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SiliconANGLE Media is proud to introduce the SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards, recognizing the technologies and solutions driving business forward. As the trusted voice of enterprise and emerging tech, SiliconANGLE applies a rigorous editorial lens to highlight innovations reshaping how businesses operate in our rapidly changing landscape.
This program honors both established enterprise solutions and breakthrough technologies defining the future of business, spanning AI innovation, security excellence, cloud transformation, data platform evolution and blockchain/crypto tech.
Recognition + Buyer's Guide Exposure: A Powerful Combination
The SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards provide more than just industry recognition. They serve as a trusted guide for enterprise decision-makers, providing curated insights into the latest technologies solving today’s most pressing business challenges.
In addition to receiving exclusive industry recognition, finalists and winners will be featured in the SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide, a definitive resource that helps enterprise buyers evaluate market-leading solutions.
Deadlines and Fees
Why Participate?
Winners
Top Product/Solutions receive a full-page feature in their category’s SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide, complete with their award designation, company logo and write-up based on their entry submission. Winners also receive an official award winner logo, press release template and social media template.
Finalists
Top Contenders receive a half-page feature in their category’s SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide, complete with their award designation, company logo and write-up based on their entry submission. Finalists also receive an official award finalist logo, press release template and social media template.
All entrants
All companies that enter the TechForward Awards have the option to be included in the SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide sponsored section for visibility among enterprise buyers. Additional fee applies.
How to Apply
- 1.Log into our awards platform
- 2.Select your category
- 3.Complete the entry form with your company and product information
- 4.Submit your payment (discounted rates available for multiple entries)
- 5.Receive confirmation that your entry will be considered for both the awards and Buyer's Guide inclusion
A Special Thank You from SiliconANGLE Media
As an expression of gratitude to our valued participants in the 2025 inaugural Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards, we're delighted to offer you Super Early Rate pricing through the Regular Rate deadline for both the 2025 SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards and the 2026 Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards. If your company submitted an award entry in the 2025 Tech Innovation CUBEd Awards (which accepted nominations through November 2024), you qualify.
Awards Categories
Choose from 5 categories and 30+ subcategories when applying for the TechForward Awards.
AI Tech
The AI Tech category recognizes the transformative impact of artificial intelligence across industries and use cases, from enterprise solutions to emerging technologies. These awards honor innovations in AI platforms, infrastructure, and applications that enhance business operations, drive automation, and expand the boundaries of creativity and problem-solving. This category celebrates advancements reshaping how businesses and entire industries operate in the AI era.
- AI Copilots & Assistants
- AI Governance & Responsible AI
- AI Infrastructure & Model Optimization
- AI-Driven Personalization & Customer Experience
- Autonomous, Adaptive & Agentic AI Systems
- Enterprise AI Solutions
- Generative AI & Foundation Models
Security Tech
The Security Tech category honors impactful cybersecurity technologies that help businesses defend against the ever-changing threat landscape. From enterprise security frameworks and zero-trust architectures to AI-powered detection and quantum-resistant encryption, this category highlights innovations that protect critical data and infrastructure. It celebrates advancements in cloud security, identity and access management, and real-time threat mitigation to strengthen overall cybersecurity posture and resilience.
- AI-Powered Threat Detection
- Cloud Security
- Data Protection
- Endpoint Security
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Security
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Real-Time Threat Mitigation
- Security Frameworks
- Security Operations Center (SOC) Tools
- Zero Trust Architecture
Cloud Tech
The Cloud Tech category celebrates innovations in cloud computing reshaping how businesses scale, manage and optimize IT infrastructure. From hybrid solutions and cloud-native development to AI-driven infrastructure and edge computing, these awards honor technologies driving efficiency and performance across diverse environments and highlight advancements that help businesses leverage cloud capabilities while addressing challenges like data privacy, compliance and real-time processing.
- AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure
- Cloud-Native Development & DevOps
- Cloud-Native Platforms and Solutions
- Cloud Data Management
- Cloud Governance and Compliance
- Cloud Networking
- Edge Computing
- Hybrid Cloud Platforms & Solutions
- SaaS
Data Platform Tech
The Data Platform Tech category honors solutions advancing how organizations manage, process and extract value from data. From enterprise-scale platforms and AI-optimized infrastructure to real-time analytics and streaming technologies, these awards spotlight innovations that simplify data complexity, enhance decision-making and drive digital transformation through intelligent data use across traditional systems and emerging, next-generation use cases in today’s data-driven economy.
- AI-Optimized Data Platforms
- Analytics Solutions
- Data Governance & Quality Management
- Data Protection & Recovery Solutions
- Data Storage & Management
- Data Warehouse & Lakehouse
- Database Systems
- Enterprise Data Integration & Management
- Real-Time & Streaming Analytics
Blockchain/Crypto Tech
The Blockchain/Crypto Tech category honors innovations reshaping industries beyond financial services. From enterprise blockchain and developer frameworks to DeFi platforms and digital asset infrastructure, these awards recognize technologies that boost transparency, security and efficiency. This category celebrates solutions driving mainstream blockchain adoption, enabling new business models, and addressing challenges around trust, identity and value exchange in the digital economy.
- Compliance, Security & Regulatory Tech
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Crypto Innovation
- Enterprise & Infrastructure Blockchain
- Interoperability & Scalability Solutions
- Web3 & Decentralized Applications
Judges
Meet the judging panel for the SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards
Rob Strechay
Managing Director, Principal Analyst
theCUBE Research
Andrew Brust
Founder & CEO
Blue Badge Insights
Christine Deakers
Global Head of Content
Bessemer Venture Partners
Shivesh Ganotra
Senior Manager, Wireless Engineering
Cisco
Alastair Goldfisher
Journalist & Podcaster
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Rob Hof
Editor-in-Chief
SiliconANGLE
Brian Householder
Senior Advisor
Blackstone
Vittal Jadhav
Technical Delivery Manager
Akkodis
Amanda Katona
Director of Developer and Open Source Engagement
NetApp
Sourav Khandelwal
Sr. Software Engineer
Databricks
Matt Kimball
Vice President & Principal Analyst - Datacenter
Moor Insights & Strategy
Robert Kramer
Vice President & Principal Analyst - Enterprise Data Technology, ERP & SCM
Moor Insights & Strategy
Kishy Kumar
Director of Engineering
Oracle
Ravi Laudya
Development Expert
SAP Concur
Ravi Mayuram
CTO, EVP Engineering
Uniphore
Juliet McGinnis
Owner
Gowing Communications
Advait Patel
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Broadcom
Saurabh Phaltane
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Evan Reiss
VP of Marketing
Foxit
Dave Russell
SVP, Head of Strategy
Veeam
Tushar Sonawane
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
Will Townsend
Vice President & Principal Analyst - Networking & Security Practices
Moor Insights & Strategy
Ben Woo
Principal Analyst
Neuralytix
Erin Zehr
Senior Advisor to the CEO
Moor Insights & Strategy
Buyer’s Guide
How the process works
Your award entry also serves as your application for the Buyer’s Guide. SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guides will be published on the SiliconANGLE website at no fee.
1st place winners (Top Product/Solution) in each category receive:
- Full-page writeup in their respective SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide (AI Tech, Security Tech, Cloud Tech, Data Platform Tech, Blockchain/Crypto Tech) with 1st place award logo and company logo
- Writeup is written by each vendor as part of their award submission
- No additional fee for inclusion in SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide – it is included part of the winner package
- Reprint rights (perpetual) for display on vendor’s own website and use in email/social media marketing campaigns: $3495
Top 2 Contenders (Finalists) in each category receive:
- Half-page writeups in their respective SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide with finalist award logo, company logo and company/product descriptions
- Writeup is written by each vendor as part of their award submission
- No additional fee for inclusion – it is part of the finalist package
- Reprint rights (perpetual) for display on vendor’s own website and use in email/social media marketing campaigns: $3495
All entrants have the opportunity to be included in the SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer’s Guide’s Sponsored Selections pages for visibility among enterprise buyers.
- $495 for inclusion in Buyer’s Guide
- Reprint rights (perpetual) for display on vendor’s own website and use in email/social media marketing campaigns: $3495
