Best Cloud Agile Technology

Many call cloud and DevOps natural bedfellows, but we want to see proof of that in execution. How does your technology serve both cloud and DevOps approaches to create the perfect mix? Customer examples would be a sincere advantage when explaining.

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Best Continuous Delivery Product

Continuous delivery is an absolute requirement of DevOps practices, and continuous deployment is its natural evolution. Our judges are looking for the tool that best meets the needs of companies seeking to automate their delivery workflows.

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Best Automation Project

This award will go to the automation project which demonstrates the best overall impact on the business. Evidence of innovation, financial impact on the business, and performance against initial expectations will be required.

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Best DevOps Cloud Product

Awarded to the DevOps cloud product which demonstrates superior functionality and/or the most innovation amongst its field. Evidence of revenue, market share and customer references will be taken into consideration.

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Best DevOps Consulting Firm

While a firm may have got to grips with DevOps, it's always a good idea to get an extra pair of eyes on a philosophy or a particular project, and that's where consulting comes in. Who are you working with, what are you doing for them, and what drives your perfect blend of incisive advice and guidance?

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Best DevOps Start Up

As one of the IT industry's hottest buzzwords, there are a multitude of DevOps companies springing up now - from training providers to consultants to software developers. We are looking for a new company with an attractive proposition, clear vision and proven customer stories.

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Best DevOps Team

DevOps is fundamentally about team work, and we want to find the best example of such a unit working like clockwork. Developers, operations and other key stakeholders working in harmony is the name of the game. Obviously, we also want to see a discussion of the results generated by such a great group.

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Best DevOps Transformation

DevOps is celebrated for its ability to transform business or project processes, and we want to find the perfect example of the difference made by following DevOps culture and practice. This, of course, will require proof, and a convincing before-and-after story.

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Best Open Source DevOps Tool

The free flowing nature of open source is an excellent companion to DevOps, and there are some very special tools appearing in the space. We'd like to find out why you consider yours to be pulling ahead. Please include customer case studies to help tell the story.

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Best Software-Defined Product

Awarded to the software-defined product which demonstrates the best functionality coupled with ease of use and innovation. Customer references, evidence of strong revenues attached to the product, and explanations of why this product out-competes or out-innovates its rivals will be taken into consideration.

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DevOps Professional of the Year

Our DevOps Professional of the year is a DevOps practitioner who has gone the extra mile to show the rest of the industry how it works in action. They're not necessarily a leader in the traditional sense, but simply an individual who has taken DevOps to their core, and produced results not possible without seamless blending of development and operations.

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DevOps Leader of the Year

This is an award for the individual who is leading Dev Ops by example. It may be departmental management, project leadership, or a personal innovation which has grown and developed the space.

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DevOps Tool / Product of the Year

While DevOps started as more a philosophy than a toolset, tools and solutions to speed DevOps results are now key to the game, and we're looking for the best in class. Why is yours leading the pack, and how can you prove it? Again, customer case study examples would stand you in good stead with the judges.

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Most Innovative DevOps Vendor

DevOps is another buzz phrase of the day, but 'not doing waterfall' is a far cry from actually innovating in the space. This award will go to the vendor displaying the most industry-leading approach to working with Dev Ops. Customer case studies are a strongly encouraged addition to your entry.

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Most Successful Cultural Transformation

Moving from a legacy waterfall-based way of working to agile methodologies takes a significant readjustment for employees at every business level. We are looking for cases where the company has seamlessly and successfully transitioned to DevOps workflows, with examples of employee attitudes.

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Best Use of Microservices/Containers

An effective way for companies to rapidly deliver change, containerised microservices are quickly growing in popularity as an enabler of DevOps. Use of microservices continues to expand as organisations seek to become more agile, and our judges are looking for the most impressive use of these technologies. Implementations that have added value, saved time and money, and prepared the company for or moved it along the path to Agile will be considered.

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DevOps Rising Star of the Year

The Rising Star will be a new entrant to DevOps, with less than 10 years in the sector. They will work in a DevOps environment (or a workplace which is in the process of implementing a DevOps culture), and show evidence of excellence and of going above and beyond normal expectations. They can occupy any DevOps role – what is important is their work ethic and (provable) results.

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Best Implementation of DevSecOps

The growing shift-left mindset in DevOps means that the emphasis is now on writing code securely the first time round, instead of treating security as an afterthought at the end of the delivery process. How has security been embedded into the DevOps process, and what has been the effect on business workflows? Judges will expect to see a case study, not a simple marketing description of a DevSecOps tool.

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Best DevOps Security Tool

The need for security is a never ending cycle, and that fits DevOps like a glove. As a relatively new area of the security industry, we want to seek out the best DevOps security tool, and award those leading the pack. This is another award where customer stories are an important addition to winning over the judges.

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DevOps Project of the Year

Thousands of companies are now ‘doing DevOps', but some implementations are more successful than others. What prompted the adoption of DevOps methodologies, and what effect has it had on the business?

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Best DevOps Services Company

We're looking for the best overall DevOps services operation. From strategy to planning, maintenance to implementation, you'll do some or all of these to a high degree, and be able to prove it with good customer stories.

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Special Award: Pandemic Performance

The coronavirus pandemic forced companies to adopt agile working methodologies: perhaps the largest external shift to DevOps ever seen. Firms that took the plunge immediately became more competitive than their less-agile rivals, although there were certainly pain points in the transition – whether you were already doing DevOps or not.

This one-time Special Award is for the company who best used DevOps for success in the pandemic: to break down siloes, increase efficiencies and continue operating in the face of the upheaval seen in 2020. Judges will particularly be looking for a description of your business state before, during and after the worst of the pandemic.

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