Nominations open for ARN Innovation Awards 2025

Nominations are now open for the ARN Innovation Awards 2025, amplifying excellence across the Australian channel, including start-ups, partners, distributors, vendors, and personal achievement. 

Set for Thursday, 27 November, the Innovation Awards black-tie event will bring the industry together under the ARN roof at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney.

Nominations are now open and will close on Friday, 12 September.

The Innovation Awards illuminate the entire local ecosystem. It not only acknowledges and celebrates expertise but also amplifies transformative examples of best practices across the ecosystem. 

The program recognises the standout work of managed service providers, system integrators, telcos, and value-added resellers across metro and regional locations, complemented by start-ups, specialists, and homegrown independent software vendors.

Innovation at vendor and distributor levels is also magnified, recognising leading champions of the channel, creative thinkers, consistent performers, and market leaders.

To achieve this, the Innovation Awards will honour the channel across seven categories, spanning Partner, Tech Partner, Innovation for Good, Start-up, Personal Innovation, Vendor, and Distributor categories as well as the Hall of Fame.

Nominations can be submitted by an individual, an employee, an employer, or a business partner. Only Australian-based individuals and examples are eligible. 

Finalists will be selected by a shortlist panel.

ARN holds a wider responsibility for ensuring as many credible technology providers are endorsed through this unique awards program, aligned to the collective goal of providing a platform upon which the ecosystem can shine across Australia.

INNOVATION FOR GOOD: Recognises the work of industry leading organisations with demonstrated positive impact on society, putting words to practice through targeted impact in relation to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), and Sustainability in the IT industry. NOMINATE HERE.

PARTNER: Recognises MSPs, System Integrators and VARs responsible for providing customers with innovative solutions across key market segments of Enterprise (1000+), Mid-market (100-1000) and SMB (less than 100 seats). Additionally, it acknowledges partners providing pioneering technology solutions in regional or remote locations. Please note: Projects mentioned in the nomination must be less than two years old. NOMINATE HERE

TECH PARTNER: Recognises partners leveraging established and emerging solutions to enhance customer innovation levels with Cloud; Security; Digital Transformation; and Emerging Technology segments. Please note: Projects mentioned in the nomination must be less than two years old. NOMINATE HERE

START-UP: Recognises market-leading start-ups building unique businesses to bring innovative new technologies to the Australian market, delivering value to specific market verticals and entrepreneurs developing new ventures. NOMINATE HERE

VENDOR: 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, Security, Hardware, Software, Specialist and Homegrown ISV. NOMINATE HERE

DISTRIBUTOR: Recognises distributors leading ecosystem innovation and growth through transformative approaches to vendor engagement and partner enablement, spanning the categories of Hardware, Software, Specialist and Creativity. NOMINATE HERE.

PERSONAL INNOVATION: Recognises standout individuals who contribute to customer, company and channel success through a transformative approach to management, channel, sales, technical and marketing positions. NOMINATE HERE

Hall of Fame will be revealed on the night.