Channel Standouts: The 2025 CRN Tech Elite 250

The Tech Elite 250 includes solution providers in the U.S. and Canada that have the highest partner levels and certifications from the IT industry’s leading vendors including AWS, Cisco, Dell, HPE and IBM.

As the speed at which the AI wave has remade the IT landscape in just two years has made abundantly clear, solution providers must stay at the top of their game, prepared to meet their customers’ needs with the right products and services combined with the right business and technology skills

The most successful solution providers today are those that maintain the highest levels of training and certification from the IT vendors they partner with and occupy the top tiers within those vendors’ partner programs.

CRN’s annual Tech Elite 250 recognizes solution providers in the U.S. and Canada that have achieved top-tier status within partner programs at some of the leading IT vendors.

This year’s list includes solution providers that have achieved top partner program status with Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Fortinet, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Intel, Nutanix, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks and Sophos.

(Note: Listed solution providers may belong to additional vendor partner programs that were not part of the 2025 Tech Elite 250 evaluation. The Tech Elite 250 is not intended as a comprehensive list of each solution provider’s IT vendor affiliations.)

Seventeen of the solution providers on this year’s list have made the Tech Elite 250 every year since its 2011 inauguration. They include Arctiq, Blue Mantis, Converged Technology Group, Edge Solutions, Iron Bow, Matrix Integration, PKA Technologies, Verinext and World Wide Technology.

This year’s list also includes 38 solution providers that are appearing on the Tech Elite 250 for the first time, including ABM AI, Better World Technology, DoIT, Jeskell Systems, MGT, NXT GEN Technologies, Quantiphi, Ridge Security, SoftServe, TechMD, Triton Networks and Xceptional.

The following are snapshots of 25 solution providers, a sampling of this year’s Tech Elite 250, with highlights of their vendor partner program level achievements. The complete list can be viewed at CRN.com.

Calian IT & Cyber Solutions

Top Executive: Mike Tremblay, President

Location: Houston

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Silver

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Google Top-Tier Status: Member

HPE Top-Tier Status: Gold

IBM Top-Tier Status: Silver

Intel Top-Tier Status: Gold

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Champion

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Registered

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Microsoft

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

CBTS

Top Executive: Rick Snyder, President and CEO (Interim)

Location: Cincinnati

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Gold

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Google: Member

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM: Silver

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Champion

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Sophos: Authorized

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Computacenter

Top Executive: Justin Griffin, President, North America

Location: Norcross, Ga.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Google Top-Tier Status: Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Gold

Intel Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Professional

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Broadcom/VMware, F5, ServiceNow

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Continental Resources (ConRes)

Top Executive: Mary Nardella, CEO

Location: Bedford, Mass.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Gold

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Gold

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Google Top-Tier Status: Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Silver

Intel Top-Tier Status: Member

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Sophos Top-Tier Status: Silver

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Broadcom/VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Driven Technologies

Top Executive: Rudy Casasola, CEO

Location: New York

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Google Top-Tier Status: Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Gold

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Microsoft

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: New to list

Edge Solutions

Top Executive: Julie Haley, CEO

Location: Alpharetta, Ga.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Select

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Premier

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Gold

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

HPE Top-Tier Status: Silver

Intel Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Champion

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Preferred

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Tanium

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

EPAM Systems

Top Executive: Arkadiy Dobkin, President, CEO

Location: Newtown, Pa.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Premier

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Google Top-Tier Status: Premier

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Salesforce

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2024

F3 Technology Partners

Top Executive: Tom Colleary, President

Location: West Hartford, Conn.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Select

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Advocate

HPE Top-Tier Status: Silver

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Professional

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Cloudbolt, Cohesity, NetApp

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Future Tech Enterprise

Top Executive: Bob Venero, CEO

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Community

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Select

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Advocate

HPE Top-Tier Status: Silver

Intel Top-Tier Status: Gold

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Broadcom, HP Inc., Intel, Lenovo, Red Hat

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

General Datatech

Top Executive: Shawn O’Grady, CEO

Location: Dallas

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Gold

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

HPE Top-Tier Status: Gold

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Registered

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: HPE/Aruba, Juniper Networks, NetApp

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

iCorps Technologies

Top Executive: Michael Hadley, President, CEO

Location: Woburn, Mass.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Premier

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Silver

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Premier

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Google Top-Tier Status: Partner

IBM Top-Tier Status: Silver

Sophos Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Gradient Cyber, Microsoft

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

International Integrated Solutions

Top Executive: John Iacone, President, CEO

Location: Plainview, N.Y.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Select

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Select

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Silver

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Preferred

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Broadcom/VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

InterVision Systems

Top Executive: Jonathan Lerner, President, CEO

Location: Chesterfield, Mo.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Premier

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Juniper Networks, Microsoft, NetApp

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Logicalis U.S.

Top Executive: Jon Groves, CEO

Location: Troy, Mich.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Select

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Gold

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Intel Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Professional

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Registered

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Broadcom/VMware, Microsoft, NetApp, Pure Storage, Veeam

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Mainline Information Systems

Top Executive: Jeff Dobbelaere, President, CEO

Location: Tallahassee, Fla.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Select

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Registered

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Broadcom/VMware, Infinidat, Red Hat

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

MicroAge

Top Executive: Rob Zack, CEO

Location: Phoenix

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Gold

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Premier

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Advanced

HPE Top-Tier Status: Gold

Intel Top-Tier Status: Gold

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Professional

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Registered

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Sophos Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: HP Inc., Lenovo, Microsoft, NetApp

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Quantiphi

Top Executive: Asif Hasan, Co-Founder, President

Location: Marlborough, Mass.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Premier

Google Top-Tier Status: Premier Partner

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Databricks, Snowflake

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: New to list

Red8

Top Executive: Frank Wiacek, President

Location: Hyannis, Mass.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Premier

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Advocate

Google Top-Tier Status: Member

HPE Top-Tier Status: Business

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Professional

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Nile, Verkada

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Redapt

Top Executive: Rick Cantu, Co-Founder, CEO

Location: Woodinville, Wash.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Select

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Google Top-Tier Status: Premier Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Silver

Intel Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Preferred

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: AMD, CrowdStrike, Komprise, Lenovo, Microsoft, Netskope

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2013, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

SHI International

Top Executive: Thai Lee, President, CEO

Location: Somerset, N.J.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Premier

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Google Top-Tier Status: Premier Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Gold

Intel Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Champion

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Sophos Top-Tier Status: Select

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Apple, Atlassian, Broadcom/VMware, CrowdStrike, HP Inc., Juniper Networks, Lenovo, Microsoft, OpenText, Proofpoint, Pure Storage Red Hat, Salesforce, Tenable, Veritas

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Sycomp

Top Executive: Michael Symons, CEO

Location: Foster City, Calif.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Gold

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Google Top-Tier Status: Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Gold

IBM Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Intel Top-Tier Status: Member

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Preferred

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Apple, Microsoft, NetApp

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

TechMD

Top Executive: Kevin Blake, President, CEO

Location: Endicott, N.Y.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Premier

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Intel Top-Tier Status: Gold

Sophos Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: ConnectWise, Cyflar, Datto, Microsoft, Stellar

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: New to list

ThunderCat Technology

Top Executive: Tom Deierlein, CEO

Location: Reston, Va.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Adobe Top-Tier Status: Silver

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Platinum

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Select

Google Top-Tier Status: Premier Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Silver

IBM Top-Tier Status: Silver

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Preferred

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Platinum Innovator

Sophos Top-Tier Status: Authorized

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Analyst Platform, GetWell Networks, ServiceNow, Yurts

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Trace3

Top Executive: Rich Fennessy, CEO

Location: Irvine, Calif.

Amazon Top-Tier Status: Advanced

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Gold

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Titanium

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Expert

Google Top-Tier Status: Partner

HPE Top-Tier Status: Platinum

IBM Top-Tier Status: Gold

Nutanix Top-Tier Status: Champion

Nvidia Top-Tier Status: Elite

Palo Alto Networks Top-Tier Status: Diamond Innovator

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Microsoft, Wiz

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Volta

Top Executive: Marshall Butler, President

Location: Frankfort, Ky.

Cisco Top-Tier Status: Premier

Dell Technologies Top-Tier Status: Gold

Fortinet Top-Tier Status: Select

IBM Top-Tier Status: Gold

Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Microsoft, NetApp, Vertiv

Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2020, 2021, 2022