Here are the finalists for the CRN Channel Awards Asia 2026
With over 150 entries from over 50 different companies, being a finalist for the greatest awards in the channel is already an amazing achievement.
After a nomination window of more than three months, CRN Asia is proud to announce the shortlist for the CRN Channel Awards Asia.
While there were initially 30 categories that were opened for nominations, the volume and quality of entries received were a mixture in different categories. As such, CRN Asia had to make sure that every strong entry would make the cut, which was also why we decided to drop some categories, merge a few and also break up popular categories based on the entries received.
This year, the CRN Channel Awards Asia will have 25 categories that covers the height, depth and breadth of the Asian IT channel.
From celebrating vendors in cloud, AI and automation, and security, to highlighting those distributors who work in cloud and security, and of course the channel leaders who make all of these work with their teams in the markets and segments they operate in.
The most popular category this year was the Women of the Year category which received a whopping 26 entries, followed by Channel Manager of the Year with 15 entries. The Security Vendor of the Year category also received overwhelming entries, and CRN Asia has decided to break the category into two categories based on the entries we received.
First, there will be the Security Vendor of the Year category which will feature 7 finalists based on their entries that showcased their overall accomplishments. The second category will be the Security Vendor of the Year with the Best Partner / MSP Program. These are for submissions that focused more on their partner program success in their entries. There are 9 finalists in this category.
“Everyone that made it as a finalist should realize that this is already an incredible achievement,” said Aaron Raj, Editor at CRN Asia.
Raj added that the diverse entries received this year across the various categories continues to show the importance of recognizing and honoring the success in the channel.
“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 10 at the Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore.
Without further ado, here are the finalists for the CRN Channel Awards Asia 2026!
AI and Automation Vendor of the Year
Dell Technologies
HPE
KnowBe4
Salesforce
AI Initiative of the Year by a Non-Vendor
Cloudmile
Logicalis Asia Pacific
Lumen Technologies
Singtel
Vera by DCConnect Global
World Wide Technology
AI Initiative of the Year by a Vendor
Cisco
Google Cloud APAC Mid-Market Partner Team
Kentik
KnowBe4
ASEAN Distributor of the Year
Crayon
Tech Data
Vietnam Cyberspace Security Technology
Best ESG Project of the Year
Cisco
Lenovo
Latentview Analytics
Zyxel Networks
Best Marketing Campaign for AI Adoption
Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Dell Technologies
Redington Limited
Trellix
World Wide Technology
Channel Manager of the Year
David Weekley, Veeam
Ethan Chong, ESET
Henry Peh, Proofpoint
Huey Lih Heng, HPE
Ingrid Huang, HP
Kerri Lampard, Microsoft
Kimberly Tan, XM Cyber
Mohammed Ismail Azarudeen, Freshworks
Pritpal Singh Kohli, Cisco
Rajesh Thadani, Lenovo
Ravi Bharadwaj, Dell Technologies
Roy Wakim, Boomi
Siti Muslihah Saleh, Nozomi Networks
Yibo (Michelle) Qu, Trellix
Cloud Marketplace of the Year
Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Ingram Micro
Pax8
Tech Data
Cloud Vendor of the Year
Commvault
Salesforce
Zoom
Zyxel Networks
Distributor of the Year
Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Ingram Micro
Tech Data
Redington Limited
Emerging Vendor of the Year
Arcfra
Blaize
XM Cyber
Indian Distributor of the Year
Rashi Peripherals
Redington Limited
Infrastructure Distributor of the Year
Ingram Micro
Tech Data
Infrastructure and Storage Vendor of the Year
Arcfra
HPE
Most Innovative Distributive of the Year
Redington Limited
Ingram Micro
SiS Technologies Pte Ltd
MSSP of the Year
Logicalis Asia Pacific
Lenovo PCCW Solutions (LPS)
Lumen Technologies
Network Vendor of the Year
Alcatel Lucent Enterprise
Cisco
Ericsson
HPE
Zyxel Networks
Reseller Innovation Project of the Year
CloudMile
Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Keppel Technology
Logicalis Asia Pacific
World Wide Technology
Role Model of the Year
Heather Gordon, Microsoft
Henry Lam, DCConnect Global
Nirosha Julia Robert, World Wide Technology
Parvinder Walia, ESET
Security Distributor of the Year
Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Tech Data India
Vietnam Cyberspace Security Technology
Security Vendor of the Year
Cisco
Commvault
CrowdStrike
ExtraHop
Fortinet
HPE
Palo Alto Networks
Security Vendor of the Year for Best Partner / MSP Progam
ESET
Nozomi Networks
Proofpoint
Saviynt
Shark Striker
Sophos
Trellix
XM Cyber
Zyxel Networks
Vendor of the Year
Cloudflare
Dell Technologies
HP
Lenovo
Woman of the Year (Non-vendor)
Ana Pedraza, Crayon, a SoftwareOne company
Evangeline Wu, World Wide Technology
Helen Selvanathan, FPT Software
Chen Hong, Singtel
Woman of the Year (Vendor)
Anjul Ray, AWS
Dorothy Tao, Dell Technologies
Heather Gordon, Microsoft
Hiromi Okta, Microsoft
Jessica Krol, Microsoft
Joyce Moy, Cisco
Kathambari Ravichandran, Salesforce
Melissa Keong, Kentik
Pamela Ong, ESET
Sandra Lee, Trellix
Sarah Croft, Elastic
Serene Ng, Trellix
Congratulations again to all finalists. For more details about the awards ceremony, please click here.