Announcing the winners of the Cloud Excellence Awards 2026

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners

We celebrate the winners of the Computing Cloud Excellence Awards.

Congratulations to all the amazing, innovative and exemplary winners of the Cloud Excellence Awards 2026!

Last week we celebrated the very best of cloud computing with an awards ceremony at Kensington's Royal Gardens Hotel.

Comedian and compere Scott Bennett brought energy and wit to the evening, battling valiantly with the industry jargon as he dished out the awards, and keeping the packed dining room laughing all night long.

Here are the winners and highly commended in full.

Personal Excellence

Platform Engineering/SRE Team of the Year

Winner: Cloud Hosting Team, Nationwide Building Society

Highly Commended: THG Ingenuity Cloud Platform Team

Cloud Rising Star of the Year

Winner: Vinay Ramachandra, Aviva Plc

Cloud Professional of the Year

Winner: Kumar Singirikonda, Toyota

Highly Commended 1: Ashley Warren, SSE

Highly Commended 2: Sonia Varghese, HMPO

Organisational Excellence

Best UK/European Cloud Services Provider

Winner: Content Guru LTD

Highly Commended: OVHCloud

Cloud Vendor of the Year

Winner: Totalmobile

Highly Commended: Iplicit

Cloud DR and Continuity Product of the Year

Winner: Crises Control – Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery and Mass Notification Software

Cloud Management Solution of the Year

Winner: TCS in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group – Adaptive Cloud Management Suite

Highly Commended: Confluent Cloud – Confluent and Booking.com – Building for the Future

MSP of the Year

Winner: Node4

Best Cloud Support Provider

Winner: Content Guru LTD

Highly Commended: Platform9

Product/Service Excellence

FinOps/Cloud Cost Optimisation Solution of the Year

Winner: Cloud FinOps Team, Nationwide Building Society

Best Sovereign Cloud/Regulated Cloud Solution

Winner: OVHCloud

Best Cloud Service for Non-Profits and Charities

Winner: Aqilla

Most Innovative Cloud Product or Service

Winner: Strand Intelligence

Highly Commended: RateYourCyber

Best Cloud Automation or AI Solution

Winner: FAST Infrastructure Platform — Zero-Touch Cloud Provisioning, THG Ingenuity

Cloud Management Solution of the Year

Winner: Escode

Multi/Hybrid Cloud Product of the Year

Winner: Multi/Hybrid Cloud Team, Nationwide

Cloud DR and Continuity Product of the Year

Winner: Wavenet

Cloud Security Product of the Year

Winner: ExtraHop

Cloud Data Management/Engineering Solution of the Year

Winner: DWP-LMS Data Migration, A&A Digital Tech & Shivom Consultancy Limited

Project Excellence

Most Successful Cloud Migration

Winner: DWP-LMS Data Migration, A&A Digital Tech Ltd

Best Cloud Project

Winner: Transforming Cloud Delivery for Secure, Scalable Government Innovation, HMRC

Highly Commended: Nationwide Cloud Hosting Team, Nationwide Building Society

Best use of AI in the Cloud

Winner: The Treasury Virtual Portfolio Manager (VPM), The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Highly Commended: AI implementation, Infinity Group

See photos of the night here.