Insight Named to CRN’s Tech Elite 250 for Ninth Time

The list honors North American solution providers with the highest level of technical certifications from top technology suppliers

TEMPE, Ariz., April 5, 2021 – Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT), the global integrator of Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions™ for organizations of all sizes, today announced that it has been recognized by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, on the 2021 Tech Elite 250 list for a third consecutive year and ninth year overall.

When the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed how businesses operate, the solution providers best equipped to meet clients’ changing technology needs have been those that maintain the highest levels of training and certification from their IT partners, according to CRN. The Tech Elite 250 is comprised of solution providers in the U.S. and Canada that possess the most advanced certifications from the IT industry’s leading vendors, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and VMware.

With more than 30 years of broad IT experience, Insight has established 5,000+trusted partnerships globally with leading and emerging technology brands. Insight’s more than 8,000 sales and service delivery professionals – including 3,700 teammates with deep technical skills – develop end-to-end solutions integrating suppliers’ hardware, software and cloud based services that address the most critical requirements for the everywhere enterprise.

“It is a great honor to be named a member of the Tech Elite 250, year after year. Insight understands our partners’ solutions and can effectively translate their vision for modern technology and how to maximize its potential,” said Joyce Mullen, president, Insight North America.

“Today, staying relevant means making meaningful connections and meeting customers where they are at with digital transformation. It requires modernizing and securing critical data platforms to process data from the edge, in the core data centers and in the cloud — and turning that data into real outcomes for our customers. We’re ideally suited to manage all of this with our technology partners,” said Mullen.

Insight’s breadth of capabilities has earned numerous industry accolades, including No. 15 on the CRN 2020 Solution Provider 500 and being named to CRN’s Elite 150 group on the 2020 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list. The company also earned 37 partner awards in 2020 from the world’s top technology brands, spanning excellence in digital transformation, digital customer experience, data center management, security, cloud application innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Notable Insight partner program levels and advanced certifications include:

• 15 Microsoft Gold and three Microsoft Silver competencies spanning application development and integration, data analytics, cloud platform management, workload migration, and workforce mobility optimization. Insight also was one of the first MSPs to join the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association and has achieved Microsoft Advanced Specializations for Adoption and Change Management for the Modern Workplace, Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Azure, Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure, Data Warehouse Migration to Microsoft Azure and Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure

• AWS advanced consulting partner 

• Cisco Gold Certified Partner maintaining more than 2,000 Cisco certifications, including master specializations in collaboration, data center and hybrid cloud, networking, security and service provider technology

• Dell Titanium Black Partner and Dell Technologies North America Transformational Partner of the Year last year

• HPE International Solution Provider as a Partner Ready Platinum member in more than three countries that has demonstrated the ability to help clients design, procure, implement and support HPE hybrid IT solutions worldwide

• IBM Platinum Business Partner for cloud, software, enterprise power systems and storage solutions

• VMware Premier Corporate Reseller Partner with VMware Cloud on AWS Master Services Competency

“CRN’s Tech Elite 250 list highlights the top solution providers in the IT channel with the most in-depth technical knowledge, expertise, and certifications for providing the best level of service for their customers,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “These solution providers have continued to extend their talents and abilities across various technologies and IT practices, demonstrating their commitment to really conveying the most exceptional business value to their customers.”

Coverage of the Tech Elite 250 will be featured in the April issue of CRN® Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/techelite250.

For more information on Insight, visit insight.com or call 800-INSIGHT.