Here are the dozens of channel partners who won AWS Partner of the Year awards this year, unveiled today at AWS re:Invent 2024.
Titans prefer from channel partner accenture And Deloitte recognized top innovators like Klent and AllCloud, with AWS presenting its annual Partner of the Year award to dozens of partners at AWS re:Invent 2024.
“We have over 130,000 partners AWS Partner Network” said Ruba Borno, vice president and leader of Worldwide Channels and Alliances for AWS, in an interview with CRN. “It is great to see that the enrollment and competitive landscape is getting better and better. Also, the number of innovations and success stories is also increasing, which is great for customers.”
AWS Partner Award winners were unveiled at the Partner Awards Gala at AWS re:Invent on Monday in Las Vegas. These awards honor AWS Partners said Borno, whose business model embraces innovation, expertise and collaboration in 2024.
[Related: AWS CEO Matt Garman: Partners Are Our ‘Co-Inventors’]
For the third consecutive year, the AWS Partner Awards included a self-nomination process in which all partners were invited to submit nominations, with an emphasis on customer success use cases, with a third partner selected. Prizes included. A panel of AWS experts ultimately selected the winners and finalists for each category.
“The awards are performance based, but nominations are also based on use cases of innovation. This year we had over 1,250 nominations,” she said. “If you compare it to a few years ago, where it was less than 500—that’s a huge jump.” CRN breaks AWS Partner Award Winner For 2024, which every channel partner should know about.
GenAI Global Partner of the Year
Global Consulting Winners: Deloitte
Geo Consulting Winner: Slalom
The Generative AI Partner Award recognizes global consulting partners with the Generative AI qualification who help clients adopt and strategize Generative AI, build and test Generative AI applications, train and optimize foundation models, build Generative AI applications and models Helps define responsible AI principles and frameworks.
AWS Marketplace Channel Partner of the Year
Global Winner: CDW
Global Finalist: World Wide Technology, Presidio
EMEA Winner: Computercenter
EMEA Finalists: Softcat, SoftwareOne
This award recognizes the top AWS Consulting Partners with significant AWS Marketplace transactions.
GenAI Industry Solution Partner of the Year
Global Winner: Kelant
The award recognizes top industry solution partners with generative AI capabilities who excel in building and launching transformative applications across various industries.
SaaS SI Partner of the Year
Global Winner: AllCloud
The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Systems Integrator (SI) Award recognizes partners with the AWS SaaS Qualification who have deep experience in helping organizations design and build SaaS and cloud-native solutions on AWS.
Security Partner of the Year
Global Consulting Winner: Deloitte
Jio Consulting Winner: Mission Cloud
This cybersecurity award recognizes top partners with the AWS Security Competency who have proven customer success in securing every stage of cloud adoption, from initial migration to day-to-day management.
MSP Partner of the Year
Global MSP Winner: eCloudValley Technology Limited
Global MSP Finalists: nClouds, Kindril
This award is for MSPs that provide end-to-end AWS solutions to customers at any stage of the cloud journey – from consultation on initial solution design, through the creation of applications, through ongoing customization and support.
Application Modernization SI Partner of the Year
Global Consulting Winner: CloudHero
This award recognizes the top partners who leverage AWS containers and serverless services to help customers make their legacy applications more agile, elastic, highly available, and build new modern applications.
Public Sector Global Consulting Partner of the Year
Global Winner: Accenture
North America Winner: Deloitte
These top AWS public sector global consulting partners provide cloud solutions and experiences that support government, space, education, and nonprofits around the world.
Migration Partner of the Year
Global Consulting Winner: Accenture
Jio Consulting Winner: Kelant
The Migration Partner Award recognizes top partners with AWS Migration qualifications specializing in customer migration to the AWS cloud. The decision was based on the number of migrations, price and timely delivery.
Data and Analytics Partner of the Year
Global Consulting Winner: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Geo Consulting Winner: Adastra
This award recognizes partners with the AWS Data & Analytics Competency who have demonstrated expertise in data and analytics. The winners were evaluated based on the number of efficiencies, value provided to customers and revenue generated.
Distributor Partner of the Year
Global Winner: Ingram Micro
North America Winner: TD Synnex
EMEA Winner: Redington Gulf
This award recognizes distributors who provide significant contributions related to revenue and number of AWS partners.
Education Partner of the Year
Geo Consulting Winner: ClassMethod
This education award recognizes qualified education partners who have achieved innovative mission-based wins for K-12 or higher education.
Aerospace and Satellite Partner of the Year
Jio Consulting Winner: Minfi Technologies
The award recognizes government-qualified partners who deliver innovative mission-based wins for public sector aerospace or satellite customers.
Healthcare Partner of the Year
Geo Consulting Winner: Deloitte
The award recognizes AWS partners who have achieved innovative wins for healthcare customers.
Industry Partner of the Year for Auto and Manufacturing
Global Winner: Cognizant
North America Winner: Siemens Digital Industries Software
EMEA Winner: Capgemini
The award recognizes partners with AWS Automotive or Manufacturing qualifications who helped automotive and manufacturing customers accelerate their transformation through purpose-built cloud capabilities and deep industry expertise.
Industry Partner of the Year for Financial Services
Global Winner: Accenture
North America Winner: Kelant
EMEA Winner: GFT
Award-winning partners have the AWS Financial Services competency to deliver cloud-based offerings that help accelerate innovation for banks, insurers, capital markets firms, and payment processors of all sizes.
Industry Partner of the Year for Health Care and Life Sciences
Global Winner: Next
North America Winner: CitiusTech
EMEA Winner: Deloitte
The award recognizes AWS partners with healthcare or life sciences qualifications who deliver innovative mission-based wins for healthcare customers.
Industry Partner of the Year for Retail
Global Winner: Cognizant
North America Winner: Slalom
EMEA Winner: Monday.com
The award recognizes AWS Retail qualified partners who deliver innovative offerings that accelerate retailers’ modernization and innovation journey across all areas of the enterprise.
Industry Partner of the Year for Travel and Hospitality
Global Winner: Mphasis
North America Winner: Slalom
EMEA Winner: Capgemini
It recognizes top partners with the AWS Travel & Hospitality qualification who deliver products and services to accelerate the industry’s modernization and innovation journey, from behind-the-scenes operational efficiencies to guest-facing customer experiences.
Rising Star Partner of the Year for Consulting
North America Winner: Zeb
North America Finalists: Incedo, Applify
EMEA Winner: Cognitix Consulting
EMEA Finalists: Cronos NV, Cucoon
The Rising Star Award honors top partners who have seen significant growth in their business year-on-year.