Transcend named finalist in the 2025 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards

Transcend has been recognized as a finalist in the 2025 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards, spotlighting innovation in the Data Management: Governance category.

Each year, InfoWorld honors the most innovative products across AI, data, cloud, DevOps, development tools, and more. This year’s finalists represent the forefront of cutting-edge technologies, including companies like Gong in the AI & Machine Learning: Applications category, and Grafana Labs in the DevOps: Observability category.

For Transcend, this recognition is about more than a badge. It reflects our deeper mission: building infrastructure that makes data governance and privacy trustworthy, scalable, and business-forward. Our platform helps enterprise teams bring order to complex data systems, automate compliance at scale, and strengthen the trust that defines every customer relationship.

“Being named a finalist among such forward-thinking and innovative companies is a tremendous honor,” noted Kate Parker, Transcend’s President. “This milestone reflects the dedication of our team and our partners to make governance not just an obligation, but a competitive advantage. As regulation evolves and data landscapes expand and become more complex, we’re committed to making trust the foundation of how businesses operate.”

Our recognition in the Data Management: Governance category highlights how we’re redefining what effective governance looks like in the AI era. Rather than layering manual compliance tools on top of existing systems, we’ve built governance directly into the enterprise tech stack, transforming data oversight from a human-dependent process into a real-time, infrastructure-level capability. This approach helps teams move faster on AI, personalization, and analytics initiatives without ever compromising regulatory integrity.

For enterprises balancing innovation with accountability, Transcend is proving that governance can be both rigorous and enabling—a foundation for responsible growth, not a barrier to it.

See the full list of finalists in Foundry’s official announcement.