Who are the finalists in the CRN Impact Awards?

CRN has finished announcing the finalists in all the partner categories in the 2023 Impact Awards.

This year there are eight partner awards, sponsored by NEXTDC — Platform Innovator; Customer Experience; Trusted Systems; Workforce Empowerment; Emerging Innovator; Network Evolution; Modern Infrastructure, and Business Transformation.

CRN Pipeline delegates will have the opportunity to meet and network with the Impact Awards finalists on the Gold Coast in August — register now to meet incredible channel partners!

The four finalists for the Platform Innovator Award showcases providers such as resellers, system integrators and MSPs that have diversified by building their own intellectual property around a third-party platform. The finalists are:

• iasset.com
• Oreta
  
• Araza
• Work Perfect

Read more about the Platform Innovator finalists here!

In 2023 there are four finalists in the Cutomer Experience category, nominated for projects that helped client organisations better service their own end user customers in a digital, mobile world.

• Chamonix IT Solutions
• TechSpecialist
• Kiandra
• Kablamo

Read more about the Customer Experience finalists here!

There are six finalists for the Trusted Systems Award, all with projects that improve resilience through efforts to protect customer assets and data, their transactions, enhance security, ensure business continuity or boost organisations' ability to recover from a disaster.

• Ericom
• Platform 24
• Platinum Technology
• Logicalis Australia
• Slipstream
• S5 Technology Group

Find out more about the Trusted Systems projects here!

The Workforce Empowerment Award highlights projects that make a customer's staff more productive. This includes projects that promote flexible working, enable mobile workforces and create the workplace of the future. There are four finalists in 2023.

• PConnect
• Dynamic Aspect
• Arinco
• MobileCorp

Read more about their projects here!

The three finalists for the Emerging Innovator Award showcase Australian software start-ups or other emerging technology firms that have developed their own intellectual property and successfully commercialised it.

• Octopusbot
• MyCISO
• NEXTGEN oSpace

Read about their projects here!

The Network Evolution Award is the opportunity to highlight Australian networking projects that speed up communications, and break down silos between teams, data and environments. There are three finalists in 2023.

• MobileCorp
• Ip.Glass
• BluBiz Solutions

Get more details about their projects here!

CRN's Modernising Infrastructure Award showcases projects that move customer IT infrastructure to modern platforms, to support cost savings, efficiencies, growth and innovation. Five companies are finalists this year.

• The Missing Link
• Precision IT
• Arinco
• BluBiz Solutions
• Cevo

Read about the Modernising Infrastructure finalists here!

Finally, the Business Transformation Award, which calls attention to projects that have helped transform a customer’s operations, delivering more efficient operations and business growth. In 2023 the CRN editorial team has chosen six finalists.

• S5 Technology Group
• BluBiz Solutions
• Arinco
• Thinxtra
• Cevo
• Area9

Find out more about their work here!

The team here at CRN once again congratulates the partners who are finalists of the 2023 CRN Impact Awards — and thanks NEXTDC for making the awards possible!

Remember, you can attend the awards and meet finalists at CRN's Pipeline conference on the Gold Coast in August, where delegates will explore M&A strategies, AI, end-users' POV and shifting distribution opportunities. Register now to attend — prices are increasing weekly!