Here is our 2026 shortlist...

AI and Automation Vendor of the Year

Cloudera

Cisco

ConnectWise

LogicMonitor

Monday.com

Omnissa

Pia

Red Hat

Superloop

AI Initiative of the Year

Arinco

Dicker Data

Extranet Systems

First Focus

Interactive

Kaine Mathrick Tech

Netomate

Renew IT

SixPivot

Tecala Group

Best Young Professional Initiative

Cymax

Kirra Services

Precision IT

Channel Leader of the Year

Adele Smith, Crowdstrike

Aroon Wadvani, Cloudera

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 of the Year / Marketplace of the Year

Crayon, a SoftwareOne company

Dicker Data

Ingram Micro

Leader

Pax8

Westcon-Comstor Australia

Cloud Vendor of the Year

Commvault

ConnectWise

GoTo

Omnissa

OpenText

RingCentral

Veeam Software

Wasabi Technologies

Zoom Communications

Distributor of the Year

Crayon, a SoftwareOne 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

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

Ericom

First Focus

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, RES. Business IT

Chris Greatrex, Dynamic Aspect

Josh Blunden, PConnect

Luke McDonald, Ingram Micro

Mathew Howard, Crayon, a SoftwareOne company

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

CEnet - The 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)

Arinco

Avocado Consulting

DBiz Solutions

V2 AI

Storage Distributor of the Year

Dicker Data

Westcon-Comstor Australia

Start-up of the Year (Founded post-2020)

Aviato Consulting

Cyberensic

MyCISO

IOTAI

Sasbri Consulting

TechClick

Virtualplatform

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