the power source for people and technology. Techstrong Group accelerates understanding of technologies that drive business. With a broad set of IT-related communities and offerings, Techstrong Group is the only media company serving the needs of IT leaders and practitioners with news, research, analysis, events, education, certifications and professional development. Our focus is DevOps, cybersecurity, AI, digital transformation, cloud and cloud native. Techstrong Group business units include: Techstrong Media, Techstrong Associations, Techstrong Research and Techstrong Learning. For technology providers, Techstrong business units offer many ways to reach IT professionals and tell their stories.

Techstrong Group is based in Boca Raton, Florida. For more information, visit us on the web and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram.

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Veronica Haggar
Techstrong Group
veronica@techstronggroup.com