Here are the winners for the inaugural CRN Channel Awards Asia

With over 50 finalists comprising 23 categories, attendees were treated to amazing performances at the sold-out gala dinner event.

The inaugural CRN Channel Awards Asia saw HP Inc crowned as Vendor of the Year. The awards ceremony in Singapore was attended by 300 guests from the vendor and partner community in the Asian region.

With over 50 finalists comprising 23 categories, attendees were treated to amazing performances at the sold-out gala dinner event. Regarded as the Oscars of the channel, the inaugural awards honours and celebrates the success of both vendors and partners in the Asian region.

In his speech, Aaron Raj, Editor of CRN Asia said, the Asian region is uniquely positioned to support a diverse array of customer needs, from large enterprises to agile startups.

“For partners, the guidance and support from vendors is essential to navigate complex landscapes. For vendors, a localized, customer-centric approach is only achievable through the insights and reach of their partners. It is this collaboration that makes the Channel ecosystem in Asia truly exceptional. And it is precisely this spirit of partnership and innovation that the CRN Channel Awards Asia seeks to recognize and celebrate,” Raj said.

Apart from HP Inc winning Vendor of the Year, other big winners of the evening include Cisco winning two categories - Security vendor of the year for network security and infrastructure protection and the Best ESG Project of the year.

Jacqueline Chay from AsiaPac Technology Pte Ltd was Woman of the Year for the non-vendors while Nutanix’s Michael Magura was the Channel Manager of the Year. AsiaPac Technology Pte Ltd also took home the award for Reseller Innovation/Project of the Year while Nutanix also won the award for Best Infrastructure and Storage Vendor of the Year.

Crayon took home two awards as well, winning the Security Distributor of the Year and Distributor of the Year category. Ingram Micro won the Editor's Choice - Infrastructure and storage distributor of the Year.

The CRN Channel Awards Asia 2025 also celebrated Oracle’s Lalit Malik. The channel leader was awarded the CRN Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the channel ecosystem in the region.

Here’s the full list of winners from the awards:

AI and Automation Vendor of the Year - Lenovo PCCW Solutions

AI Initiative of the Year by a Non-Vendor - NCS Pte Ltd

AI Initiative of the Year by a Vendor - Google Cloud – IntelliBank

Best ESG Project of the Year – Cisco

Channel Manager of the Year - Michael Magura, Nutanix

Highly commended - Andrew Habgood, Elastic

Cloud Marketplace and Service Provider of the Year – eCloudvalley

Cloud Vendor of the Year – Huawei Cloud

Distributor of the Year – Crayon

Editor's Choice - Infrastructure and storage distributor of the Year – Ingram Micro

Editor's Choice - CRN Lifetime Achievement of the Year – Lalit Malik, Oracle

Emerging Vendor of the Year – Confluent

Infrastructure and Storage Vendor of the Year – Nutanix

Highly commended – NetApp

MSP and MSSP of the Year – Logicalis

Network Vendor of the Year – Alcatel Lucent Enterprise

Reseller Innovation/Project of the Year – AsiaPac Technology Pte Ltd

Role Model of the Year - Alejandro Canonero, War of The Ecosystems

Security Distributor of the Year – Crayon

Security vendor of the year for identity, email and cloud security – Proofpoint

Security vendor of the year for endpoint protection and antivirus – Acronis

Security vendor of the year for network security and infrastructure protection – Cisco

Vendor of the Year – Hp Inc

Highly commended – Lenovo

Woman of the Year by non-vendors - Jacqueline Chay, AsiaPac Technology Pte Ltd

Woman of the Year by vendors - Jasie Fon, Ping Identity

Highly commended - Pamela Lim, Dell Technologies

The CNR Channel Awards Asia will return in 2026, promising more categories and opportunities for the vendor and partner ecosystem to be recognized for their success.