The DevOps Dozen awards are back for their tenth year and better than ever. We have reworked the awards program to reflect the trends and changes in our industry. There are two DevOps Dozen categories of awards totaling 22 awards:

• DevOps Dozen Community Awards — 8 awards honor the leaders who have made a positive impact in the DevOps community. The eight DevOps Community awards are exclusively for the DevOps user community. These are not meant for DevOps tools/service providers. There is no cost for submission.
  • Best DevOps-Related Video or Audio Podcast
  • Best DevOps Book of the Year
  • Top DevOps Community Evangelist
  • Best DevOps Event of the Year
  • Most Innovative DevOps Open Source Project
  • Best Application of AI in DevOps Practices
  • DevOps Enterprise Leader of the Year
  • Best DevOps.com Article of the Year

• DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards — 14 awards recognizing the companies who develop and deliver outstanding solutions to empower developers, DevOps and IT operations teams.
  • Best DevOps Industry Implementation
  • Best DevOps Survey/Analysis/ Research
  • Best End-to-End DevOps Platform
  • Best application of AI in DevOps Tool/Platform
  • Top DevOps Vendor Evangelist
  • Best Value Stream Management
  • Best Observability Solution
  • Best DevSecOps Solution
  • Best Platform Engineering Solution
  • Best Testing Service/Tool
  • Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution
  • Best DevOps for DataOps/Database Solution
  • Best New DevOps Tool
  • Best New DevOps Service Provider

The fourteen DevOps Tools/Services awards are for the vendors who develop and supply them to the industry. There is a $250 charge for each submission.

Nominees, Finalists & Winners

The way we conduct nominations, choose the finalists and, ultimately, the winners is a multi-step process.

• The nomination phase is open to the public to nominate candidates. However, it will work a little differently for the 14 Tools and Services Awards categories than it will for the Community Awards.
• While anyone can nominate a tool or service, there is a $250 fee for commercial tools and services to ensure the nomination is for serious tools & services in the DevOps space.
• Finalists will be limited to 10. Tool/Services submission fees will be refunded to those that do not make it to finals.
• For the Community Awards, there is no fee for nominations. We will weed through the nominations and pick the finalists based on those who get the most nominations. COMMERCIAL TOOLS/SERVICES PROVIDERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AWARDS AND WILL NOT MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE FINALS.
• Once finalists are announced, voting for the winners in all 24 categories will be open to the public.
• Winners will be chosen from among the finalists, with general public voting being weighted for 40% of the final total and our judges’ selections for 60% of weighted total.
• Finalists will receive a badge to display on their website and social media with a link to the voting/survey site. Additionally, Techstrong will recognize finalists via articles, video, interviews, and other media coverage across the Techstrong network.
• Winners will be announced at the Predict 2025 virtual summit and will receive both digital and physical trophies and badges celebrating their achievements. Additionally, all winners will be announced and highlighted via the Techstrong network.

Important Dates and Deadlines

• Nominations for all categories via public vote or vendor registration starts on September 9, 2024.
• Nominations and voting for the nominations phase will close on October 18, 2024, 5pm ET.
• Finalists will be announced and public voting starts on November 13, 2024.
• Public voting ends on December 31, 2024.
• DevOps Dozen winners will be announced at Predict 2025 on January 14, 2025.

The place for all things DevOps Dozen-related is and will remain, devopsdozen.com. For any information regarding entry process, awards, timing or any technical issues regarding the website, please contact us at [email protected]. 

Good luck and looking forward to a great DevOps Dozen this year!

Alan Shimel
Editor-in-chief, Founder
Techstrong Group