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Finalists Named in Techstrong Group’s DevOps Dozen² Awards 2021
Techstrong Group has unveiled the list of finalists for the DevOps Dozen² Awards 2021 and has officially opened public voting to determine the winners in each of the 24 award categories.

Boca Raton, Fla.—November 17, 2021—Techstrong Group, the power source for people and technology, has announced the finalists for the 24 categories in the seventh annual DevOps Dozen² Awards. The DevOps Dozen² Awards honor the most innovative and inspiring individuals and companies that have demonstrated their leadership and commitment to the DevOps community.

The DevOps Dozen² Awards are divided into two sections: DevOps Dozen Community Awards and DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards.

The DevOps industry leaders and companies advancing to the finals are those that have received the highest number of votes in each category. Additionally, a panel of five expert judges voted on the finalists. The judges are:
- Mitchell Ashley, principal, Techstrong Research, and CTO, Techstrong Group
- Helen Beal, chief ambassador, DevOps Institute
- Jayne Groll, CEO, DevOps Institute
- Alan Shimel, CEO, Techstrong Group
- John Willis, senior director, Red Hat Global Transformation Office
“These awards celebrate the world’s best DevOps leaders, companies and tools that are changing the industry for the better,” said Alan Shimel, founder and CEO of Techstrong Group. “We are very proud of each and every one of the finalists for being able to adapt and pivot during these uncertain times. We are also honored to highlight those who make significant contributions each year through the DevOps Dozen awards.”

Here are the finalists for the DevOps Dozen Community Awards categories:

DevOps Dozen Community Awards

1. Best DevOps Industry Implementation
2. Best DevOps Survey/Analysis/Research
3. Best DevOps-Related Video Series (video)
4. Best DevOps-Related Audio Podcast Series
5. Best DevOps Book/eBook of the Year
- A Beginner’s Guide to Observability, Splunk
- Data Mesh: Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale, by Zhamak Dehghani
- Enterprise Bug Busting, by Rosalind Radcliffe
6. Top DevOps Evangelist
7. Best DevOps Transformation (non-vendor)
8. Best DevOps Virtual Event of the Year
9. Most Innovative DevOps Open Source Project
10. DevOps Executive of the Year (non-vendor)
11. Best DevOps Presentation of the Year
12. Best DevOps.com Article of the Year
Here are the finalists for the DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards categories:

DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards

1. Best End-to-End DevOps Tool/Service
2. Best DevOps Repo/GitOps Tool/Service
3. Best CI/CD Tool
4. Best Value Stream Management Tool
5. Best Observability Solution
6. Best DevSecOps Solution
7. Best Testing Service/Tool
8. Best Kubernetes Platform/Service
9. Best Cloud-Native Security Solution/Service
10. Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution
11. Best DevOps for DataOps/Database Solution
12. Best New DevOps Tool/Service Provider
Finalists will receive a badge to display on their website and social media and a link to the voting/survey site.

Voting for the winners in all 24 categories is now officially open to the public through Dec. 31.

Winners will be chosen from among the finalists with general public voting weighted for 40% of the final total and the DevOps Dozen judges’ selections for 60% of the total. The DevOps Dozen² Awards 2021 winners will be announced at the Predict 2022 Virtual Summit Jan. 20, 2022. Winners will receive both digital badges and physical trophies celebrating their achievements.

Additional Resources
- For more information about the awards, important dates and deadlines, please visit the DevOps Dozen² Awards website.
- For any information regarding the entry process, awards or timing, please contact us at DD@devops.com.
About Techstrong Group

Techstrong Group is the power source for people and technology. Techstrong accelerates understanding of technologies that drive business. With a broad set of IT-related communities and offerings, Techstrong 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 digital transformation, DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud and cloud-native. Techstrong Group business units include: Techstrong Media, Techstrong Associations, Techstrong Research, Techstrong Learning and Techstrong Live!. For technology providers, Techstrong business units offer many ways to reach IT professionals and tell their story.

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

Contact
Heidi Gilmore
Techstrong Group
heidi@techstronggroup.com
November 17, 2021
Techstrong Group Launches Digital CxO to Advance Digital Business Transformation
New Digital CxO website and community will focus on helping executives and aspiring leaders get ahead—and stay ahead—of the challenges in a constantly changing business and world reality.

Boca Raton, Fla. — November 8, 2021 — Techstrong Group, the power source for people and technology, today announced the launch of Digital CxO, a destination site and community to promote collaboration among business and IT leaders in an environment in which members can learn and engage with one another and industry experts.

“CIOs and CTOs typically have deep technology acumen that is applied to benefit the business. At the same time, CEOs, COOs, CMOs and other business executives are keen to understand the true potential of IT’s impact on the success of their organizations. Digital CxO is the only resource that brings all IT stakeholders together in a single, unified community,” said Mike Vizard, General Manager and Editorial Director for Digital CxO.

The modern C-suite has been profoundly realigned as business leaders recognize and embrace the way IT now impacts every aspect of the business. Today, every organization depends on IT to drive business processes.

According to Deloitte1, organizations that have more mature digital processes generate higher revenues and profit. However, while 85% of CEOs accelerated their company’s digital initiatives during the pandemic, most can’t articulate their overall strategy and progress beyond the fact that they made a technology investment.

“Business is digital and the technologies that drive it evolve rapidly. It is challenging for C-level executives to keep up,” said Martin Logan, chief product and technology officer, Caesars Entertainment. “The first challenge is to understand what the emerging technology landscape is, beyond the surface level. The second, perhaps even bigger challenge for CxOs, is to figure out how these technologies can add value or even transform their business and which are bright shiny things best ignored. Digital CxO offers a place for all CxO roles to go to learn both of these important aspects of technology.”

“The divide between IT and the rest of the business has been bridged,” said Vizard. “The mission of Digital CxO is to create a trusted environment for the new breed of CxOs to learn, share and stay ahead of the continuous evolution of digital business powered by technology.”

Digital CxO will address these issues and more through its website, launching today, and at an upcoming conference series for executive roles kicking off in Boca Raton, Fla., in March 2022. Senior business and IT executives as well as aspiring leaders are encouraged to join the Digital CxO community by subscribing to the community.

“Since we first launched DevOps.com in 2014 our audience has been a mix of single contributors and managers all the way up to C-level members. Until now we never had a dedicated destination to help today’s generation of Digital CxOs stay up to date on the latest trends, learning from industry leaders and their peers,” said Alan Shimel, CEO of Techstrong Group. “Digital CxO will be that place where the digital leaders of organizations come to see, learn, network and be empowered.”

Mike Vizard has been covering enterprise IT issues for the better part of three decades. Previously, he was editorial director for Ziff Davis Enterprise, publisher of eWEEK, CIOinsight and Baseline and has served as the editor-in-chief for both InfoWorld and CRN.

Resources:
- Visit the Digital CxO website
- Read the blog from Mike Vizard
- Read the blog from Alan Shimel
- Read the blog from Charlene O’Hanlon
1 Rich Nanda, Ragu Gurumurthy, Sam Roddick, Deborah Golden, Brenna Sniderman, Diana Kearns-Manolatos A new language for digital transformation. Deloitte, September 23, 2021.

About Techstrong Group

Techstrong Group is the power source for people and technology. Techstrong accelerates understanding of technologies that drive business. With a broad set of IT-related communities and offerings, Techstrong 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 digital transformation, DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud and cloud-native. Techstrong Group business units include: Techstrong Media, Techstrong Research and Techstrong Live!. For technology providers, Techstrong business units offer many ways to reach IT professionals and tell their story.

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

Media Contact
Jeremy Douglas
Catapult
jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com
November 8, 2021
Techstrong Research Bolsters Focus on Business Value and Outcomes of Disruptive Technologies with Addition of Hurwitz & Associates
Judith Hurwitz, Daniel Kirsch and company bring extensive experience in technology and market research, management and strategy consulting, business and go-to-market planning to Techstrong Group business unit

Boca Raton, Fla. — October 13, 2021 — Techstrong Group, the power source for people and technology, announced today that Hurwitz & Associates will join Techstrong Research. The Hurwitz & Associates team, led by Judith Hurwitz and Daniel Kirsch, will join Mitchell Ashley in leading the firm. Hurwitz will serve as president and Kirsch will serve as managing director of Techstrong Research. Ashley will continue as a principal of Techstrong Research, as well as CTO of Techstrong Group. The combined team brings deep technical and business expertise to guide business leaders, technology providers, entrepreneurs and investors on the business value of emerging technologies.

Techstrong Research is the go-to source for unbiased information, insights and connections that help IT professionals understand new technologies. The Techstrong Research team brings deep knowledge about today’s leading technologies with insights and actionable strategies for DevOps, cloud, IT management, security/governance, AI and data initiatives. It offers a holistic business perspective essential for IT leaders and practitioners to adapt and thrive in the digital economy.

“I have worked with Judith and the Hurwitz & Associates team for decades with tremendous success,” said Andy Palmer, co-founder, chairman and CEO at Tamr Inc. and co-founder, Koa Labs. “I am looking forward to the potential of this important next-generation research and analyst firm created by the combination of Hurwitz & Associates and Techstrong Research.”

Founded in 1996, Hurwitz & Associates brings industry longevity, experience and credibility earned by working with hundreds of enterprise customers and publishing numerous books and research reports.

Prior to joining Techstrong Research, Hurwitz was president and CEO of Hurwitz & Associates. A pioneer in anticipating technology innovation and adoption, she served as a trusted advisor to many industry leaders. Hurwitz has helped clients transition to business models focused on the business value of emerging technologies. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and is the co-author of 10 books, including Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human–Machine Collaboration, Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics and Smart or Lucky: How Technology Leaders Turn Chance into Success. She serves on the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board at Boston University. She also serves on several technology advisory boards, was a recipient of the 2005 Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council award and was named a distinguished alumnus by Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2005.

“I am very excited to join Techstrong Research and to collaborate with Dan and Mitchell to create a bold, next-generation research and analyst firm,” said Hurwitz. “Our ability to couple research and analysis with the reach of Techstrong Group platforms, audiences, events and membership will give us significant differentiation in the market.”

Kirsch will serve as managing director and co-founder of Techstrong Research, working with clients on their strategy to develop, market and partner in disruptive technologies, including AI, cloud and security. At Hurwitz & Associates, Dan was managing director. He was a trusted advisor to large and mid-size IT vendors, providing them with market perspective and aligning strategy with customer requirements. His research focused on how compliance, governance, security and privacy are impacting the software industry and customer requirements. Kirsch is also co-author of Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human–Machine Collaboration, Big Data for Dummies, Cloud Computing for Dummies and Hybrid Cloud for Dummies. Kirsch has a JD from Boston College Law School where he focused on corporate law, emerging corporations and intellectual property. As an attorney, Dan represented startups, cloud computing ventures and companies going through second-round financing.

“In addition to our unique differentiators, Techstrong Group amplifies our clients’ messages and our research to help reach a curated audience,” added Kirsch.

“I am thrilled to have Judith and Dan join Techstrong Research,” said Ashley. “Their deep experience and skill in helping clients focus on the business outcome potential of emerging and disruptive technologies will help our clients accelerate value from their technology investments.”

“In my time as CMO for IBM’s software, cloud and AI businesses, I worked closely with the Hurwitz & Associates team. They provided our organization with clear customer-focused positioning, collateral and insight for our go to market strategy,” said Buell Duncan, technology and marketing executive/senior advisory board member. “Their knowledge of the market, including competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, is invaluable. Hurwitz & Associates analysts are natural storytellers who understand the world from the customer’s perspective and the problems they are trying to solve. This team helped translate the value of IBM solutions into impactful business outcomes for our clients.”

Techstrong Research is an integrated Techstrong Group business along with Techstrong Media, Techstrong Associations, Techstrong Learning and Techstrong Live!. This gives Techstrong Research a unique advantage over other analyst firms as Techstrong Group is the go-to resource for millions of software development, delivery and security professionals to inform research, validate messages and customize research engagements.

“The market moves fast and keeping up requires data. I’ve worked with Techstrong Research analysts for years, and the only thing I value more than the quality of their research and deliverables is their partnership in helping us identify the right questions to ask,” said Sam Fell, , vice-president, product marketing, Sumo Logic. “This new combination of the former Accelerated Strategies Group and Hurwitz & Associates brings together powerful resources and very experienced, senior analysts.”

Additional Resources
About Techstrong Research

Techstrong Research accelerates the adoption of disruptive technologies that drive business outcomes and provides actionable strategies in rapidly changing markets. We are the only organization serving the needs of IT leaders, practitioners and the industry ecosystem with research, analysis, content, events and education. We bring deep knowledge about today’s leading technologies such as DevOps, cloud, data and AI/ML, security/governance initiatives and supporting infrastructure. We offer our customers a holistic business perspective essential to adapt and thrive in the digital economy. The Techstrong Research team has the knowledge, experience and credibility earned by working with hundreds of businesses across many industries to provide consulting, thought leadership and research services.

Media Contact
Jeremy Douglas
Catapult
jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com
October 13, 2021
Techstrong Group Launches as the Power Source for People and Technology
Unified Techstrong brand is the go-to source for unbiased information, insights and connections for IT professionals looking to excel personally and professionally

Boca Raton, FL, October 6, 2021 — Techstrong Group, the power source for people and technology, announced its launch today. Techstrong Group is the combination of several market-leading businesses and brands in the DevOps, cybersecurity and cloud-native space. MediaOps, DevOps Institute, Prospera Events and Accelerated Strategies Group are now all part of Techstrong Group. Techstrong Group’s integrated businesses set it apart from others and offer IT professionals and technology providers multiple ways to learn and engage.

MediaOps, a two-time Inc. 5000 winner, is the company behind brands including DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Container Journal and Techstrong TV. DevOps Institute, a 2021 Inc. 5000 recipient, is the globally recognized professional member association for advancing the human elements of DevOps and the leading certification authority in the DevOps space. For more than 15 years, Prospera Events has run the InnoTech series of conferences as well as other events for organizations in the technology field. Accelerated Strategies Group, founded two years ago, provides research and analysis in DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud and cloud-native, as well as digital transformation.

“Today marks a major milestone as we take the next step in our growth journey by forming Techstrong Group. This also is a major milestone for the industry as we focus on our IT communities, ecosystem and customers,” said Alan Shimel, Techstrong Group CEO and co-founder. “So, to all of our news consumers, members, customers, employees and ambassadors, thank you for helping us to reach this point in our journey. Today we are launching Techstrong Group, but we have big plans beyond today, so stay tuned. We are just getting started.”

Techstrong Group is uniquely positioned as the go-to source for unbiased information, insights and connections that help IT professionals understand new technologies to excel both personally and professionally. With a broad set of IT-related communities and offerings, Techstrong Group is the only organization serving the needs of IT leaders, practitioners and industry ecosystem with news, research, analysis, events, education, certifications and professional development.

“The goal in forming Techstrong Group is to create a safe and holistic ecosystem for today’s digital culture that powers their careers and their organizations with content, events, research, education and certification,” said Jayne Groll, co-founder and chief strategy officer, Techstrong Group.

At today’s hyper-fast pace, it is critical for technology professionals at all levels to understand how technology can improve business processes, revenue, profitability and customer satisfaction. Techstrong Group aims to be the place where technology leaders and practitioners gather to exchange ideas and continually learn, grow and succeed.

“Quality and up-to-date information is what the industry has come to expect from Techstrong brands such as DevOps.com, DevOps Institute, Security Boulevard and others. It only makes sense to align these individual IT information properties, covering news, community, membership associations, broadcast and research under one organization,” said Shlomi Ben Haim, co-founder and CEO, JFrog. “With this move, Techstrong Group has created a unique powerhouse to scale IT resources, enabling us to tap into those resources across a variety of different channels.”

To effectively deliver on this broad array of knowledge offerings and benefits, Techstrong Group is organized into several business units, including:
- Techstrong Media: Our media business serves IT communities that are reshaping the world of technology. Today DevOps, cloud-native, cybersecurity and digital transformation are the communities we live in. The operational brands and sites serving these communities are DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Container Journal and TechstrongTV.
- Techstrong Associations: Our professional associations focus on the people side of technology. With the fast pace of technology, professional associations have become more important than ever to keep members up to date on the latest career-defining skills and knowledge. DevOps Institute is a community for practitioners and their leadership, consultants, vendors and recognized thought leaders to come together. DevOps Institute’s global ambassador community offers experts with a rich mix of industry experience, extensive practical knowledge and regional awareness.
- Techstrong Research: Techstrong Research analysts from around the world leverage their industry expertise to offer research services, analysis and knowledge to deliver insightful, intelligent and useful information in a variety of formats relevant to the IT community—reports, assessments, digital events, videos, workshops and implementation projects with IT organizations, business leaders and tech vendors.
- Techstrong Learning: Our educational business offers online education in various formats for IT leaders and practitioners. Techstrong Learning will be an online learning platform catering to topics and capabilities unique to digital transformation from the developer to the executive.
- Techstrong Live!: Our events serve all of our communities with trends, knowledge, strategic and pragmatic insights and hard-hitting thought leadership in multiple formats including in-person, virtual, hybrid, remote live feed, webinars, seminars and workshops.
“The Techstrong Group brands have been a solid go-to resource for news, updates, research and industry events for many years. The brands have achieved this status by not only keeping a daily pulse on the industries they serve, but by developing long-standing relationships with industry and thought leaders,” said Derek E. Weeks, SVP and CMO, The Linux Foundation. “It is great to see the Techstrong Group brands come together to help the industry keep up with rapidly evolving technologies and in a way that helps us to understand how to gain maximum business value from technology.”

Additional Resources
About Techstrong Group

Techstrong Group is the power source for people and technology. Techstrong accelerates understanding of technologies that drive business. With a broad set of IT-related communities and offerings, Techstrong 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 digital transformation, DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud and cloud-native. Techstrong Group business units include: Techstrong Media, Techstrong Associations, Techstrong Research, Techstrong Learning and Techstrong Live!. For technology providers, Techstrong business units offer many ways to reach IT professionals and tell their story.

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

Media Contact
Jeremy Douglas
Catapult
jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com
October 6, 2021
MediaOps Opens Nominations for the DevOps Dozen² Awards 2021 to Honor the Most Outstanding Leaders in the DevOps Community
The DevOps Dozen Awards are back for their seventh year, celebrating the most innovative individuals and companies whose contributions have been of great value to the DevOps community

Boca Raton, FL, September 15, 2021 — MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, has opened nominations for the seventh annual DevOps Dozen Awards. Submissions will be accepted now through October 22. For the second year in a row, the awards program has been expanded to include a vendor section and a community member section, with 12 categories in each.

There are a dozen awards in each of the two main sections:
- DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards: These vendor awards recognize the most innovative companies developing and selling outstanding solutions to empower developers, DevOps and IT operations teams. Each entry costs $250. Vendors may nominate themselves.
- DevOps Dozen Community Awards: These awards celebrate organizations and leaders who have accomplished outstanding achievements and made significant contributions to the DevOps community. The nominees with the highest number of votes in each category will advance to the finals. A maximum of two entries in each category will be allowed per nomination. There are no nomination fees in this category, but it is not open to commercial vendors.
“Last year we expanded the awards to honor both vendors and community leaders, and we’re doing it again,” said Alan Shimel, founder and CEO at MediaOps. “These awards will recognize those who have displayed exceptional leadership and hard work while navigating through these challenging times.”

Important Dates and Deadlines
- Nominations for all categories via public vote or vendor registration are open as of September 15, 2021.
- Nominations and voting for the first phase will close at 5:00 p.m. ET on October 22, 2021.
- Finalists will be announced/public voting opens on November 1, 2021.
- Public voting ends/judges submissions due by 5:00 p.m. ET on December 31, 2021.
- DevOps Dozen² winners will be announced during the Predict 2022 Virtual Summit on January 18, 2022.
DevOps Dozen² 2020 Award Categories

Here are the 12 award categories for the DevOps Dozen Tools and Services Awards:
1. Best End-to-End DevOps Tool/Service
2. Best DevOps Repo/Git/GitOps Tool/Service
3. Best CI/CD Tool
4. Best Value Stream Management Tool
5. Best Observability Solution
6. Best DevSecOps Solution
7. Best Testing Service/Tool
8. Best Kubernetes Platform/Service
9. Best Cloud-Native Security Solution/Service
10. Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution
11. Best DevOps for DataOps/Database Solution
12. Best New DevOps Tool/Service Provider
Here are the 12 award categories for the DevOps Dozen Community Awards:
1. Best DevOps Industry Implementation
2. Best DevOps Survey/Analysis/Research
3. Best DevOps-Related Video Series (video)
4. Best DevOps-Related Audio Podcast Series
5. Best DevOps Book/eBook of the Year
6. Top DevOps Evangelist
7. Best DevOps Transformation (non-vendor)
8. Best DevOps Virtual Event of the Year
9. Most Innovative DevOps Open Source Project
10. DevOps Executive of the Year
11. Best DevOps Presentation of the Year
12. Best DevOps.com Article of the Year
Additional Resources
- For more information about each award category, please visit the DevOps Dozen website.
- Read the blog by MediaOps founder Alan Shimel.
- For any information regarding entry process, awards, timing or any technical issues regarding the website, please contact us at DD@devops.com.
About MediaOps

MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, is an omniversal media company covering IT industries and practices that are re-shaping the world of technology, including DevOps, cloud-native, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Through a convergence of new media distribution platforms, we deliver the experiential stories IT professionals need to gain fresh insights and learn new skills. For marketing partners, MediaOps delivers unparalleled access to inform and engage with a highly involved IT community, for thought leadership, demand generation, and specialized campaigns. MediaOps is not only the most trusted name in technology media, but the most loved as well.

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Contact
Heidi Gilmore
MediaOps
heidi@mediaops.com
September 15, 2021
MediaOps Teams with Boca Code to Award the ‘Engineer the Change’ Scholarship Supporting Disadvantaged Minorities in the South Florida Tech Community
Two full scholarships are awarded annually by MediaOps to support diversity in the local IT talent pool and create a more inclusive tech industry

Boca Raton, FL, September 14, 2021 — MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, has again teamed up with Boca Code to award its Engineer the Change scholarship to Alina Maliuk, a first-generation immigrant from Ukraine. The scholarship was initiated by MediaOps to help foster diversity in the local tech industry and empower individuals from underserved communities to develop the skills needed to succeed in IT. Boca Code offers comprehensive training in software development for adults.

MediaOps sponsors two scholarships annually for Boca Code students. The scholarships, each valued at $10,000, enable students to enroll in Boca Code’s flagship Software Engineering Career Course, a 10-week rigorous and fast-paced coding bootcamp. The course combines theory and hands-on, project-based learning to prepare students for a career in software engineering. As part of their coursework, students take on development projects for local businesses, providing the students immediate, hands-on experience with real projects.

“The ‘Engineer the Change’ scholarships combine two goals that are core to the MediaOps team and to me personally. The first is doing our part to enable South Florida to be a world-class region for the tech industry. The second is providing opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged communities

to acquire the skills they need for a successful career in tech,” said Alan Shimel, CEO and founder, MediaOps. “We hope to serve as an inspiration to other local companies to fund similar programs in support of these worthy goals.”

The scholarship will be awarded for the Fall 2021 term to Maliuk, who came to the United States from Ukraine in 2012. While in Ukraine, she received a bachelor’s degree in management. After college, she was married and gave birth to her first son. During her maternity leave, her family emigrated to New York. As first-generation immigrants, they had to start their new lives from scratch. For the first few years in the United States, Maliuk and her family worked in entry-level jobs. In 2018, now a mother of two, Maliuk took several online classes in web development and rediscovered her love of learning—particularly software development. Now a resident of Boca Raton, Maliuk found Boca Code and attended a workshop in web development.

“Boca Code’s workshop in web development was energizing and furthered the learning I had already started on my own. Through that initial course, the Boca Code team inspired me to go even further. I am ready to move onto my next chapter and I would like that to be a career in software engineering,” said Maliuk. “Thanks to the Engineer the Change scholarship, I now have this amazing opportunity to

accelerate my tech career. I will give back by showing other female immigrants of the Russian speaking community in Florida that if you can dream it and work hard to achieve it, you can make it happen.”

Research shows a staggering lack of diversity in STEM fields, most noticeably within computer and engineering positions. It is a glaring workforce disparity that requires both recognition and responsibility from those at the highest levels in the tech world to create a more diversified and equitable workforce.

“We are so pleased to partner with companies like MediaOps. Alan and his team recognize the value of fostering a strong tech community here in South Florida and providing opportunities for minorities to develop tech skills,” said Todd Albert, Founder and Lead Instructor, Boca Code. “Like MediaOps, Boca Code also wants to help enable diversity and inclusivity within the tech industry. Our partnership shows what industry and education can achieve together to make this happen. The Engineer the Change scholarship is a shining example of empowering minorities within the South Florida IT community to grow their technical skills and build careers.”

Scholarship applicants that didn’t win the Engineer the Change scholarship were awarded Boca Code’s own Diversity in Tech Scholarship worth $2,600.

Additional Resources
- Learn more about the Engineer the Change scholarship and how to apply
- Read the blog from MediaOps Founder Alan Shimel about the Engineer the Change scholarship
- Discover the Boca Code Software Engineering Career Course
- Learn more about MediaOps
About MediaOps

MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, is an omniversal media company covering IT industries and practices that are reshaping the world of technology, including DevOps, cloud-native, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Through a convergence of new media distribution platforms, we deliver the experiential stories IT professionals need to gain fresh insights and learn new skills. For marketing partners, MediaOps delivers unparalleled access to inform and engage with a highly involved IT community for thought leadership, demand generation and specialized campaigns. MediaOps is not only the most trusted name in technology media, but the most loved as well.

About Boca Code

Boca Code offers adults comprehensive training in software development using real projects for real companies to best prepare you for and help place you in a career in the tech industry. For more information, visit https://bocacode.com/

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Contacts

MediaOps

Heidi Gilmore

heidi@mediaops.com

Boca Code

Dr. Todd Albert

todd@bocacode.com
September 14, 2021
2021 Inc. 5000 Names MediaOps One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America
For the second year in a row, MediaOps earns inclusion on the annual Inc. 5000 list

Boca Raton, FL, August 17, 2021 — MediaOps (https://techstronggroup.com), the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, today announced it has been once again named to the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest growing private companies in 2021. This is the second straight year that MediaOps has made the list of the fastest growing companies in the country.

The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

MediaOps is an omniversal tech media company covering news about IT industries and business practices that are re-shaping the world of technology, such as: DevOps, cloud-native, cybersecurity and digital transformation. MediaOps’ partners gain access to a highly-involved IT community to inform and engage with them through thought leadership, demand generation and specialized campaigns.

“MediaOps is honored to once again be a part of the prestigious Inc. 5000 list,” said Alan Shimel CEO, MediaOps. “MediaOps not only set out to become the top IT news and content source, but to create advanced media distribution platforms that change the way our partners and thought leaders interact and share information with the IT community. Thanks to an incredible team and vibrant community, we’ve continued to expand our offerings and global footprint. We are excited to continue this upward trajectory in 2021 and beyond. We are doubly excited to share inclusion in this prestigious club with another company I co-founded, the DevOps Institute. Having both companies in the Inc. 5000 is a powerful statement about our model and our terrific people.”

Not only have the companies on the 2021 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but this year’s list also proved especially resilient and flexible given 2020’s unprecedented challenges. Among the 2021 Inc. 5000 companies, the average median three-year growth rate soared to 543 percent, and median revenue reached $11.1 million. Together, these companies added more than 610,000 jobs over the past three years.

In addition to rapidly expanding its team and revenue, MediaOps continues to grow as a leading technology content and information driver through the convergence of multiple media distribution platforms, including:
- DevOps.com
  DevOps.com is an indispensable resource for DevOps education and community building. Its mission is to cover all aspects of DevOps—philosophy, tools, business impact, best practices and more. DevOps.com features the largest collection of original content related to DevOps in the form of in-depth features, bylined articles, blog posts and breaking news about the topics that resonate with IT readers interested in DevOps.
  Learn more about DevOps.com (https://devops.com/).
- Security Boulevard
  Security Boulevard’s mission is to serve the security and related communities by providing a single destination for information, education and discourse on the leading topics and issues facing the security, as well as the larger IT community today.
  Learn more about Security Boulevard (https://securityboulevard.com/).
- Container Journal
  Container Journal’s mission is to become an indispensable resource for education and information around container-related computing, education and community building. Our mission is to cover all aspects of containers—philosophy, tools, business impact, best practices and more.
  Learn more about Container Journal (https://containerjournal.com/).
- TechStrongTV
  TechStrong TV broadcasts three days a week, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. ET, featuring live news and coverage, as well as some of the most popular recent educational video content created.
  Learn more about TechStrongTV (https://techstrong.tv/).
- Digital Anarchist
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“The 2021 Inc. 5000 list feels like one of the most important rosters of companies ever compiled,” says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief, Inc. “Building one of the fastest-growing companies in America in any year is a remarkable achievement. Building one in the crisis we’ve lived through is just plain amazing. This kind of accomplishment comes with hard work, smart pivots, great leadership, and the help of a whole lot of people.”

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc., which will be available on newsstands on August 20.

About Inc. Media
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Vision Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

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About MediaOps
MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, is an omniversal media company covering IT industries and practices that are re-shaping the world of technology, including DevOps, cloud-native, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Through a convergence of new media distribution platforms, we deliver the experiential stories IT professionals need to gain fresh insights and learn new skills. For marketing partners, MediaOps delivers unparalleled access to inform and engage with a highly involved IT community, for thought leadership, demand generation, and specialized campaigns. MediaOps is not only the most trusted name in technology media, but the most loved as well.

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rebecca@mediaops.com

(561) 430-3347
August 17, 2021
MediaOps Wins Two Gold Hermes Creative Awards for Video and Podcast
TechStrong TV takes home the Gold Hermes Creative Award for video and DevOps Chats wins the Gold Hermes Creative Award for audio/podcast series

Boca Raton, FL — June 15, 2021 — MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, announced today that they are the recipient of two 2021 Hermes Creative Gold Awards for their TechStrong TV video series and DevOps Chats podcasts.

The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards recognize outstanding work in the industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals. Hermes Creative Awards are administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.

The specific MediaOps broadcast programs recognized in the Gold category are:
- TechStrong TV won in the video/informational category. TechStrong TV is a streamed broadcast featuring fresh video news and information three days a week and on-demand content from conferences and shows two days a week on the Digital Anarchist network. TechStrong TV features interviews with industry thought leaders, covering the latest news on DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud native and digital transformation.
- DevOps Chats was recognized in the audio/podcast series category. DevOps Chats is a “fireside chat” podcast featuring DevOps.com and Security Boulevard Editor-in-Chief, Alan Shimel, discussing relevant topics with luminaries and thought leaders in the DevOps and security industries.
“We are honored to be recognized for our innovation in tech broadcasting. I am proud of the hard work and commitment the MediaOps team puts into creating and producing these programs,” said Alan Shimel, CEO of MediaOps. “These awards validate MediaOps’ ongoing dedication to inform and educate the IT community by delivering high-quality and engaging content to our audience.”

TechStrong TV is available on the web at Techstrong.tv, with on-demand segments available on DigitalAnarchist.com and the MediaOps community sites (DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Container Journal). TechStrong TV is also available on LinkedIn Live (DevOps.com page), Facebook Live (DevOps.com page), YouTube (DevOps TV channel), on the DevOps.com mobile app for iOS and Android, and on TV via DevOps.com app for OTT channels on Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

Episodes are available after broadcast on-demand at Digital Anarchist, the next-gen streaming service for tech communities, which offers in-depth coverage on DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native and digital transformation, adding high-quality content on a regular basis. DevOps Chats are published on SoundCloud and iTunes, and are also available on Digital Anarchist.

About MediaOps

MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, is an omniversal media company covering IT industries and practices that are re-shaping the world of technology, including DevOps, Cloud-Native, Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation. Through a convergence of new media distribution platforms, we deliver the experiential stories IT professionals need to gain fresh insights and learn new skills. For marketing partners, MediaOps delivers unparalleled access to inform and engage with a highly involved IT community, for thought leadership, demand generation and specialized campaigns. MediaOps is not only the most trusted name in technology media, but the most loved as well.

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Rebecca Auguste

rebecca@mediaops.com

(561) 430-3347
June 15, 2021
Christopher Krebs to Keynote in Live Fireside Chat/Q&A Session at DevOps Connect: DevSecOps at RSA Conference 2021
Former Director of Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to headline free one-day event

Boca Raton, FL, April 26, 2021 — MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, today announced that Former Director of the Department of Homeland’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Christopher Krebs, will be its keynote speaker at DevOps Connect: DevSecOps, a free one-day virtual event to take place on Friday, May 19, during the week of RSA Conference 2021. For the keynote session, Krebs will participate in a live fireside chat with MediaOps Founder and Editor-in-Chief Alan Shimel, which will also include questions fielded from attendees.

“I am excited to have Chris headline our DevOps Connect: DevSecOps security event at RSA Conference this year. His experience in both the public and private sector of managing risk to businesses and government agencies, enabling them to defend themselves against cyber and physical threats is impressive. Chris probably knows as much about election security and working in a public-private partnership to safeguard our critical infrastructure as anyone. I look forward to an engaging discussion with him,” said Shimel.

Krebs is a founding partner of the Krebs Stamos Group, and previously served as the first director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for two years. Before serving as CISA Director, Krebs served in various roles at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for a range of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure and national resilience issues. Prior to his time at DHS, he directed U.S. cybersecurity policy for Microsoft and advised industry and government clients on complex cybersecurity and business risk matters while serving in positions with Obsidian Analysis and Dutko Consulting. Finally, he also served in the George W. Bush Administration, advising DHS leadership on domestic and international risk management and public-private partnership initiatives.

Krebs holds a Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

For the sixth year in a row, DevOps Connect: DevSecOps is again part of the RSA Conference. Each year, MediaOps puts together a line-up of internationally recognized speakers to bring security and DevOps professionals the best in peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. In addition to keynote speaker Christopher Krebs, this year’s event features a powerhouse lineup of 30 cyber DevSecOps experts.

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About MediaOps

MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, is an omniversal media company covering IT industries and practices that are re-shaping the world of technology, including DevOps, Cloud-Native, Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation. Through a convergence of new media distribution platforms, we deliver the experiential stories IT professionals need to gain fresh insights and learn new skills. For marketing partners, MediaOps delivers unparalleled access to inform and engage with a highly involved IT community, for thought leadership, demand generation and specialized campaigns. MediaOps is not only the most trusted name in technology media, but the most loved as well.

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Rebecca Auguste

rebecca@mediaops.com

(561) 430-3347
April 26, 2021
MediaOps Celebrates TechStrong TV’s First Anniversary with Special Edition Episode
MediaOps celebrates the one-year anniversary of the award-winning broadcast, TechStrong TV.

Boca Raton, FL , March 30, 2021 — MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, celebrates the one-year anniversary of TechStrong TV, an award-winning streaming broadcast featuring the latest news, trends and relevant information on DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native, digital transformation and all things tech. To celebrate this major milestone, the MediaOps team is hosting a special TechStrong TV episode March 30, featuring a look back at the best interviews of the first year of TechStrong TV.

Since its premiere in March 2020, TechStrong TV has been committed to keeping the tech community informed and updated on what’s happening in the IT industry, providing in-depth analysis on current industry issues and highlighting the latest in technology trends. The show began as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help the community stay tech strong in times of uncertainty. Since then, TechStrong TV has won multiple awards, produced thousands of videos, garnered hundreds of thousands of views and featured more than 600 guest appearances by tech thought leaders, business leaders and industry experts.

“Today we not only celebrate the show, but we also celebrate each and every one of our hosts, guests, sponsors and, of course, our viewers for being tech strong and supporting our community. We wouldn’t have made it this far without you,” said MediaOps CEO and TechStrong TV Host Alan Shimel. “So, thank you for being a part of TechStrong TV and stay tuned, because we have a lot of great content coming your way. We are just getting started.”

TechStrong TV features a variety of segments that make up the daily show, including:
- DevOps Unbound: A bi-weekly/monthly roundtable sponsored by Tricentis, providing a deep dive into DevOps, with an emphasis on automation, continuous delivery, accelerating transformation, testing and quality.
- Analyst Corner: Hosted by Mitch Ashley and seasoned industry veterans, focusing on the latest trends and opportunities businesses see during these unprecedented times.
- CISO Talk: A bi-weekly video series that explores the issues and topics that CISOs are dealing with today and how they prepare for the future.
- The Lab, by GitLab: This monthly segment features GitLab Sr. Developer Evangelist Brendan O’Leary as he shares the latest GitLab updates.
- The H4unt3d Hacker: A weekly podcast hosted by cybersecurity researcher and ethical hacker Mike Jones, one of the founders of Anonymous, and featuring like-minded cybersecurity professionals who discuss ideas and topics relevant to the industry.
- Ambassador Insights: A monthly panel discussion featuring members of the DevOps Institute Ambassadors sharing their expertise and insights on various topics in the DevOps space.
- WFH Fitness with Jeremy Jones: Jeremy, a member of the MediaOps sales team as well as a certified personal trainer, brings his knowledge of fitness to TechStrong TV with a 20-minute home workout for any level of fitness, from beginner to advanced.
- Something Old: Replays of some of the most memorable presentations by top industry analysts and IT practitioners from past in-person and online events and virtual summits.
TechStrong TV hosts Alan Shimel, Mitch Ashley, Charlene O’Hanlon and Mike Vizard have had the pleasure of conducting executive-level discussions with thought leaders including Sid Sijbrandij of GitLab, Shlomi Ben Haim of JFrog, Sacha Labourey and Stephen DeWitt of CloudBees, Ashok Reddy of Digital.ai, Sandeep Johri of Tricentis, Emmet B. Keeffe III of Insight Ignite and many more.

All the episodes of TechStrong TV are available on demand. New episodes of TechStrong TV stream Monday, Tuesday and Thursday starting at 9:30 a.m. ET online, on the DevOpsTV YouTube Channel, Facebook Live, LinkedIn Live, Twitter or on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV via the DevOps.com TV app. The broadcast is also viewable on Android and iOS devices via the DevOps.com mobile app.

ABOUT MEDIAOPS

MediaOps, the place to tell your story in the most powerful way, is an omniversal media company covering IT industries and practices that are re-shaping the world of technology, including DevOps, Cloud-Native, Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation. Through a convergence of new media distribution platforms, we deliver the experiential stories IT professionals need to gain fresh insights and learn new skills. For marketing partners, MediaOps delivers unparalleled access to inform and engage with a highly involved IT community, for thought leadership, demand generation and specialized campaigns. MediaOps is not only the most trusted name in technology media, but the most loved as well.

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Rebecca Auguste

rebecca@mediaops.com

(561) 430-3347
March 30, 2021