2025 FINALISTS

We’re proud to present this year’s outstanding finalists; trailblazers who are pushing boundaries, driving innovation, and setting new standards of excellence in the cloud sector.

Congratulations to all those shortlisted! Your groundbreaking work is not only shaping the future of our industry but also inspiring others to follow in your footsteps.

Finalists – it’s time to celebrate! Explore our finalist packages available to show off your achievement and secure your table for you and your team to attend the live ceremony on Thursday 18 September in London. Book your package today!

Now, without further ado… let’s unveil our 2025 Cloud Excellence Awards finalists!



Company & Individual Categories

Best Cloud Support Provider

Kascade

OneAdvanced Cloud Services

Payara Services

RFA

Transputec - Cloud Services

Wavenet - Anchored in Excellence: Empowering Organisations to Thrive and Lead Through Enduring Cloud Support

Cloud Professional of the Year

Aviva UK - Suvojit Chakraborty

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Sarah Hayward

RFA - George Ralph

Cloud Vendor of the Year

Exclaimer

IRIS Software Group - IRIS Elements

PeaSoup Cloud - PeaSoup Managed Cloud with Immersion-Cooled S3 Storage

RFA

Tessell - Oracle-to-Azure migration for UK-based Fortune 100 professional services firm

Xiatech Ltd - Xiatech Accelerates Growth with Xfuze; Its Innovative Cloud Integration, Data and Analytics Platform

MSP of the Year

ANS Group - Elevate

Art of Cloud - Maddox Gallery: How Choosing a Managed Service Ensured a Smooth Digital Expansion

Hyve Managed Hosting

LoopUp - Multinational Teams Telephony

Select Technology

Stripe OLT - Complete Managed IT Support

Texaport - Architecting IT Excellence: Texaport's transformation for Cooper Cromar

Transputec - IT Service desk for Woodland Trust

Wavenet - 25 Years of Leadership: Empowering UK Business Growth with Innovation, Exceptional Service, and Unmatched Customer Trust

Product & Solution Categories

Best Cloud Automation or AI Solution

Vanta

Aviva Plc - Synthesizer Synthetic Test Data Generator

Bridgeworks - Spectra Logic

Drata - Trust Management Platform

ITC Infotech – DEVFABRIK

POPX - POPX MSP Platform

Progress Software - AI-powered automation and enhanced customer experience

Propeller Studios Ltd - EasyPQQ AI

UBIO - UBIO A3

Version 1 - AI for Fraud Detection

Cloud Data Management/Engineering Solution of the Year

dbt Labs

Fivetran

John Snow Labs - Generative AI Lab

Cloud DR and Continuity Product of the Year

Crises Control - Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery and Mass Notification Software

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd - Resilience Engineered Intelligent Gateway

Tesco Bank - Ops & Service Continuity

Cloud Management Solution of the Year

Confluent Cloud - Confluent and Booking.com - Building for the Future

Epsilon Telecommunications - Global Cloud Connectivity Portfolio, enhanced by NaaS Platform Infiny

HCLSoftware (HCLTech) – HCL MyCloud

Payara Services Ltd - Payara Qube

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd - Adaptive Cloud Management Suite

Cloud Security Product of the Year

Aviatrix - Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF)

Checkmarx - Checkmarx One

CyberArk

Darktrace - Darktrace / CLOUD: Next-Generation AI-Driven Security for Dynamic Hybrid Cloud Environments

Hornetsecurity GmbH - Single-platform email security, backup and GRC for M365

Salt Communications

Strand Intelligence

Most Innovative Cloud Product or Service

Codemakers Ltd - Metrotech Permit+

Epsilon Telecommunications - Global Cloud Connectivity Portfolio, enhanced by NaaS Platform Infiny

Exclaimer

Forterro – Launching Orderwise Cloud to Bring all the Benefits of Cloud ERP to the Midmarket

LND Consulting Services - AI PCaaS™ Partner Campaigns as a Service

PeaSoup Cloud - PeaSoup Liquid Cooled S3-Compatible Storage

RELAYTO

Strand Intelligence

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd - Enterprise Customer Insight & Response Platform

Totalmobile - Field First Platform

Multi/Hybrid Cloud Product of the Year

CloudBees - CloudBees Unify

Epsilon Telecommunications - Global Cloud Connectivity Portfolio

LoopUp - Multinational Teams Telephony

Payara Services Ltd - Payara Cloud

SolarWinds® - SolarWinds® Observability SaaS

Project Categories

Best Cloud Project

ANS Group - PRIME

Finova - Gatehouse Bank accelerates Sharia-compliant lending with Finova’s Lending platform

Manchester Metropolitan University - Research Cloud Platform

Pulsant - Pulsant Private Cloud, Delivering Resilience, Security and Scale for Witherslack Group

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd - Elevating Intelligent Gateway Through Cloud Adoption

Version 1 - Cloud Transformation for Global Financial Risk Management Platform

Best use of AI in the Cloud

Accedia - OmniPort: AI-Powered Lending Transformation for Castle Trust Bank

Civo - CivoAI

PodManager – PodManager.AI

Workato - Poundland: Transforming Retail Ops at Scale with Workato

UBIO – UBIO A3

Version 1 - AI for Fraud Detection