Cloudfresh, a global multi-vendor cloud solutions provider and certified GitLab partner, has been honored with a key regional award, recognizing its impact in driving modern software development practices across emerging markets.
Cloudfresh has been awarded the 2025 EMEA GitLab Partner of the Year for Emerging Markets in Eastern Europe and Israel.
The award recognizes the company's dedication to supporting DevSecOps and AI practice expansion for joint customers.
Cloudfresh provides full-range GitLab Professional Services, including consulting, implementation, audits, and workflow optimization.
A key service area is helping teams adopt GitLab Duo to integrate AI-driven capabilities into their development workflows.
The company also enables scalable infrastructure, flexible licensing, and multi-currency payment solutions for clients.
Leadership cited the award as a reflection of strong collaboration between GitLab, Cloudfresh, and their shared customer base.
This partner award from GitLab highlights Cloudfresh's role in accelerating the adoption of advanced development methodologies in the EMEA region's emerging markets. The company supports a diverse client base across sectors like banking, fintech, telecommunications, and gaming with a comprehensive suite of GitLab-focused services. These range from strategic consulting and implementation to cost planning and ongoing workflow optimization, aimed at maximizing the value of the GitLab platform.
A significant aspect of Cloudfresh's service portfolio involves guiding engineering teams in adopting GitLab Duo, GitLab's AI-powered suite of tools. This focuses on bringing AI-driven capabilities directly into daily developer workflows, helping clients prepare for platform evolution and leverage AI as a competitive differentiator in software development.
For Cloudfresh, the award symbolizes the strength of its tripartite relationship with GitLab and their mutual customers. COO & CTO Dmytro Irzhytskyi emphasized the collaborative effort behind the achievement. “Winning the GitLab EMEA Partner of the Year Award... truly means a lot,” said Irzhytskyi. “For me, it’s not really about the award itself, but about the collaboration behind it: GitLab, Cloudfresh, and our joint customers... I’m confident that AI-native DevSecOps will become a real differentiator for strong engineering teams. This award reflects the trust we’ve built together.”
GitLab's leadership echoed this sentiment, highlighting the shared objectives of the partnership. “Cloudfresh and GitLab have a shared goal of delivering value to our joint customers through secure and efficient software development,” said Alex Picker, VP of Global Ecosystems at GitLab. The award celebrates Cloudfresh's contributions over the past year and reinforces the commitment to a continued, productive partnership focused on customer success in key growth markets.
Cloudfresh is a GitLab Select & Professional Services Partner. At the core of every engagement is a clear mission: ensuring businesses make the most of all SDLC stages and the broader cloud ecosystem, using the proper tooling and guidance from strategy through scale.
Since 2017, the company has assisted organizations of all sizes with designing, implementing, and optimizing complex cloud environments, from early proof-of-concept and system integration to AI-powered invention and long-term support.