Credit: ARN / Foundry
ARN is proud to announce the finalists of Innovation Awards in 2022, housing a record-breaking number of submissions in what will be the largest celebration of ecosystem excellence in delivering transformative customer solutions across Australia.
Set for Thursday 15 September, Innovation Awards will run as an in-person black tie event to bring the industry together under the ARN roof at ICC Sydney.
Representing the entire Australian ecosystem, 354 finalists (including 120+ individuals) make the shortlist from a pool of over 200 organisations and more than 480 nominations, spanning partner, start-up, telco, vendor and distributor businesses.
This marks a significant expansion in reach, support and market appeal, outpacing a best effort of over 315 finalists in 2021 to position Innovation Awards as the leading technology awards program for customer innovation and ecosystem excellence in the Australian channel.
Reflective of a diverse technology network, more than 130 partners and start-ups are represented and range from large-scale multinational consultancy firms to emerging start-ups, alongside leading system integrators, managed service providers and solution consultants, plus cloud specialists, independent software vendors, boutique agencies and application developers.
This is in addition to over 60 channel-centric vendors and telecommunications providers, plus more than 10 supply chain experts in distribution.
Within this standout group, finalists are located across the entire country and represent all states and territories, spanning New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory.
Aligned to the ARN approach of representing established and emerging technology providers in equal measure, Innovation Awards in 2022 stands tall as the leading forum for setting the industry benchmark for ecosystem excellence across Australia.
“This is a stunning statement from the market,” said Cherry Yumul, Vice President of Channel at Foundry. “Irrespective of ongoing societal challenges and worsening economic conditions, Australia continues to power forward unperturbed -- the ecosystem has once again raised the bar to set new levels of innovation.
“To house another record-breaking year of ARN Innovation Awards is testament to the transformative nature of our ecosystem -- partners, start-ups, telcos, vendors and distributors are all playing a crucial role in delivering on the promise of technology to customers across the country. Congratulations to our standout finalists.”
In 2022, Innovation Awards will honour the channel across eight categories, spanning Partner Innovation, Tech Innovation, Australia-wide Innovation, Start-up Innovation, Personal Innovation, Vendor Innovation, Distributor Innovation and Hall of Fame.
In response to a wealth of standout submissions, Personal Innovation has been divided to best acknowledge and highlight the depth of talent in the Australian market. Management Excellence, Marketing Excellence and Technical Excellence will be segmented into three sub-categories spanning Partner, Vendor and Distributor awards.
Meanwhile, Channel Excellence will be divided into the sub-categories of Vendor and Distributor, plus Sales Excellence into the sub-categories of Partner and Vendor.
This decision was made by the ARN shortlist panel consisting of Cherry Yumul (Vice President of Channel); James Henderson (Editorial Director), Julia Talevski (Editor), Shirin Robert (Community Editor) and Claudia Muldrew (Associate Editor) with the aim of providing a foundation upon which a broader range of exceptional companies can be recognised.
In addition to honouring winners, ARN also holds wider responsibility for ensuring as many credible technology providers are endorsed through this unique awards program, aligned to the collective goal of providing a platform upon which the ecosystem can shine across Australia.
Finalists will now be selected by an executive judging panel of business leaders from partner, vendor and distributor organisations.
ARN congratulates all finalists and thanks all organisations and individuals for taking the time to submit nominations.
PARTNER INNOVATION
Partner Innovation recognises customer innovation and excellence across the key market segments of Enterprise, Mid-Market and SMB, in addition to pioneering technology specialists and collaborative providers.
Enterprise:
- APCD
- Araza
- ASI Solutions
- BluBiz Solutions
- Brennan
- Cevo
- Data#3
- Global Storage
- InfoTrust
- Insight
- Nexion Networks
Mid-Market:
- Advanced Mobile IT
- ASI Solutions
- Australian Sentinel
- BluBiz Solutions
- blueAPACHE
- Brennan
- Dynamic Aspect
- InfoTrust
- Macquarie Telecom
- Oreta
- Somerville
- Stax
- Tecala Group
- TechForce Services
- The Missing Link
SMB:
- A1 Technologies
- Cevo
- Delta Insights
- Dynamic Aspect
- eNerds
- Evologic
- InfoTrust
- Otto IT
- Powernet IT Solutions
- TechForce Services
Think Differently:
- Araza
- Arq Group
- ASI Solutions
- Cognizant
- Otto IT
- Patient Zero
- Sekuro
- TelcoDataCloud
- The Missing Link
Collaboration:
- AC3 & Big Village
- Balance Internet
- Be Nimble IT
- DXC Technology & Daisee
- Dynamic Aspect
- Ever Nimble
- Lift Alliance
- Optus
TECH INNOVATION
Tech Innovation recognises partners leveraging established and emerging solutions to enhance customer innovation levels, underpinned by deep levels of expertise and specialist services.
Cloud:
- 8Squad
- Amblique
- Arinco
- Arq Group
- Consegna
- DXC Technology
- Insight
- Linktech
- Logicalis
- oobe
- Oreta
- Sourced Group
- Stax
- Telstra Purple
- Versent
Security:
- Cevo
- CSO Group
- Data#3
- Exigo Tech
- Fuse Technology
- Nueva Solutions
- Orro Group
- Outcomex
- Sekuro
- Tecala Group
Digital Transformation:
- Atturra
- Aware Services
- Blue Connections IT
- BPC Technology
- Clade - A Brennan Company
- Ericom
- Fujitsu
- Insight
- Intuit Technologies
- Lanrex
- Logicalis
- Oreta
- Outcomex
- The Missing Link
- Versent
Emerging:
- Arq Group
- DiUS
- Konica Minolta
- meldCX
- MobileCorp
- Tecala Group
- Telstra Purple
Homegrown ISV:
- AbilityMap
- ActivePort Group
- Aqura Technologies
- Atlastix
- Barhead Solutions
- Cyara
- iasset.com
- Kiandra
- meldCX
- OrionVM
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