GitLab, known for its all-inclusive AI-powered DevSecOps platform, has once again been honoured with the prestigious 2024 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year Award in the Application Development - DevOps category. This represents the fourth year in a row that the company has been acknowledged with this accolade, demonstrating a consistent record of outstanding achievement within this domain.
The award serves as recognition for GitLab's sterling contributions to the Application Development - DevOps sector within the Google Cloud ecosystem. Over the last twelve months, the corporation further broadened its strategic collaboration with Google Cloud, consequently expanding its advanced AI offerings to the enterprise. This has been achieved through GitLab's utilisation of the Vertex AI Model Garden to incorporate AI-fuelled features into the DevSecOps platform while adopting a privacy-focused approach. The result is a dynamic tool that enables organisations to exploit the benefits of AI, thereby leading to an accelerated and more efficient software delivery process while upholding data, IP, and source code protection.
The continued expansion of this partnership also integrates GitLab's source code management, planning, CI/CD workflow, advanced security, and compliance capabilities with the unified data plane in Google's Cloud console and Artifact Registry. This crucial integration considerably lessens the complexity and security hazards associated with multiple-point solutions in a DevSecOps toolchain, granting organisations the capacity to develop and roll out software more swiftly with integrated security from inception.
This recognition symbolises the cumulative achievements and continuous cooperative relationship between GitLab and Google Cloud, a resolute partnership launched back in 2018. The award is not only a testament to GitLab's progressive efforts in the realm of Application Development but also to the mutual commitment and shared vision between the two tech giants towards enhancing secure and efficient software development and delivering privacy-driven AI.
In response to this recognition, David DeSanto, chief product officer at GitLab, said, "We are pleased to be recognised by Google Cloud as a leader in Application Development for the fourth year in a row. GitLab and Google Cloud share a strong commitment to enabling secure and efficient software development, an excellent developer experience, and privacy-first AI. We look forward to our continued partnership and delivering value to our joint customers."
Kevin Ichhpurani, Corporate Vice President, Global Ecosystem and Channels at Google Cloud, also commented, "Google Cloud's Partner Awards celebrate the transformative impact and value that partners have delivered for customers. We're proud to announce GitLab as a 2024 Google Cloud Partner Award winner and recognise their achievements enabling customer success from the past year."