Select from the awards categories below
Deadline for Entry: Jan. 31, 2027
Entry Fee: $700 per entry
AI is steadily advancing, with countless new solutions coming to market and organizations moving from pilots to full deployments. Much of this progress is driven by channel partners who work behind the scenes to educate customers and guide implementations.
The second annual CVAI Awards recognize the critical role the channel plays in expanding AI and driving business transformation. The program spans several high-demand demand areas including AI leadership, AI enablement, customer experience, cybersecurity, channel management, AIoT and unified communications.
2027 CVAI winners will receive an official media introduction and recognition in the Winter 2027 issue of ChannelVision as well as:
- Visibility on the ChannelVision website and 70,000+ email database
- A press release template for announcing the award
- An official 2027 CVAI winner’s logo which can be displayed on any marketing collateral
- The opportunity to participate in CVTV interviews
For more information, please contact Berge Kaprelian at berge@bekabusinessmedia.com or call (480) 503-0770.
2027 CVAI Award Categories
Editors from Beka Business Media will award nominations based on a set of evaluation criteria including overall innovation, impact of the nominated product or service and feature set differentiation.
AI Leadership
- Core Technologies (LLMs, ML, GenAI, etc.)
- AI Innovation
- AI Automation
- AI Agents
- AI Business Transformation
- Best AI Implementation
AI Enablement
- Data Readiness
- Network Readiness
- Cloud AI Infrastructure
- AI-ready Data Center
- Data Governance
- Data Strategy
- Resiliency and Performance
- Real-time Network Monitoring
- Scalability and Futureproofing
- AIOps
AI Advisory
- AI expertise
- Delivering AI outcomes
- Supplier vetting and recommendations
Contact Center/ CX
- AI-Powered Helpdesk
- AI-Powered Journey Mapping
- AI Social Media Moderation
- AI Outbound Sales
- AI Real-time Agent Assist
- AI Agentic Conversational Self-Service
- AI Training and Onboarding
- AI Translation and Noise Cancelation
- Knowledge Base Interaction/Management
- Data Analytics
- Marketing and Messaging Campaign Management
- Quality Monitoring
Cybersecurity
- AI-Powered SOC
- Insider Threat Detection
- Automated Incident Response/ SOAR
- Cloud Security
- Threat Detection/Prevention
- Phishing and email Security
- AI-Powered Vulnerability Management
- Alert Prioritization
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Fraud Detection
- Analytics and Forecasting
- AI-Enhanced Network Security
Channel management
- Partner Marketing Automation (PMA)
- Next-Gen Partner Relationship Management (PRM)
- Partner Recruitment and Onboarding
- AI-Powered Sales Enablement
- AI-Powered Quoting
AIoT
- AI for Cost Reduction
- AI-Powered Resource Optimization
- AI-Driven Route Optimization
- Autonomous Operations
- Risk Management
- Predictive Maintenance
- Smart Infrastructure
- Edge AI
Unified Communications
- AI-Powered Scheduling and Workflow Automation
- AI-Powered Language and Translation Services
- Security and Compliance
- Voice Optimization
- QoS
- User Experience Optimization
- Meeting and Collaboration Intelligence
