The 2022 Tech Innovator Awards

November 14, 2022, 10:00 AM EST

From among more than 260 applicants, CRN staff selected products spanning the IT industry – including in cloud, infrastructure, security, storage and devices – that offer ground-breaking functionality, differentiation and partner opportunity.

Application Development And DevOps

Winner: GitLab 15

At a time when every company is a software company, organizations are increasingly looking to development teams to create more innovative products and drive business results. GitLab 15 is the latest iteration of GitLab‘s One DevOps Platform that shortens development cycle times, improves developer productivity and reduces costs. The platform provides AI, continuous security and compliance, visibility and observability, enterprise agile planning, and workflow automation for data science workloads. With security and compliance incorporated in every step, GitLab 15 allows developers and security professionals to collaborate around business-critical code, keeping security at the forefront of the software development life cycle.

Finalists:

Cycode Next Gen SCA

Katalon Visual Testing

Octopus Deploy

Opsera SaaS DevOps

Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.