Spotlighting Success: Meet This Year’s WatchGuard Partner Award Winners
Every year at WatchGuard IMPACT partner events, we take a moment to celebrate the partners who are shaping the future of cybersecurity. These organizations go beyond delivering technology. They help customers reduce risk, embrace innovation, and achieve stronger security outcomes while growing successful businesses of their own.
Just a few days ago, we announced the finalists. Today, we're proud to officially recognize the winners of the 2026 WatchGuard Partner Awards.
While only one winner can be selected in each category, every finalist demonstrated the innovation, dedication, and customer commitment that make the WatchGuard partner community truly exceptional.
This year's winners exemplify what it means to be a trusted cybersecurity partner. Please join us in congratulating the 2026 WatchGuard Partner Award recipients.
Revenue Leader Award
The Revenue Leader Award recognizes exceptional business performance, customer impact, and sustained revenue growth.
This year, Verus distinguished itself through its commitment to delivering strategic IT and cybersecurity solutions that help customers innovate securely while creating measurable business value. Its continued growth and strong partnership with WatchGuard demonstrate the power of aligning security outcomes with business success.
Learn more about Verus: https://veruscorp.com/
Growth Champion Award
The Growth Champion Award honors partners that have achieved remarkable business expansion while embracing new opportunities and expanding customer relationships.
Networks Plus earned this recognition through impressive growth, a customer-first approach, and a relentless focus on delivering secure and reliable IT services. Their ability to scale while maintaining exceptional customer experience makes them a standout member of the WatchGuard partner ecosystem.
Learn more about Networks Plus: https://www.networksplus.com/
Cross-Sell Excellence Award
Customers increasingly require integrated security solutions that address multiple business challenges. The Cross-Sell Excellence Award celebrates partners that successfully deliver the breadth of the WatchGuard platform to meet evolving customer needs.
F12 demonstrated outstanding success in expanding solution adoption across its customer base, helping organizations simplify security management while improving protection across their environments. Their consultative approach continues to drive stronger outcomes and deeper customer relationships.
Learn more about F12: https://f12.net/
Competitive Win Award
The Competitive Win Award recognizes partners that have consistently demonstrated excellence in winning business against strong market competition.
CompassMSP stood out through its ability to communicate value, build trusted customer relationships, and deliver cybersecurity solutions that address real business challenges. Their success highlights the importance of expertise, strategic guidance, and exceptional execution in today's competitive landscape.
Learn more about CompassMSP: https://compassmsp.com/
MSP of the Year Award
The MSP of the Year Award recognizes operational excellence, customer success, innovation, and cybersecurity leadership.
NCR Voyix earned this distinction through its unwavering commitment to helping customers navigate an increasingly complex cybersecurity environment. By combining technical expertise with a customer-centric approach, the team has demonstrated what it means to be a truly exceptional managed service provider.
Learn more about NCR Voyix: https://www.ncrvoyix.com/
Partner Marketing IMPACT Award
The Partner Marketing IMPACT Award recognizes marketing excellence, creativity, and the ability to effectively communicate value to customers.
New Charter Technologies partnered closely and collaboratively with WatchGuard across their own-branded events and multiple co-marketing activities with New Charter Technologies companies across the US, driving significant impact for both our organizations and the customers they serve.
Learn more about New Charter Technologies: https://www.newchartertech.com/
Celebrating the Future: AI Innovation Challenge Winners
While our Partner Awards recognize excellence in business growth and customer success, IMPACT 2026 also celebrates a second vital part of our ecosystem: innovation.
This year's AI Innovation Challenge showcased how partners are leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer outcomes, streamline operations, increase productivity, and create new opportunities for growth. The submissions highlighted the ingenuity and forward-thinking mindset that continue to define the WatchGuard partner community.
After reviewing entries from partners around the world, we're excited to recognize the winners of the 2026 AI Innovation Challenge. The winning projects demonstrated practical, impactful applications of AI that delivered measurable value to customers and organizations alike.
2026 AI Innovation Challenge Winners
- Anakin Cunningham, Metrocom
- Erkki Juckum, Offsite
- Daimon Ogura, ComnetSystem Corporation
- Piotr Nowicki, CNS Outsourcing IT
- Ryan Haig, eMazzanti Technologies
These individuals and their organizations exemplify how AI is becoming a powerful business enabler across the channel. From enhancing operational efficiency to creating new customer experiences and improving security outcomes, their innovative approaches provide a glimpse into the future of managed services and cybersecurity.
As WatchGuard continues to integrate AI-powered capabilities across the Unified Security Platform, partner-led innovation will remain essential to helping organizations protect their businesses and operate more effectively in a rapidly changing digital landscape.
Congratulations to All Our Winners
The achievements recognized at IMPACT 2026 reflect the strength, talent, and innovation of the entire WatchGuard partner community.
Whether through outstanding business growth, marketing excellence, competitive success, managed services leadership, or groundbreaking AI innovation, this year's winners embody the values that make our partner ecosystem unique.
Congratulations to our 2026 WatchGuard Partner Award winners and AI Innovation Challenge winners. Thank you for your partnership, your commitment to customers, and your continued role in shaping the future of cybersecurity.
We look forward to celebrating with you at IMPACT 2026 and seeing what you'll achieve next.