Channel Standouts: The 2025 CRN Tech Elite 250
CRN’s annual Tech Elite 250 recognizes top-performing solution providers in the United States and Canada. These companies have achieved the highest partner levels and certifications from leading vendors such as AWS, Cisco, Dell, HPE, and IBM. The ever-changing IT landscape and advancements in AI require solution providers to continually hone their skills and adapt their offerings.
Successful solution providers maintain top-tier training and certifications from their vendor partners, achieving the highest levels within those vendors’ programs. The 2025 list features companies with elite partner program status from vendors including 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 solution providers have been on the Tech Elite 250 every year since its inception in 2011. These include Arctiq, Blue Mantis, Converged Technology Group, Edge Solutions, Iron Bow, Matrix Integration, PKA Technologies, Verinext, and World Wide Technology. Those new to the list this year include 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: Advanced
- Adobe: Silver
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- Fortinet: Expert
- Google: Member
- HPE: Gold
- IBM: Silver
- Intel: Gold
- Nutanix: Champion
- Nvidia: Registered
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Advanced
- Adobe: Gold
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Expert
- Google: Member
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Silver
- Nutanix: Champion
- Nvidia: Elite
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Advanced
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Google: Partner
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Gold
- Intel: Titanium
- Nutanix: Professional
- Nvidia: Elite
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Advanced
- Adobe: Gold
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Gold
- Fortinet: Advanced
- Google: Partner
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Silver
- Intel: Member
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: Elite
- Palo Alto Networks: Diamond Innovator
- Sophos: 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: Bedford, Mass.
- Amazon: Advanced
- Cisco: Gold
- Fortinet: Expert
- Google: Partner
- HPE: Gold
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Select
- Cisco: Premier
- Dell Technologies: Gold
- Fortinet: Expert
- HPE: Silver
- Intel: Titanium
- Nutanix: Champion
- Nvidia: Preferred
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Premier
- Adobe: Platinum
- Google: 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: Select
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Advocate
- HPE: Silver
- Nutanix: Professional
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Community
- Cisco: Select
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Advocate
- HPE: Silver
- Intel: Gold
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: 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: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Gold
- Fortinet: Expert
- HPE: Gold
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: Registered
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Premier
- Adobe: Silver
- Cisco: Premier
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- Google: Partner
- IBM: Silver
- Sophos: 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: Select
- Cisco: Select
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Silver
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: Preferred
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Premier
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Authorized
- Fortinet: Expert
- HPE: Platinum
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Select
- Adobe: Gold
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- Fortinet: Expert
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Platinum
- Intel: Titanium
- Nutanix: Professional
- Nvidia: Registered
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Select
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Expert
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Platinum
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: Registered
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Gold
- Cisco: Premier
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- Fortinet: Advanced
- HPE: Gold
- Intel: Gold
- Nutanix: Professional
- Nvidia: Registered
- Palo Alto Networks: Platinum Innovator
- Sophos: 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: Premier
- Google: Premier Partner
- Nvidia: 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: Advanced
- Cisco: Premier
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Advocate
- Google: Member
- HPE: Business
- Nutanix: Professional
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Advanced
- Cisco: Select
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Google: Premier Partner
- HPE: Silver
- Intel: Titanium
- Nvidia: Preferred
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Premier
- Adobe: Platinum
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Expert
- Google: Premier Partner
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Gold
- Intel: Titanium
- Nutanix: Champion
- Nvidia: Elite
- Palo Alto Networks: Diamond Innovator
- Sophos: 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: Advanced
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Gold
- Fortinet: Expert
- Google: Partner
- HPE: Gold
- IBM: Platinum
- Intel: Member
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: Preferred
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Premier
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- Fortinet: Expert
- Intel: Gold
- Sophos: 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: Advanced
- Adobe: Silver
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Platinum
- Fortinet: Select
- Google: Premier Partner
- HPE: Silver
- IBM: Silver
- Nutanix: Authorized
- Nvidia: Preferred
- Palo Alto Networks: Platinum Innovator
- Sophos: 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: Advanced
- Cisco: Gold
- Dell Technologies: Titanium
- Fortinet: Expert
- Google: Partner
- HPE: Platinum
- IBM: Gold
- Nutanix: Champion
- Nvidia: Elite
- Palo Alto Networks: 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: Premier
- Dell Technologies: Gold
- Fortinet: Select
- IBM: Gold
- Additional Strategic Vendor Partners: Microsoft, NetApp, Vertiv
- Previous Years On Tech Elite 250: 2020, 2021, 2022
