ARN Innovation Awards 2025

This category recognises vendors helping partners deliver transformative solutions and services to customers, operating market-leading approaches to engagement and enablement across the key technology segments of Cloud, Hardware, Homegrown ISV, Security, Software, or Specialist.

Please select which award you would like to submit a nomination for*

Cloud

This award recognises vendors delivering innovative partner engagement and enablement programs to maximise the potential of cloud, spanning public, private, hybrid, multi and co-location environments. This vendor is well-versed in driving ecosystem growth through programmatic enhancements, increased support and go-to-market expertise.

Hardware

This award recognises vendors driving hardware innovation and growth to partners across a range of next-generation servers, storage, networking, devices, Edge computing, printing etc. This vendor supports the delivery of hardware solutions through programmatic enhancements, increased support and go-to-market expertise.

Homegrown ISV

Homegrown ISV recognises market-leading innovators building unique IP to bring pioneering new technologies to customers. This ISV is a standout in the development of new solutions and platforms to build competitive differentiation through an industry-first offering.

Security

This award recognises vendors providing groundbreaking solutions to bolster cybersecurity expertise to partners. This vendor is a standout in providing strategic platforms and support for partners to build deep security expertise across the threat landscape.

Software

This award recognises vendors excelling in the software ecosystem to partners across a portfolio of CRM, ERP, AI/ML, DevOps, application software and data technologies. This vendor is a market-leader in progressing software growth through SaaS, increased support and go-to-market expertise.

Specialist

This award recognises emerging specialist technologies via the partner ecosystem such as: unified communications, collaboration, IoT, Biometrics, Nextgen networking etc. This vendor supports the delivery of specialist solutions through programmatic enhancements, increased support and go-to-market expertise.

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There is a 400-word limit per question. All formatting needs to be removed from your submission if copy-pasting. This includes: tabs, bold text, bullet points or multiple line breaks between paragraphs.

To be eligible, initiatives must have been delivered within the past two years.

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Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric hardware vendor*

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Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative hardware-based solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

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Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to hardware in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

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Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric cloud vendor*

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Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative cloud-based solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

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Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to cloud in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

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Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric software vendor*

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Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative software-based solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

0/400

Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to software in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

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Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric collaboration vendor*

0/400

Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative collaboration-based solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

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Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to collaboration in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

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Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric networking vendor*

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Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative networking-based solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

0/400

Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to networking in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

0/400

Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric specialist vendor*

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Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative specialist solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

0/400

Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to specialist in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

0/400

Outline the key credentials (go-to-market, programmatic, team structure etc) which makes this organisation a channel-centric security vendor*

0/400

Provide an example of how this organisation supported the partner ecosystem in the delivery of innovative security-based solutions and services (enablement, support strategies etc)*

0/400

Demonstrate the ongoing benefits of this organisation’s channel-centric approach to security in relation to partner growth and go-to-market innovation (increased partner revenue / profit, enhanced expertise in sales / technical / marketing etc)*

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Outline the unique product offering this organisation has built and the standout features of the solution (technology stack, product features, unique IP etc) *

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Provide an example of how this solution helped a customer overcome business / technology challenges *

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Demonstrate how this solution has spearheaded innovation efforts at a customer level (end-user benefits etc) *

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