The glittering awards ceremony will take place in October, Central London.

Meet Richard Hilsley – our judge from Aviva

Richard Hilsley, Director of Platforms and Engineering at Aviva, will be one of this year’s judges at the upcoming award ceremony.

When discussing his own DevOps journey, Hilsley said, “I’ve tended to be a big advocate and sponsor for DevOps adoption, to inspire change in teams and IT organisations as a whole”.

He went on to say, “I think that’s not always easy, because companies tend to not understand it. Organisation structures and operating models can make implementing DevOps difficult, and I’ve had to face these problems previously.”

When asked what he will be looking for in entrants, Hilsley said, “new ideas and ways of working that have broken with convention in some way, particularly where teams have had to demonstrate determination and resiliency.”

12 exciting categories to enter

You will be able to enter 12 different categories at The DevOps Industry Awards 2017, ranging from Best DevOps Automation Project to the DevOps Team of the Year.

If you work in a specific sector, then there are also categories reflecting the Best Overall DevOps Project in Finance, Retail, Gaming, Public Sector or Communication.

The DevOps Industry Awards are here to stay

Being launched this year, entries for the DevOps Industry Awards, which celebrates companies, individuals and teams who have accomplished significant achievements in the DevOps space, open on 1 March 2017.

As a judge at this year’s DevOps Industry Awards, Hilsley believes that awards ceremonies such as this one “raise awareness of the topic in a positive way, and it’ll inspire teams to not give up on something, that generally, is a very good thing. It also allows the industry to connect and share ideas – you need every bit of help you can get in IT nowadays, it’s a complicated industry.”

Entries need to be submitted by the 14^th of July 2017, and the winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner in October 2017.

Written by Jordan Platt.

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The European Software Testing Awards is an annual event held in Central London celebrating the very best in the software testing and QA industry. A total of 18 awards were handed out for diverse categories such as Best Agile Testing Project, Best Mobile Testing Project and Leading Vendor. Two special awards were also handed out on the night – Micro Focus European Software Testing Award and an Outstanding Achievement Award.

A full list of the winners can be found here.

Raising money and awareness at The European Software Testing Awards 2016

During the evening, Senior Fundraising Executive, Catherine Sykes from GOSH took the stage for a moment to spread awareness of the charity and their work.

Members of the 31 Media team then collected donations and sold prize draw tickets. After the Awards Ceremony concluded, Ms Sykes was able to hand over a brand new Amazon Echo to the lucky winner.

All proceeds from the prize draw were donated to the charity.

Supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)

31 Media, organisers of The European Software Testing Awards and the publishers of TEST Magazine are really proud to have worked with some great charities to make a positive difference over the years.

“Using our events, publications, and platforms to donate to incredible causes such as Great Ormond Street Hospitals Children’s Charity is crucial to us as a company. We constantly want to be building awareness around extremely important causes such as this one, and we’re just so thankful to everyone who donated at this year’s awards,” says Cecilia Rehn, General Manager and Editor at TEST Magazine. “We’re incredibly proud of the amount we all, collectively, managed to raise on the night!”

About GOSH

GOSH is one of the top five paediatric research hospitals in the world, treating children from all over the UK and abroad who are diagnosed with the most complex, life-threatening conditions. GOSH has over 50 specialities under one roof and receives over 240,000 patient visits every year from children all over the UK and abroad, who are suffering from the most complex, life-threatening conditions.

The charity exists to assist the hospital in delivering world-class care for its young patients and their families and to pioneer new treatments and cures for childhood illness. Support for the charity will help the hospital to save more lives, develop new treatments, build new facilities and provide outstanding care to children and their families.

About The European Software Testing Awards

The Headline Sponsor for The European Software Testing Awards 2016 is MICRO FOCUS, and category sponsors are AMDOCS and WORKSOFT. The sponsors for The European Software Testing Summit 2016 include AMDOCS, CA TECHNOLOGIES and PERFECTO, supported by TEST Magazine, Software Testing News and DevOps Online.

31 Media, organisers of The European Software Testing Awards and publishers of TEST Magazine would like to thank its sponsors for their support.

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