Boston, Mass., October 8, 2025 – InfoWorld, the go–to destination for technology enthusiasts, visionary architects, and forward–thinking business leaders driving the evolution of next–generation projects on cloud platforms, has announced the finalists for the 2025 Technology of the Year Awards. The judges have cast their votes, and the preliminary results are in.
Behold the 99 finalists for the 2025 Technology of the Year Awards, the most innovative software development, devops, data management, and AI/ML products on the information technology landscape.
“Artificial intelligence is reshaping products across the technology landscape, often in surprising ways,” said Executive Editor Doug Dineley, InfoWorld. “Our 2025 Technology of the Year Award finalists are a showcase of AI-inspired innovation.”
AI and Machine Learning: Applications
GoExceed – Solve(X)
HP – HP AI Companion
PROLIM – Fascia PROMIS
Whatfix – Mirror
AI and Machine Learning: Governance
Inworld AI – Inworld Runtime
Pacific AI – AI Policy Suite
CTGT – CTGT Platform
AI and Machine Learning: Infrastructure
Clarifai – Compute Orchestration
Cloudera – Cloudera AI Inference
MinIO – AIStor
AI and Machine Learning: MLOps
JFrog – JFrog ML
Runloop – Runloop Platform
AI and Machine Learning: Models
John Snow Labs – Medical LLMs
Voyage AI by MongoDB – voyage–context–3
AI and Machine Learning: Platforms
Airia – Airia Platform
Cognite – Cognite Atlas AI
Iterate.ai – Generate Enterprise
SymphonyAI – Eureka AI Platform
AI and Machine Learning: Security
Backslash Security – Vibe Coding Security
Operant AI – AI Gatekeeper
Pangea – Pangea AI Detection and Response
AI and Machine Learning: Tools
Ambiq Micro – neuralSPOT
Bloomfire – Bloomfire Platform
API Development
Postman – Postman API Platform
API Management
Kong – Kong Konnect
SmartBear – SmartBear API Hub
API Security
Harness – Harness Cloud Web Application and API Protection
Application Management
Komodor – Komodor Platform
Omnissa – Omnissa App Volumes
Sidero Labs – Omni
Application Networking
noBGP – noBGP
Solo.io – Ambient Mesh
Tailscale – Tailscale
Application Security
Apiiro – Apiiro Agentic Application Security Platform
Legit Security – Application Security Posture Management Platform
Oso Security – Oso Cloud
Business Intelligence and Analytics
FICO – FICO Platform
Plotly – Plotly Dash Enterprise
ThoughtSpot – Spotter
Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery
Cayosoft – Cayosoft Guardian Forest Recovery
CloudCasa by Catalogic Software – CloudCasa
UnitedLayer – United Private Cloud
Cloud Compliance and Governance
Kion – Kion Platform
Secureframe – Secureframe
Cloud Cost Management
Stacklet – Stacklet Jun0
Tangoe – Tangoe One Cloud
UnityOne.AI – UnityOne.AI
Cloud Security
Aviatrix – Aviatrix Cloud Native Security Fabric
Palo Alto Networks – Cortex Cloud
Ivanti – Ivanti Neurons Platform
Data Management: Databases
Couchbase – Couchbase Capella
EnterpriseDB – EDB PostgresAI
Percona – Percona Everest
Qdrant – Qdrant
Data Management: Governance
Actian – Actian Data Intelligence Platform
Pentaho – Pentaho Platform
Transcend – Transcend
Data Management: Integration
Rocket Software – Rocket DataEdge
SnapLogic – SnapLogic Agentic Integration Platform
Merge – Merge
Data Management: Pipelines
Airbyte – Airbyte Open Source, Airbyte Cloud, Airbyte Enterprise, Airbyte Enterprise Flex
DataPelago – DataPelago Accelerator for Spark
Prophecy – Prophecy
Data Management: Security
Bedrock Security – Bedrock Platform
QuSecure – QuProtect
Sentra – Sentra Data Security Platform
Data Management: Streaming
Confluent – Confluent Cloud
Hydrolix – Hydrolix
Lenses.io – Lenses
DevOps: Analytics
Azul – Azul Intelligence Cloud
DevOps: Automation
Ciroos – Ciroos AI SRE Teammate
Nutanix – Nutanix Database Service
Progress – Chef
DevOps: CI/CD
Buildkite – Buildkite Platform
CircleCI – CircleCI
CloudBees – CloudBees Unify
Harness – Harness CI/CD
DevOps: Code Quality
Graphite – Graphite
Moderne – Moderne
SmartBear – SmartBear HaloAI
Sonar – SonarQube
DevOps: Observability
DataBahn – DataBahn
Grafana Labs – Grafana Cloud
Honeycomb – Honeycomb.io
Observo AI – Observo AI
DevOps: Productivity
Appfire – Flow
Cortex – Cortex Internal Developer Portal
Harness – Harness Internal Developer Portal
Software Development: Platforms
Azul – Azul Platform Prime
Uno Platform – Uno Platform
1NCE – 1NCE OS
Software Development: Security
Chainguard – Chainguard Containers
Sonar – SonarQube Advanced Security
Software Development: Testing
CloudBees – CloudBees Smart Tests
Sauce Labs – Sauce Labs Platform for Test
Harness – Harness AI Test Automation
Software Development: Tools
Progress Software – Progress Telerik & Progress Kendo UI
Tabnine – Tabnine
Warp – Warp Agentic Development Environment
Winners will be featured in an exclusive special edition of InfoWorld in December 2025. Finalists can announce and share their status with a licensed press kit and badges, showcasing their accomplishments with the official InfoWorld branding. For more details about our finalist package, don’t hesitate to contact Mike Shober at the YGS Group: mike.shober@theygsgroup.com or (717)–430–2229.
Visit InfoWorld to discover further details about this year’s awards. If you have any questions about the awards program, please contact InfoWorldAwards@foundryco.com.