Infinidat, a Lenovo company, has been selected as a “Finalist” in multiple industry award competitions. Special recognition of Infinidat spans from cyber storage resilience and recovery to channel excellence and visionary leadership for high-end enterprise storage. The company is on the shortlist for several honors in the 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards and the 2026 CRN Best of Channel Awards.
As a pioneer in cyber storage resilience, Infinidat earned “Finalist” recognition in two categories: “Cyber Resilience” and “Cyberstorage” in this year’s Top InfoSec Innovator Awards. The announcement was made by Cyber Defense Magazine, a leading IT security publication, during the Black Hat USA 2026 conference.
Yan Ross, Editor of Cyber Defense Magazine, stated, “We scoured the globe looking for cybersecurity innovators that could make a huge difference and potentially help turn the tide against the exponential growth in cyber-crime. Infinidat, a Lenovo company, is worthy of being named a finalist in these coveted awards and consideration for deployment in your environment.”
On the channel front, Infinidat was named a “Finalist” in three categories for the 2026 CRN Best of the Channel Awards:
- Best Channel Team of the Year: Infinidat’s channel team
- Best Channel Achiever of the Year: Mitch Diodato, Senior Director, Global Channel Sales at Infinidat
- Best Channel Visionary of the Year Award ─ Vendor/Distributor: Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat
Infinidat was named a “Finalist” for “Best Channel Team” in 2026 for its efforts to help Infinidat’s channel ecosystem exceed their partners’ goals during the last 12 months. As a channel-focused enterprise storage solution vendor, Infinidat is playing a critical role in enhancing its partners' growth, profitability, and delivering powerful business and technical value to their partners customers. This builds on recent recognitions that Infinidat has earned in the channel, including the prestigious 5-Star Award from CRN for building a partner program that goes above and beyond to cultivate strong, profitable, and successful channel partnerships.
Mitch Diodato was honored as a “Finalist” for “Best Channel Achiever” in 2026 for exceptional performance, significant contributions, and notable accomplishments throughout the past 12 months that were instrumental to the success of Infinidat’s channel-focused organization. This recognition adds to the accolades that he has received for his work in the channel over the past four decades. Diodato has been named a CRN Channel Chief three times in his career. He is widely viewed in the industry as a channel leader who is shaping channel strategy, building a robust channel ecosystem, and driving innovation and partnership across the industry.
Eric Herzog was recognized as a Finalist for “Best Channel Visionary” in 2026 for being a trailblazing executive who has shown outstanding capacity to instigate channel evolution for Infinidat and its channel partners over the last 12 months. He brings top-tier B2B marketing credibility to his position as a visionary leader, building on the recognition in the OnCon Icon Awards earlier this year of Herzog as a 2026 Top 10 CMO/Marketer of the Year. He is also a two-time winner of the CRN Inclusive Leader award and was honored earlier in his career in CRN’s past list of “100 People You Don't Know in the Channel But Should.” As a channel visionary, Herzog has been a CRN Channel Chief three times in his career.
“Infinidat continues to earn industry acclaim and recognition for innovation and channel leadership,” said Eric Herzog, CMO of Infinidat. “We are at the forefront of the biggest trends in the enterprise market, including cyber storage resilience, and creating new opportunities for our global channel partner community. Infinidat is accelerating its global momentum at an exciting time in the high-end enterprise market and across the channel.”
Infinidat has received a series of recognitions in the channel this year. As previously announced in mid-July 2026, Infinidat was also named a Finalist in the 2026 CRN Tech Innovator Awards competition for enterprise storage for the InfiniBox® G4 platform in North America and as a Finalist for the 2026 CRN Channel Awards Germany Shortlist for “Infrastructure and Storage Manufacturer of the Year” in Germany.
Infinidat, a Lenovo company, is a global leader in high-end enterprise storage solutions. Infinidat offers a broad portfolio of cyber resilient enterprise storage solutions and next generation data protection capabilities for AI-ready data infrastructures. Infinidat has redefined high-end enterprise storage, delivering exceptional performance, 100% availability, cyber storage resilience, automation, efficiency, and white glove service. For more information, explore www.infinidat.com.