SD Times: Companies to watch in 2023
Complexity.
That’s the word that comes to mind first when discussing modern software applications. Development teams have to innovate, and quickly, to keep pace with business needs, all while needing to ensure quality and security within those applications.
It’s that word – complexity – that the companies below are addressing in their offerings. Whether in support of digital transformation, cloud adoption, coding practices or application security, these are the companies our editors have selected to keep an eye on in 2023.
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ITWire: Agentic AI Era Demands Overhaul of Governance Frameworks
The emergence of agentic AI marks a structural shift in software development, introducing systems that not only accelerate production cycles but also perform autonomous reasoning and action beyond direct human control.
SD Times: Platform Engineering & Developer Experience: Making Engineers Faster Without Making Them Reckless: SD Times 100
This category has taken on new urgency in 2026 for a reason that’s specific to this moment: AI coding tools and agents are dramatically increasing how much code gets written and how often it needs to be deployed, tested, and provisioned for. Platform engineering is the layer that determines whether that increased velocity translates into shipped value or into chaos.
SecurityWeek: How to Conduct a Successful Audit of AI-Driven Software Development
As AI-generated code becomes commonplace, CISOs need new audit strategies to measure developer practices, govern AI tool usage, and identify software risks before they reach production.
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