Photos: Meet the winners of the 2023 CRN Impact Awards

More than 200 Australian IT partners, their customers, technology vendors and distributors celebrated stand-out IT projects, platforms and innovations last night at the NEXTDC-sponsored 2023 CRN Impact Awards.

The winners achieved everything from helping three separate councils separate while saving the client half a million dollars a year, moving a major United States financial client's on-premise trade surveillance technology to cloud native architecture, supporting an indigenous-owned organisation with an aerial drone program using 5G network to connect elders with the operations of their local rangers.

Winners also created a solution using advanced regression models to optimise lead generation and predict program outcomes, and streamlined business case briefing and approval processes for one of the world's largest retailers, amongst other accomplishments.

Group commercial editor, Velvet-Belle Templeman kicked off the the 2023 CRN Impact Awards.

Steven Martin, Head of Sales - Major Markets, NEXTDC, the sponsor of the 2023 CRN Impact Awards

Modernising Infrastructure Award winner: Cevo for their project with a major financial client in the United States to transition their on-premise trade surveillance technology to a cloud native architecture on AWS

Workforce Empowerment Award winner: MobileCorp for supported indigenous-owned Gidarjil Development Corporation with its aerial drone program

Network Evolution winner: IP.Glass, for supporting rail freight operator Pacific National with its deployment of Fortinet Secure SD-Branch and Secure SD-WAN solutions

Trusted Systems Award winner: Ericom for supporting St John Ambulance Victoria in meeting the Government’s recommended Essential 8 cyber security standards

Customer Experience Award winner: Kiandra, for working with Get Skilled Access (GSA) to build theField.jobs

Business Transformation Award winner: S5 Technology Group, for consolidating three separate municipal councils and a water authority

Emerging Innovator Award winner: NEXTGEN oSpace uncovers patterns and trends to target the right prospects and maximise conversion rates for IT channel businesses. 

Small Distributor of the Year Award winner: Pax8

Medium Distributor of the Year Award winner: Westcon-Comstor

Large Distributor of the Year Award winner: Dicker Data

Sustainability Channel Champion: Dicker Data

Distribution Innovation Award winner: Ingram Micro

Distribution for Social Good Award winner: Crayon

Distributor of the Year - Channel's Choice Award: Dicker Data

Distributor of the Year - Channel's Choice Award - Highly Commended: Ingram Micro

The 2023 CRN Impact Awards winners

Athina Mallis, Editor, Digital Nation Australia

Jeremy Nadel, Journalist, iTnews