Here are the finalists for the CRN Channel Awards Australia 2026
See who has made the shortlist for the upcoming inaugural Australian CRN Channel Awards.
The day has arrived, the shortlist for the CRN Channel Awards Australia have been announced.
For the inaugural CRN Channel Awards Australia, we have 31 categories that covers the height, depth and breadth of the Australian IT channel.
From celebrating vendors in cloud, AI and automation, and security. To highlighting those distributors who work in cloud and security.
And who can forget our partners, the lifeblood of the IT channel. We are honouring MSPs, Solution Providers, and MSSPs.
There is also a moment for IT companies in general where we commemorate the ESG projects, the IT projects and those up and coming companies.
There is also a Lifetime Achievement Award that will be announced on the night!
Due to the overwhelming amount of applications for MSP of the Year and Service Provider of the Year, we have had add brand new categories!
Instead of MSP of the Year and SP of the Year as sole categories, we have split them up into headcount categories.
MSP of the Year 0-49 employees,
MSP of the Year 50-99 employees,
and MSP of the Year 100+ employees.
The same goes for Solution Provider of the Year.
Athina Mallis, editor at CRN Australia explains how important these awards are for the Aussie IT channel.
“These awards are a moment to celebrate the dedication, long hours and passion that these people have for the Australian channel,” she said.
“Each nominee was carefully selected and considered on their contribution to the channel. I am so very proud of each and every nominee, and congratulations to the finalists!”
The awards will be held on September 17 at the Hyatt Regency, in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
Without further ado, here are the finalists for the CRN Channel Awards Australia. Drum roll please!
AI Initiative of the Year
Arinco
Dicker Data
Extranet Systems
First Focus
Interactive
Kaine Mathrick Tech
Netomate
Renew IT
SixPivot
Tecala Group
AI and Automation Vendor of the Year
Cisco
Cloudera
ConnectWise
LogicMonitor
Monday.com
Omnissa
Pia
Red Hat
Superloop
Best Young Professional Initiative
Cymax
Kirra Services
Precision IT
Channel Leader of the Year
Aroon Wadvani – Cloudera
Adele Smith – Crowdstrike
Ben Town – Hosted Network
Chris Nixon – Nutanix
Craig Stockdale – Wasabi
Johann Ramchandra – Proofpoint
Rodney Hamill – Cisco
Shaun Witherden – Kaseya
Victor Guerrero – NinjaOne
Yvette McEnearney – GoTo
Channel Service Provider of the Year
Elite Print Solutions
Pit Stop Technologies
Tecala Group
TechClick
Cloud Distributor/Marketplace of the Year
Crayon, a SofwareOne company
Dicker Data
Ingram Micro
Leader
Pax8
Westcon-Comstor Australia
Cloud Vendor of the Year
Commvault
ConnectWise
GoTo
Omnissa
OpenText Cybersecurity
RingCentral
Veeam Software
Wasabi Technologies
Zoom Communications
Distributor of the Year
Crayon, a SofwareOne company
Dicker Data
HAT Distribution
Ingram Micro
Leader
Synnex Australia
Westcon-Comstor Australia
Emerging Vendor of the Year
Dijital Team
MyCISO
Smarsh
Wasabi Technologies
ESG Achievement Award
Extranet Systems
Ingram Micro
Natilik
Smile IT
Infrastructure Distributor of the Year
Dicker Data
Ingram Micro
LEADER
ISV of the Year
6pillars.ai
iasset
Support Fusion
MSP of the Year (Between 0-49 employees)
Extranet Systems
Lateral Plains
Otto IT
Pit Stop Technologies
Precision IT
Resolution Technology (RES. Business IT)
SureCity Networks
Switch Connect
MSP of the Year (Between 50-100 employees)
Digital61
Fuse Technology
Kaine Mathrick Tech
Wild Tech
MSP of the Year (100+ employees)
BlueAPACHE
First Focus
Ericom
Interactive
Office Solutions IT
Tecala
The Missing Link
Virtual IT Group
MSSP of the Year
Digital61
Extranet Systems
Kaine Mathrick Tech
Orro
Otto IT
Pit Stop Technologies
Precision IT
Seccom Global
Tecala
The Missing Link
Network Distributor of the Year
Ingram Micro
LEADER
Westcon-Comstor Australia
Network Vendor of the Year
Cisco
Ericsson
Fortinet
Role Model of the Year
Alanna Kane, Otto IT
Ben Hopper, Resolution Technology (RES. Business IT)
Chris Greatrex, Dynamic Aspect
Josh Blunden, PConnect
Luke McDonald, Ingram Micro
Mathew Howard, Crayon
Sarah Bowden, Pax8
Steve Karro, The Peg
Sunny Bhatia, Digital61
Trevor Ings, Seccom Global
Security Distributor of the Year
Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Dicker Data
Ingram Micro
Westcom-Comstor
Security Initiative of the Year
Arinco
Catholic Education Network
CyberPulse
Digital61
First Focus
Ink IT Solutions
Island
Orro
Precision IT
Versent
Security Vendor of the Year
BlueVoyant
CrowdStrike
Fortinet
Huntress Labs
Illumio
OpenText Cybersecurity
Palo Alto Networks
Proofpoint
Rapid7
Sophos
WatchGuard Technologies
Solution Provider Innovation/Project of the Year
Blue Crystal Solutions
Cyconsol
DNX Solutions
Endpoint Focus
Kinetic IT
Nexwave
PConnect
Tecala
TechClick
TechConnect IT Solutions
Solution Provider of the Year (Between 0-49 employees)
Discovery Consulting
Endpoint Focus
Honeylight Consulting
MSAC Solutions
Netomate
Prometix
TechConnect IT Solutions
Unique Micro Design
Solution Provider of the Year (Between 50-99 employees)
Customer Science
DNX Solutions
Precision IT
Solution Provider of the Year (More than 100 employees)
Avocado Consulting
Arinco
V2 AI
DBiz Solutions
Start-up of the Year (Founded post-2020)
Aviato Consulting
Cyberensic
MyCISO
IOTAI
Sasbri Consulting
TechClick
Virtualplatform
Storage Distributor of the Year
Dicker Data
Westcon-Comstor Australia
Vendor of the Year
Hosted Network
Kaseya
Twilio
Woman of the Year (Partner)
Helene Martin, Pit Stop Technologies
Kylli Kidman, Cymax
Leah Stenhouse, Ericom
Lisa Fortey, Logicalis Australia
Maryanne Demery, Seccom Global
Megan Visser, Otto IT
Pattigrace Lupari, Infotrust Group
Sarah Ray, Virtual IT Group
Sheryl O’Brien, Wild Tech
Simone Barton, Fuse Technology
Zana Stojanovski, Avocado Consulting
Woman of the Year (Non-Partner)
Cathy Latorre, Omnissa
Hope McGarry, Ingram Micro
Lindsay Keating, Pax8
Samantha Borg, Kaseya
Sandy Vaishnav, Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Yvette McEnearney, GoTo
Book your tickets to the Aussie IT channel’s night of nights now!