Published09 January 2026
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IFS Announces 2025 Partner of the Year Award Winners
Dallas, TX, USA, January 9, 2026 – IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, has announced the winners of its 2025 Partner of the Year Awards during the Global Partner Summit in Dallas. The awards recognize the outstanding contributions of IFS’s global partner ecosystem and their critical role in driving innovation, growth, and customer success across industries.
The 2025 Partner of the Year Awards showcase partners who are central to IFS’s Partner First strategy, reflecting their impact on how IFS is taken to market and delivered to customers across industries.
Over the past year, partners were involved in 85 percent of new deals, underscoring the strength of IFS’s co-selling model and the trust customers place in joint engagement. A 70 percent year-on-year increase in partner certifications reflects continued investment in enablement to support confident selling and delivery of IFS Cloud and Industrial AI.
Across the partner ecosystem, Industrial AI is increasingly being applied within operational environments, from asset-intensive industries to service and manufacturing. Partners are supporting customers in embedding intelligence and automation into core processes, enhancing decision-making, driving efficiency, and strengthening operational resilience as part of broader cloud and modernization initiatives.
Together, these results highlight how IFS and its partners are driving real business outcomes, accelerating cloud and Industrial AI adoption, and building a sustainable, high-performing global partner ecosystem.
Reflecting on the achievements of the past year, Simon Niesler, Chief Commercial Officer at IFS, said: “Our partners play a central role in how we take IFS to market and how we deliver value for customers globally. Over the past year, we’ve seen strong execution, deeper collaboration, and tangible impact across industries and regions. These awards recognize partners who consistently demonstrate delivery excellence, innovation, and commercial discipline, and who exemplify our Partner First strategy.”
Select award categories, including the Innovation Partner Award, were evaluated by a panel of independent industry analysts from IDC, Verdantix, Futurum, and ARC Advisory Group, based on a competitive set of nominations.
2025 Partner of the Year Award Winners
Award recipients were selected through a structured review process led by a global IFS steering committee. The Customers’ Choice Partner Awards were based on nominations submitted directly by IFS customers.
These awards form part of IFS’s annual recognition program and celebrate the breadth, and contribution of partners across regions and partner types over the past year.
About IFS
IFS is the world’s leading provider of Industrial AI for hardcore businesses that service, power and protect our planet. Our technology enables businesses which manufacture goods, maintain complex assets, and manage service-focused operations to unlock the transformative power of Industrial AI™ to enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.
IFS’s AI-powered platform is fully composable, designed for ultimate flexibility and adaptability to a customer’s specific requirements and business evolution. IFS technology leverages AI, machine learning, real-time data and analytics to empower our customers to make informed strategic decisions and excel at their Moment of Service™.
IFS was founded in 1983 by five university friends who pitched a tent outside our first customer's site to ensure they would be available 24/7 and the needs of the customer would come first. Since then, IFS has grown into a global leader with over 7,000 employees in 80 countries. Driven by those foundational values of agility, customer-centricity, and trust, IFS is recognized worldwide for delivering value and supporting strategic transformations. We are the most recommended supplier in our sector. Visit ifs.com to learn why.
IFS Press Contacts:
EUROPE / MEA / APJ: Adam Gillbe
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: adam.gillbe@ifs.com
NORTH AMERICA / LATAM: Mairi Morgan
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: mairi.morgan@ifs.com
The 2025 Partner of the Year Awards showcase partners who are central to IFS’s Partner First strategy, reflecting their impact on how IFS is taken to market and delivered to customers across industries.
Over the past year, partners were involved in 85 percent of new deals, underscoring the strength of IFS’s co-selling model and the trust customers place in joint engagement. A 70 percent year-on-year increase in partner certifications reflects continued investment in enablement to support confident selling and delivery of IFS Cloud and Industrial AI.
Across the partner ecosystem, Industrial AI is increasingly being applied within operational environments, from asset-intensive industries to service and manufacturing. Partners are supporting customers in embedding intelligence and automation into core processes, enhancing decision-making, driving efficiency, and strengthening operational resilience as part of broader cloud and modernization initiatives.
Together, these results highlight how IFS and its partners are driving real business outcomes, accelerating cloud and Industrial AI adoption, and building a sustainable, high-performing global partner ecosystem.
Reflecting on the achievements of the past year, Simon Niesler, Chief Commercial Officer at IFS, said: “Our partners play a central role in how we take IFS to market and how we deliver value for customers globally. Over the past year, we’ve seen strong execution, deeper collaboration, and tangible impact across industries and regions. These awards recognize partners who consistently demonstrate delivery excellence, innovation, and commercial discipline, and who exemplify our Partner First strategy.”
Select award categories, including the Innovation Partner Award, were evaluated by a panel of independent industry analysts from IDC, Verdantix, Futurum, and ARC Advisory Group, based on a competitive set of nominations.
2025 Partner of the Year Award Winners
- IFS Foundation Partner Award: Arcwide
- ISV Partner Award: Omnibyte
- Customers’ Choice Partner Award – Engineering & Industrial Services: Capgemini
- Customers’ Choice Partner Award – Aerospace & Defense: Tsunami Tsolutions
- Innovation Partner Award: Deloitte
- Outstanding Deal Maker Partner Award: Gogh Solutions
- APJMEA Regional Partner of the Year: NEC
- Europe Regional Partner of the Year: Arcwide
- North America Regional Partner of the Year: HOIST
- Global Channel Partner of the Year: InfoConsulting
- Global Partner of the Year: Deloitte
- Global Growth Partner of the Year: Microsoft
Award recipients were selected through a structured review process led by a global IFS steering committee. The Customers’ Choice Partner Awards were based on nominations submitted directly by IFS customers.
These awards form part of IFS’s annual recognition program and celebrate the breadth, and contribution of partners across regions and partner types over the past year.
About IFS
IFS is the world’s leading provider of Industrial AI for hardcore businesses that service, power and protect our planet. Our technology enables businesses which manufacture goods, maintain complex assets, and manage service-focused operations to unlock the transformative power of Industrial AI™ to enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.
IFS’s AI-powered platform is fully composable, designed for ultimate flexibility and adaptability to a customer’s specific requirements and business evolution. IFS technology leverages AI, machine learning, real-time data and analytics to empower our customers to make informed strategic decisions and excel at their Moment of Service™.
IFS was founded in 1983 by five university friends who pitched a tent outside our first customer's site to ensure they would be available 24/7 and the needs of the customer would come first. Since then, IFS has grown into a global leader with over 7,000 employees in 80 countries. Driven by those foundational values of agility, customer-centricity, and trust, IFS is recognized worldwide for delivering value and supporting strategic transformations. We are the most recommended supplier in our sector. Visit ifs.com to learn why.
IFS Press Contacts:
EUROPE / MEA / APJ: Adam Gillbe
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: adam.gillbe@ifs.com
NORTH AMERICA / LATAM: Mairi Morgan
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications
Email: mairi.morgan@ifs.com
