Here are the winners for the CRN Channel Awards Australia 2026!
From AI and Automation Vendor of the Year to Woman of the Year, see who got the top gongs!
CRN Australia held its inaugural CRN Channel Awards Australia overnight where it recognised 31 winners across the entire IT channel.
Vendors, distributors and partners were celebrated for their hard work they’ve made within the Aussie IT channel.
At the Hyatt Regency in the heart of Sydney, three companies got more than one accolade.
Ingram Micro walked away with their hands full taking five awards home including Infrastructure Distributor of the Year and chief executive Hope McGarry receiving Woman of the Year (non-partner).
Dicker Data won three gongs including Cloud Marketplace/Distributor of the Year.
MSP Otto IT received two awards, MSP of the Year (0-49 employees) and Megan Visser at the partner winning Woman of the Year (partner).
Kaseya also won two awards, Vendor of the Year and Channel Leader of the Year.
Athina Mallis, editor at CRN Australia in her speech congratulated every winner and was grateful for everyone contributing to the awards.
“I want to thank each and every one of you who entered the awards,” she said.
“Reading about your initiatives, your case studies and how you’ve stayed strong in the face of adversity has been nothing short of inspiring.”
And the winners are...
AI and Automation Vendor of the Year
LogicMonitor
AI Initiative of the Year
Winner
First Focus
Highly Commended
Dicker Data
Best Young Professional Initiative
Kirra Services
Channel Leader of the Year
Shaun Witherden – Kaseya
Channel Service Provider of the Year
Pit Stop Technologies
Cloud Distributor/Marketplace of the Year
Winner
Dicker Data
Highly Commended
Ingram Micro
Cloud Vendor of the Year
Wasabi Technologies
Distributor of the Year
Synnex Australia
Emerging Vendor of the Year
Wasabi Technologies
ESG Achievement Award
Smile IT
Infrastructure Distributor of the Year
Ingram Micro
ISV of the Year
iasset
MSP of the Year (Between 0-49 employees)
Otto IT
MSP of the Year (Between 50-100 employees)
Fuse Technology
MSP of the Year (100+ employees)
Winner
Interactive
Highly Commended
Virtual IT Group
MSSP of the Year
Orro
Network Distributor of the Year
Ingram Micro
Network Vendor of the Year
Fortinet
Role Model of the Year
Winner
Ben Hopper, Resolution Technology (RES. Business IT)
Highly Commended
Chris Greatrex, Dynamic Aspect
Security Distributor of the Year
Winner
Westcon-Comstor Australia
Highly Commended
Ingram Micro
Security Initiative of the Year
Digital61
Security Vendor of the Year
Proofpoint
Solution Provider Innovation/Project of the Year
Winner
Tecala
Highly Commended
TechConnect IT Solutions
Solution Provider of the Year (Between 0-49 employees)
MSAC Solutions
Solution Provider of the Year (Between 50-99 employees)
Customer Science
Solution Provider of the Year (More than 100 employees)
V2 AI
Start-up of the Year (Founded post-2020)
Sasbri Consulting
Storage Distributor of the Year
Winner
Dicker Data
Highly Commended
Westcon-Comstor Australia
Vendor of the Year
Kaseya
Woman of the Year (Partner)
Winner
Megan Visser, Otto IT
Highly Commended
Lisa Fortey, Logicalis Australia
Woman of the Year (Non-Partner)
Winner
Hope McGarry, Ingram Micro
Highly Commended
Lindsay Keating, Pax8
Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Demery, Seccom Global