Each year, CRN looks at the hot tech startups making an impact on the channel and impression on the tech industry as a whole in our Emerging Vendors list. The Emerging Vendors for 2012 list includes startups that were established no earlier than 2006 across a variety of different technology segments. CRN's Emerging Vendors know the value of good channel partnerships too; a strategy to leverage the channel to go to market is also a requirement for this listing. Here we present to you the 25 coolest startups to be included on the Emerging Vendors for 2012.

Stay tuned for a complete look at this year's Emerging Vendors as well as a breakdown of each company by technology expertise, including cloud computing, networking, storage, security, virtualization and software.