Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has been recognized as a winner of the 2025 Info-Tech Awards by Info-Tech Research Group, a global leader in IT research and advisory, for “Innovator of the Year.”
The Info-Tech Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in IT, recognizing both individual leaders and organizations that have demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and impact. The Info-Tech Innovator of the Year Award recognizes organizations that have implemented groundbreaking IT initiatives to drive organizational success, leveraging technology in innovative ways to solve challenges, enhance efficiency, or set new industry standards.
The Sophos team was recognized for their channel partner focused initiative, which transformed the experience across quoting, ordering, fulfillment, and renewals. The objective for the technology team was simple but bold: make it easier for partners to do business with Sophos, even as the company scaled rapidly through growth and post-M&A integration.
This channel initiative delivered measurable results across efficiency and partner success, positioning Sophos as the cybersecurity vendor of choice by making it easier for partners to grow their business. One distributor noted, “The new automation and portal enhancements are a game-changer. We can process quotes and transactions much faster and with fewer errors, which frees our team to focus on customers instead of admin.”
“The innovation for this project extended beyond a single tool, into the orchestration of multiple interconnected capabilities to create a seamless, partner-first journey,” said Tony Young, CIO Sophos. “The initiative had a broad impact beyond Sophos, shaping partner expectations for what improving the partner experience looks like in cybersecurity and setting new benchmarks for the industry.”
Winners were selected from a competitive pool of hundreds of candidates. The Innovator of the Year Award winners were determined by the measurable impact and exceptional value the organization has achieved through IT innovation.
“The 2025 Info-Tech Awards' Innovator of the Year category honors organizations that turned new ideas into measurable outcomes, moving from rapid pilots to scaled delivery,” says Tom Zehren, Chief Executive Officer at Info-Tech Research Group. “This year’s winners solved defined business problems, improved efficiency, and increased performance and competitiveness. Together, these organizations show what’s possible when ingenuity meets purpose.”
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