Commvault names top partner award winners at SHIFT 2026
Tue, 10th Nov 2026 (Today)
Commvault has named Everpure, CDW, SoftwareOne, NCS and Yotta as its top partner award winners. The awards were announced at SHIFT 2026 in Nashville.
The companies received regional and global Partner of the Year honours in the second annual Commvault Fearless Awards, which recognise partners helping customers with data protection, cyber readiness, cloud operations and AI recovery.
Everpure was named Global Partner of the Year. CDW won the Americas award, while SoftwareOne took EMEA, NCS won APAC and Yotta won India.
Brian Lanigan, Chief Partner Officer at Commvault, said the awards reflected the role partners play as customers seek to protect data tied to AI projects and strengthen recovery planning.
"AI ambition is only as powerful as the resilience behind it. Customers need partners who can turn that ambition into real-world protection and recovery," said Brian Lanigan, Chief Partner Officer at Commvault.
"This year's winners demonstrate what's possible when deep partner expertise and Commvault technology come together: stronger protection, greater resilience, and the confidence to recover."
Several winners pointed to customer demand for stronger recovery and resilience across hybrid and regulated environments.
"We're proud to be named Commvault's Global Partner of the Year. Working closely together, we combine secure storage with protection and clean recovery to help customers safeguard the data powering AI and strengthen recovery readiness," said Ricardo Moreno, Vice President of Global Partner Sales at Everpure.
CDW linked the award to its work with customers across mixed technology estates.
"Being named Commvault's Americas Partner of the Year reflects the impact of our partnership in helping customers protect critical data and strengthen recovery readiness across hybrid environments. At CDW, we're helping customers turn AI ambition into outcomes by building the resilient technology foundation they need to move forward with confidence," said Karl Schulz, Vice President of Product and Partner Management at CDW.
SoftwareOne, the EMEA winner, also highlighted the partnership behind the award.
"We're truly honoured to be named Commvault Fearless EMEA Partner of the Year 2026," said Nunzio Panto, EMEA Services Leader at SoftwareOne. "Commvault's technology helps us deliver exceptional customer value, but it's the amazing people, their dedication and support, who make this success possible. A big thank you for this recognition and our fantastic partnership."
NCS, which won in APAC, focused on the link between AI projects and cyber resilience.
"We're honoured to be named Commvault's APAC Partner of the Year," said Lim Keong, Chief Technologist at NCS. "Together, we help organisations bridge AI innovation and cyber resilience, combining our deep services expertise with Commvault's advanced recovery technologies to keep critical data protected, resilient and recoverable."
Yotta said Indian customers were increasingly focused on where data is stored and how quickly systems can be restored.
"As Indian enterprises put AI at the centre of their business, where their data lives and how fast it can be recovered have become board-level questions," said Sashishekhar Panda, Executive Vice President, Cloud & Media Services, Yotta AI, Cloud, & Data Centres. "With regulations raising the bar, Yotta and Commvault provide sovereign infrastructure with clean, trusted recovery built in. This recognition reflects our shared commitment to keeping India's data protected, compliant and resilient on Indian soil."
Category winners
Commvault also named a broader set of global and regional winners across its partner network.
Global awards went to Hitachi Vantara for Customer Impact of the Year, HCLTech for GSI Partner of the Year, Microsoft for Hyperscaler of the Year, CrowdStrike for Security Leader of the Year, HPE for AI Innovation Partner of the Year, Deloitte for Resilience Partner of the Year and AWS for Growth Partner of the Year.
In the Americas, Kelyn was named MSP of the Year, Everpure won Alliance of the Year, AHEAD took Breakthrough Partner of the Year, Trace3 won Growth Partner of the Year, DataPivot received Impact Partner of the Year and Carahsoft was named Distributor of the Year.
In EMEA, Databarracks was named MSP of the Year, Kyndryl won System Integrator of the Year, HPE took Alliance of the Year, MDS SI won Solution Provider of the Year and SCC was named Breakthrough Partner of the Year.
In APAC, Interactive won MSP of the Year, Dicker Data was named Distributor of the Year, Hitachi Vantara took Alliance of the Year, Keppel Technology Solutions won Solution Provider of the Year and Datacom was named Breakthrough Partner of the Year.
Customer awards
Alongside the partner awards, Commvault launched a separate Impact Awards programme for customer organisations.
The first winners were LC Waikiki for the Luminary Award, University of Rochester Medicine for the Protector Award, Siemens Healthineers for the Navigator Award and B.L. Harbert International for the Steward Award.
The partner awards underline how suppliers across storage, consulting, distribution, systems integration and cloud services are positioning recovery and resilience as part of broader customer investment in AI and cyber security.