COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (October 21, 2026) – Pax8, the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), celebrated its top-performing partners and vendors with awards at Pax8 Beyond EMEA 2026, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 18–20, 2026. The awards honor companies that have done excellent work over the past year to empower SMBs to offer advanced technology solutions via the Pax8 Marketplace.to offer advanced technology solutions via the Pax8 Marketplace.
Honorees were recognized at award ceremonies held throughout the conference, which reflected the themes discussed at Pax8’s flagship Beyond event. Beyond EMEA 2026 featured breakout sessions, keynote addresses, a large vendor expo hall, new announcements and updates from Pax8.
“These awards recognize the managed service providers, managed intelligence providers and vendors putting technology to work for SMBs in practical and meaningful ways,” said Harald Nuij, EMEA CEO at Pax8. “Their success reflects the strength of the Pax8 ecosystem and the role our community plays in helping businesses access, adopt and manage the solutions they need to grow, including managed intelligence solutions that help SMBs work more efficiently through the power of technology.”
Pax8 recognized outstanding partners and vendors across the key categories represented in the Pax8 Marketplace. Being named an award winner reflects the impact each company has made over the past year through its collaboration with Pax8 and support for the wider channel.
2026 Partner Award Categories
EMEA
- Partner of the Year – Air IT Group
- EMEA Managed Intelligence Partner of the Year – CMS Group Ltd
- Pax8 Hall of Fame – Redinet Limited
- Pax8 Champion – SuitIT
- Women in Technology – Rachael Swanwick Smith
- Peak Performance – UK & Ireland – Air IT Group
- Peak Performance – DACH – Brack Alltron
- Peak Performance – Nordics – developit
- Peak Performance – Benelux & France – TCC smart IT solutions
- Peak Performance – Baltics – ABIAN
- Peak Performance – Security – Logiq
- Peak Performance – Productivity – Nostra
- Peak Performance – Infrastructure – Niteflite Networxx GmbH
- Peak Performance – Operations – Nebula IT Services Ltd
- Peak Performance – Continuity – Apex Computing Services
- Peak Performance – Network and Communications – Apex Computing Services
- Nonprofit Partnership – Qlic IT
- Pax8 Social Impact – Think Cloud
NAMER
- North American Partner Collaboration Recognition – Integritek
APAC
- APAC Partner Collaboration Recognition – Pit Stop Technologies
- 2026 Vendor Award Categories
EMEA
- Vendor of the Year – SentinelOne
- Managed Intelligence Vendor of the Year – Microsoft
- Partner’s Most Valuable Vendor – Check Point
- Peak Performance – Hornetsecurity by proofpoint
- Breakthrough Vendor – Cybersentriq
- Collaboration Award – usecure
- Most Valuable Vendor – Security – CrowdStrike
- Most Valuable Vendor – Productivity – Microsoft
- Most Valuable Vendor – Infrastructure – Nerdio
- Most Valuable Vendor – Operations – Rewst
- Most Valuable Vendor – Continuity – NinjaOne
To learn more about Pax8, Beyond EMEA 2026, and Beyond award winners, visit Pax8.com.
About Pax8
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