Databricks announces 2026 global partner awards

Summary

Databricks announced its 2026 Partner Awards at Data + AI Summit, recognizing more than 65 achievements across its global partner network of over 8,000 organizations. The awards cover consulting and system integrators, independent software vendors, technical champions, learning and enablement, industry categories, and product-focused contributions. Accenture/Avanade received Global Partner of the Year for an eighth consecutive year, citing more than 15,000 trained practitioners, 9,500+ certified resources, and over 1,000 joint engagements. Other cited results include Capgemini’s Unity Catalog migration of 25,000 tables, 10,000 notebooks, and 2 petabytes across 150+ countries, while Kraken Technologies reduced data-processing costs eightfold and cut load times from three days to eight hours using Databricks and Delta Sharing. The announcement frames the winners’ work as supporting data and AI adoption through software, services, integrations, and consulting.

Context

The awards recognize partners’ achievements and collaboration with Databricks over the past year, including investments in training, solution development, field programs, software, services, and strategic consulting. The network includes global system integrators and independent software vendors.

Approach / What changed

Databricks presented more than 65 awards at Data + AI Summit across consulting and system integrator, ISV, technical champion, learning and enablement, industry, and product categories. The announcement lists winners and provides examples of their enablement, integrations, migrations, and customer outcomes.

Takeaways

• Accenture/Avanade won Global Partner of the Year for the eighth consecutive year, with more than 15,000 trained practitioners, 9,500+ certified resources, and over 1,000 joint engagements.
• Capgemini won EMEA Partner of the Year after moving 25,000 tables, 10,000 notebooks, and 2 petabytes of data across more than 150 countries in a Unity Catalog migration.
• Kraken Technologies used Databricks and Delta Sharing to reduce data-processing costs by 8x and shorten data load times from three days to eight hours.

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