2026 SHORTLIST
These awards celebrate the organisations, teams and individuals driving innovation, performance and impact across the cloud landscape.
This year’s shortlist showcases the very best in cloud technology, highlighting outstanding achievements and forward-thinking strategies across the UK. Join us as we celebrate our finalists at this unmissable event.
Book your finalist package now and be part of an unforgettable night with the UK’s cloud leaders.
Organisational Excellence
**NEW** Best UK/European Cloud Services Provider
Access Mintsoft
Acre Security
ANS
Content Guru Ltd
Hyve Managed Hosting
Leobit
Managed247 Ltd
OVHcloud
PeaSoup Cloud
Best Cloud Support Provider
Content Guru Ltd
DocTech UK
Leobit
Managed247 Ltd
Platform9
Route 101
Verto
Wavenet
Cloud Vendor of the Year
Exclaimer
Infiny Cloud Connectivity Platform, Epsilon Telecommunications
iplicit
MariaDB Cloud, MariaDB
Platform9
Staffology Payroll, IRIS Software Group
Totalmobile
MSP of the Year
Acumen Cyber
ANS
Dr Logic
Espria
Hyve Managed Hosting
Managed247 Ltd
Node4
Texaport
Wavenet
Personal Excellence
**NEW** Cloud Rising Star of the Year
Bhawna Goyal, NBS
David Olaka, R and D Application Ltd
Diala Saadeh, Google Cloud
Prashant Bhalesain, Setient Ltd
Suvojit Chakraborty, Aviva UK
Vinay Ramachandra, Aviva Plc
**NEW** Platform Engineering/SRE Team of the Year
Cloud Hosting Team, Nationwide Building Society
Cloud Platform Team, THG Ingenuity
Enterprise Cloud Platform, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Enterprise Integration Services Platform & Infrastructure Team, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
Marketing + Technologies Group
Platform Services, Mott MacDonald
Cloud Professional of the Year
Alex Shevelenko, RELAYTO AI
Ashley Warren, SSE
Dinesh Chacko, Oldfield Builds Ltd.
Ekta Soni, Walker Crisps
Gunay Masimova, Finova
Kumar Singirikonda Toyota
Sonia Varghese, HMPO
Suvojit Chakraborty, Aviva UK
Product/Service Excellence
**NEW** Best Cloud Service for Non-Profits and Charities
Aqilla
Cloud Provider, Jisc
**NEW** Best Sovereign Cloud/Regulated Cloud Solution
Clinical Data Science Unit Trusted Research Environment, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Content Guru Ltd
Ivanti Neurons for MDM – Sovereign Edition - EU, Ivanti
Napier AI Continuum, Napier AI
OVHcloud
PeaSoup Sovereign Cloud Storage Platform
**NEW** FinOps/Cloud Cost Optimisation Solution of the Year
Cloud FinOps Team, Nationwide Building Society
FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimisation solution, Aviva UK
InferWise - AI Inference Observability Platform, Setient Ltd
Leighton and Footy.com
Best Cloud Automation or AI Solution
FAST Infrastructure Platform — Zero-Touch Cloud Provisioning, THG Ingenuity
LessonsBot, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
OSS Systems
PORTrockIT
ProcessSense, Rossera
Strand Intelligence
Verto
Cloud Data Management/Engineering Solution of the Year
DWP-LMS Data Migration, A&A Digital Tech & Shivom Consultancy Limited
MariaDB Cloud, MariaDB
SCMDM Team, Aviva Plc
Cloud DR and Continuity Product of the Year
Cove Data Protection, N-able
NAKIVO Backup & Replication, NAKIVO Inc.
Wavenet
Cloud Management Solution of the Year
Escode
Global Cloud Connectivity Portfolio powered by Infiny, Epsilon Telecommunications
VAAMG Consulting Limited
Cloud Security Product of the Year
365 Total Protection, Hornetsecurity by Proofpoint
ExtraHop
RateYourCyber
Strand Intelligence
Most Innovative Cloud Product or Service
Breach Ready, Outbreach
Data for Good, Aker Systems
ExtraHop
Herebus, Heretek
Infiny Cloud Connectivity Platform, Epsilon Telecommunications
OowOah
PeaSoup Immersion-Cooled S3 Storage Platform, PeaSoup Cloud
RateYourCyber
RELAYTO AI
Strand Intelligence
Multi/Hybrid Cloud Product of the Year
Hybrid Cloud Platform, Node4
Infiny Cloud Connectivity Platform, Epsilon Telecommunications
Multi/Hybrid Cloud team, Nationwide
Project Excellence
**NEW** Most Successful Cloud Migration
Aviva Plc
Aviva Serverless Surge
bluQube
Data Modernization, Aviva Plc
DWP LMS Data Migration, A&A Digital Tech Ltd
Leobit
Sage Lal West london college
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils, Node4
THG Ingenuity Data Centre Exit - Google Cloud Migration Programme
Wavenet
Best Cloud Project
ClaimCenter Cloud Transformation Project, Beazley
DocTech UK
Microsoft Customer Zero, Infinity Group
Nationwide Cloud Hosting Team, Nationwide Building Society
THG Ingenuity x Google Cloud Transformation Programme
Transforming Cloud Delivery for Secure, Scalable Government Innovation
Wavenet
Best use of AI in the Cloud