We are proud to announce the 2018 DevOps Dozen finalists. When we first launched four years ago, I hoped the DevOps Dozen would grow into an award that really did recognize the best of the best in the maturing DevOps space.

This year, there is no doubt in my mind that the finalists really are unsurpassed in DevOps. In fact, the whole process of nominations was open to the public for selections of finalists; the judges and the criteria really do represent our best efforts.

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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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Congratulations to each and every one of the finalists in the 12 categories. It is quite an accomplishment to make it this far into the process. Whether you’re chosen as a winner or not, you should be proud to be part of such an impressive list.

Since the nomination process was opened, our team has gone through thousands of votes to pick out the finalists in each category. It was not an easy task, as we couldn’t automate (DevOps) it—we had to do it by hand. Many thanks to the everyone here at DevOps.com for doing this.

The next step in the process is for the finalists in each category to submit background info, which will be passed onto our panel of judges. The, the judges will pick the winners of this year’s DevOps Dozen. The 12 (it is the DevOps DOZEN, after all) winners will be announced right after the new year.

Here are your finalists:

Category 1 – Best DevOps Open Source Project

1. GitLab
2. Jenkins X
3. Jenkins
4. Artifactory
5. Taurus
6. Zowe

Category 2 – Best DevOps Commercial Solution

1. CloudBees Core
2. Datical
3. Electric Cloud, Electric Flow
4. JFrog, Artifactory
5. Perfecto
6. XebiaLabs, Enterprise DevOps

Category 3 – Best DevOps Solution Provider Exec

1. Ashok Reddy
2. Carmine Napolitano
3. Chris O’Malley
4. Dibbe Edwards
5. Sacha Labourey
6. Shlomi Ben Haim

Category 4 – Best DevOps Solution Provider

1. Accenture
2. CloudBees
3. Compuware
4. Electric Cloud
5. IBM
6. JFrog
7. Perfecto
8. XebiaLabs

Category 5 – Most Innovative DevOps Solution of the Year

1. CA Brightside
2. CloudBees DevOptics
3. Compuware Topaz
4. Datical Database Release Automation
5. JFrog Enterprise Platform
6. OverOps
7. Scalyr

Category 6 – Top DevOps Evangelist

1. Anders Wallgren, Electric Cloud
2. Baruch Sadogursky, JFrog
3. Brian Dawson, CloudBees
4. Chris O’Malley, Compuware
5. Eran Kinsbruner, Perfecto
6. Mirco Hering, Accenture
7. Robert Reeves, Datical

Category 7 – Best DevOps Transformation

1. Autodesk
2. CafePress
3. Capital One
4. Dutch Railways
5. Standard Bank

Category 8 – DevOps Transformation Leader

1. Cesare Baroni, IBM
2. David Rizzo, Compuware
3. George Swan, Autodesk
4. Patrick Turner, Small Footprint

Category 9 – Best New DevOps Solution Company

1. Applitools
2. CircleCI
3. Codefresh
4. DiscruptOps
5. ShiftLeft

Category 10 – Best DevOps Book/ebook

1. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps
2. Building Cloud Native Apps Painlessly – The Prescriptive Guide to Kubernetes and Jenkins X
3. Continuous Testing for DevOps Professionals: A Practical Guide From Industry Experts
4. DevOps Done Right
5. DevOps For The Modern Enterprise: Winning Practices to Transform Legacy IT Organizations
6. Liquid Software: How to Achieve Trusted Continuous Updates in the DevOps World
7. The Kitty Hawk Venture: A Novel About Continuous Testing in DevOps to Support Continuous Delivery and Business Success

Category 11 – Best DevOps Presentation

1. Real World SLOs and SLIs: A Deep Dive
2. Architecting Your App and Your Pipeline for Continuous Delivery – 10 DO’s for Successful DevOps
3. A Story of DevOps Transformations
4. Project to Product: Practical Realities at a Large Scale Enterprise
5. Achieving AI-Drive IT Operations

Category 12 – Best DevOps.com Article

1. The Impact of DevOps and Continuous Testing in 2018
2. Spring Cleaning 101: Polishing Up Your DevOps Processes
3. Speed and Security Can Coexist in Mainframe DevOps
4. Continuous Discussions, Episode 90: Gene Kim and DOES18 Speakers
5. 5 Things That Will Be Automated in 2018

Thanks to everyone who voted and nominated candidates. Good luck to all of the finalists!

Stay tuned and, as always, thanks for supporting DevOps.com and the rest of the MediaOps family of communities. If you have questions, please write us [email protected].  Also if you want to be included in next years DevOps Dozen awards you need to subscribe to DevOps.com and look for announcements next September.

— Alan Shimel