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.