SALT LAKE CITY (June 10, 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 2026, held in Salt Lake City, UT, June 7–9, 2026. The awards honor companies that have done excellent work over the past year to empower the SMB community to offer advanced technology solutions via the Pax8 Marketplace.
Honorees were recognized at award ceremonies held during the conference, which echoed the content topics emphasized at Pax8’s flagship Beyond event. With a sharp focus on community, education, and innovation, Beyond 2026 featured breakout sessions, keynote addresses and a large vendor expo, as well as all-new announcements and updates from Pax8.
“These awards are a reflection of the incredible work our partners and vendors are doing to drive real impact for SMBs every day,” said Lane Brannan, EVP General Manager of Americas, Pax8. “We’re proud to celebrate this year’s winners for their innovation, dedication and continued commitment to success with Pax8. Their achievements speak to the momentum we’re building together across the ecosystem, and we’re excited to keep pushing the channel forward as we create even more opportunities in the years ahead.”
Pax8 honors and appreciates its outstanding partner and vendor award winners, representative of the Pax8 Marketplace’s many offering categories. Being named an award winner underscores the remarkable influence each one has had over the past year in advancing the channel landscape through their collaboration with Pax8 and strategic engagement with the Pax8 Marketplace.
2026 Partner Awards
Global Honorees
- Partner of the Year – Generalize: Sourcepass
- Partner of the Year – Decentralized: Lyra, an Evergreen Company
- Partner of the Year – Franchise: TeamLogic IT
- Nonprofit Partnership Award: Betterworld Technology
- Pax8 Social Impact Award: GTIA
- MIP Transformation Award: Shield Technology Partners
- Women in Tech Champion: Mary Summerell, Revenge Technologies
North America Honorees
- Peak Performance – U.S.: The 20 MSP
- Peak Performance – Canada: GC Brieau
- Pax8 Hall of Fame – U.S.: Centrex IT
- Pax8 Hall of Fame – Canada: Managepoint
- Pax8 Champion – U.S.: Agilitec IT
- Pax8 Champion – Canada: Nucleus Networks
- Most Valuable Player, Security – NA: TeamLogic IT
- Most Valuable Player, Infrastructure – NA: Unicorne
- Most Valuable Player, Productivity – NA: New Charter Technologies
- Most Valuable Player, Continuity – NA: FIT Technologies
- Most Valuable Player, Operations – NA: Digacore
- Most Valuable Player, Network and Communications – NA: Netsafe solutions
EMEA Honorees
- Peak Performance – EMEA: Sirrus
- Most Valuable Player, Security – EMEA: TCC Smart IT Solutions
- Most Valuable Player, Infrastructure – EMEA: Start Tech
- Most Valuable Player, Productivity – EMEA: Advania SMB
- Most Valuable Player, Continuity – EMEA: Urban Network
- Most Valuable Player, Operations – EMEA: HAFN IT
- Most Valuable Player, Network and Communications – EMEA: AixpedIT
APAC Honorees
- Pax8 Champion – APAC: Otto IT
- Pax8 Hall of Fame – APAC: ADITS
- Peak Performance – APAC: Kaine Mathrick Tech
- Most Valuable Player, Security – APAC: Kaine Mathrick Tech
- Most Valuable Player, Infrastructure – APAC: Umbrellar Technology Group
- Most Valuable Player, Productivity – APAC: Lucid Labs
- Most Valuable Player, Continuity – APAC: ADITS
- Most Valuable Player, Operations – APAC: Connected Platforms
- Most Valuable Player, Network and Communications – APAC: Server Today
2026 Vendor Awards
- Vendor of the Year (Global): Microsoft
- Most Valuable Vendor – EMEA: SentinelOne
- Most Valuable Vendor – APAC: Google
- Most Valuable Vendor – NAMER: Check Point
- Breakthrough Vendor Award: Guardz
- Partner’s Most Valuable Vendor Award: Microsoft
- Collaboration Award: Acronis
- Social Impact Award: Upic Solutions
- Innovation Award: Proofpoint
- Global MVV, Security: CrowdStrike
- Global MVV, Productivity: Foxit
- Global MVV, Network: Comcast
- Global MVV, Communications: RingCentral
- Global MVV, Continuity: Ninja One
- Global MVV, Operations: FlexPoint
- Global MVV, Infrastructure: Nerdio
- Startup Vendor Award: Cork
- Agentic Vendor Award
To learn more about Pax8, Beyond 2026, and Beyond award winners, visit Pax8.com.
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