Celebrating Innovation. Elevating Impact.

The CMG Impact Innovation Awards honor organizations and teams that are driving measurable results through innovation in performance, observability, and automation. Each year, CMG recognizes projects that demonstrate technical excellence, creative problem-solving, and meaningful business outcomes.

This year’s finalists represent the very best in forward-thinking technology and transformational results. Join us throughout November and December to hear directly from the innovators behind these exceptional projects — and help us celebrate the future of enterprise innovation

2025 IMPACT Innovation Award Winner

CMG is proud to announce Code Magus as the 2025 IMPACT Innovation Award recipient for Orkhestra V3: Innovation in Motion. [Read the Press Release]

Orkhestra V3 advances non-functional testing by modeling realistic user behavior, synchronizing performance and resource metrics, and applying statistical analysis to deliver explainable, actionable insight. The platform replaces subjective pass/fail outcomes with measurable confidence — helping teams understand why performance changes occur, not just that they occurred.

The winner was selected by a panel of judges with influence from community participation following live finalist presentations.

Session Videos

HCLTech – X-MON: Full Stack Observability Tool

Ancestry – Strategic Approach to Observability Cost Optimization at Scale

 

Code Magus – Orkhestra V3: Innovation in Motion

People’s Choice

The CMG Impact Innovation Awards People’s Choice Award isn’t just about voting — it’s about participation.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Register for any of the finalist sessions → you automatically earn the ability to cast a standard vote for any of the finalists.

  2. Attend live during the session — once you’re there, you’ll receive a special link to cast a 5x vote for your favorite finalist.

  3. Support your favorite by sharing the voting opportunity with your network.

  4. Cast a final vote for the finalist project that inspired you most from December 2 to December 10.

  5. The finalist with the highest total vote-points wins the Viewer’s Choice Award, revealed live on December 11.

Meet the 2025 Finalists

HCLTech – X-MON: Full Stack Observability Tool

Presentation: Thursday, November 20 | 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Bhoopesh Sharma, Principal SRE, HCLTech
Discover how HCLTech’s X-MON unifies metrics, logs, traces, and real user monitoring into one AI-powered observability platform. Built on OpenTelemetry and Model Context Protocol, X-MON reduces costs and accelerates reliability at enterprise scale.

Ancestry – Strategic Approach to Observability Cost Optimization at Scale

Presentation: Tuesday, November 25 | 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Selvakumar Nagendran, Principal Manager – Observability & Load, Ancestry
Learn how Ancestry turned observability from an escalating expense into a value-driven capability, saving $2.5M annually through data governance, tiered visibility, and FinOps discipline.

Code Magus – Orkhestra V3: Innovation in Motion

Presentation: Tuesday, December 2 | 10:00 AM ET
Presenter: Stephen Donaldson, Director, Code Magus Limited
From Oxford to the enterprise lab, Code Magus’s Orkhestra V3 delivers a sophisticated non-functional testing and analysis pipeline that mirrors real-world user behavior, providing statistical insights and performance confidence.

ABOUT THE AWARDS

Has your team accomplished something extraordinary?

Have you or your team:

  • Delivered transformational results despite tight budgets, limited time, or small teams?

  • Achieved success through smart strategy, strong leadership, and innovative thinking?

  • Implemented best-in-class practices that are setting new standards in our industry?

If so, you’re a strong candidate for the IMPACT Innovation Award.

This award honors individuals and teams who have led meaningful IT innovations that created real, measurable change within their organizations. Competitive entries will highlight clear results—whether by a single innovator, a collaborative team, or an entire organization.

Apply by Friday, September 19
Finalists will be notified starting September 22.

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Past Winners

2024

2023

2022

Benefits of Applying

Finalists will receive:

  • A live broadcast interview to share your success story and why you should be the winner

  • A professionally edited video for your personal or organizational use

  • Recognition on CMG.org and on the CMG mailing list

  • Opportunities to share insights and contribute as a thought leader in the IT community

Winners will also receive:

  • A custom-engraved award celebrating your achievement

  • A dedicated press release announcing your selection

  • A produced award video to commemorate and share your win

  • The opportunity to present a webinar to the CMG audience in 2026

Qualifications and Criteria

What Makes a Strong Nominee?

A strong nominee is someone who has:

  • Driven remarkable change within their organization, despite constraints such as limited budget, time, or team size

  • Achieved measurable success through strategy development, strong team leadership, and innovative thinking

  • Delivered industry-leading practices and accomplishments that represent the best-of-the-best

  • To be considered, the submitted project, program, tool, or process must have been published, implemented, or completed within three years of the application date.

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What to Expect

If selected as a finalist, you’ll participate in a broadcasted, live interview to discuss your success story.

The winner will be selected by a judges panel with influence from audience votes.

How to Apply

  • Applicants may self-nominate or be nominated by a peer

  • All nominees must complete the application by September 19

  • The application will ask about:

    • Team members involved

    • Financial, cultural, and technological impact

    • Measurable outcomes and results

While including budget details strengthens an application, specific figures are not required.

Terms and Conditions

All winners and finalists agree, as a condition of their receipt of the award, to allow CMG to use their image, name, and nomination information in any marketing materials, media, and other forms of publicity, without further permission or compensation. Participant(s) affirm that they have the right to use all materials and personal information included in their submission packets.

All participants agree to be bound by these terms and by the decisions of CMG, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding eligibility and award recipients, which are final and binding in all respects. CMG reserves the right to revise, suspend, or cancel this award program in its sole discretion.

CMG will maintain the privacy of any personal information provided with your application as described in its Privacy Statement. CMG may use the personal information you provide to send you communications about the award process and related promotional activities. CMG will maintain the personal information you provide for up to three years unless a longer period is required for legal or regulatory requirements.

A panel of judges will review all applications which will be scored independently prior to a discussion of top submissions. Any judges that are within arm’s reach of the applicant shall recuse themselves from judging and discussion of said application. The decisions of the judging panel are final.