The 2015 Tech Innovator Awards

Top Tech Innovators

Innovation is at the heart of IT. That's why every year the CRN Test Center sets out to identify the most innovative companies reshaping the IT landscape. This year the Test Center saw entries from more than 100 companies representing mega-trends taking place in the industry right now -- cloud, social, big data and mobility.

We carefully scrutinized products within 19 categories of IT and evaluated each based on its ability to increase worker productivity and reduce cost and complexity for solution providers, IT departments and end users through innovation and technical advancement. The CRN Test Center selected winners for each category and awarded honorable mentions as well.

Here are this year's winners and worthy runners-up.