We’re proud to share that CSPi Technology Solutions has been named to CRN’s 2026 Tech Elite 250 list — for the sixth consecutive year.
The Tech Elite 250 isn’t a popularity contest. It isn’t an award for marketing budget or brand visibility. It’s the list CRN reserves for the solution providers across North America that have invested the most in advanced technical certifications and vendor specializations the deep credentials that actually determine whether a partner can architect, deploy, and run complex environments in production.
It’s a list built on engineering. And it’s where we’ve been every year for six years.
What the List Actually Recognizes
CRN’s Tech Elite 250 looks at the highest tier of certifications and specializations earned from leading technology vendors across artificial intelligence, infrastructure, cloud, and security. Inclusion signals sustained investment in advanced training and engineering depth the kind of investment that doesn’t show up on a slide deck but absolutely shows up in the field.
For CSPi, that investment runs across our entire vendor partnership portfolio: Microsoft, Cisco, HPE, Cato Networks, Juniper, Lenovo, and more into every layer of our Vital™ Managed IT Services practice and our professional services bench.
“Earning a place on the CRN Tech Elite 250 for the sixth year in a row is a direct reflection of the engineers, architects, and consultants who choose to keep raising the bar. Certifications matter because they translate into real outcomes for our customers — faster cloud migrations, stronger security posture, and infrastructure that actually performs. This recognition belongs to the team that does the work every day.”
— Nick Monfreda, Vice President, CSPi Technology Solutions
Why Six Consecutive Years Matters
Earning the list once is hard. Earning it six times in a row is a different conversation entirely.
It means we haven’t let standards slip during a year when budgets got tight or talent got scarce. It means our engineers are still re-certifying as vendors release new platforms. It means when a customer asks us to support a complex hybrid environment — Microsoft Azure landing zones, Cisco XDR deployments, HPE infrastructure modernization, secure network transformation with Cato or Juniper — there’s a bench behind the answer.
Six years on the Tech Elite 250 isn’t a brand statement. It’s a continuity statement. It’s how customers know that the team they hired last year is still the team showing up this year, with the certifications updated and the expertise current.
What This Means for Our Customers
When you choose to work with CSPi, the certifications behind this recognition are the same ones running in the background of every project we deliver for you. They’re how we earn the right to design your cloud migration, architect your security stack, modernize your infrastructure, and manage your environment day-to-day.
This recognition is, in the end, an external confirmation of an internal commitment we made a long time ago: don’t outsource expertise. Build it in-house. Keep it current. Apply it to customer problems with intention.
“Congratulations to the solution providers named to CRN’s Tech Elite 250 on this well-earned recognition of their commitment to advanced certifications and deep expertise in these critical technologies. These organizations continue to invest in expanding their capabilities so they can deliver exceptional IT solutions that help their customers succeed.”
— Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company
A Thank You and What’s Next
To our engineers, architects, and consultants who earned this: thank you. The list belongs to you.
To our customers and partners who trust us with the work: thank you for being the reason any of this matters. The certifications mean something because of what they let us build alongside you.
The 2026 Tech Elite 250 list is published at crn.com/techelite250. If you want to talk about what any of this looks like for your environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Six years in. Still raising the bar.