Tech Ascension Awards Announces 2026 Big Data Award Winners

The Tech Ascension Awards announced the winners of its 2026 Big Data Awards, recognizing the most innovative companies and solutions shaping the future of enterprise data management. This year’s winners reflect a new wave of transformation driven by AI-powered efficiency, intelligent data lifecycle management, and unified data platforms delivering measurable business outcomes.

The 2026 Big Data Awards honor organizations that are redefining how businesses manage, optimize, and extract value from massive and complex datasets. Winners were selected based on innovation, competitive differentiation, and their ability to solve critical enterprise data challenges while delivering tangible results.

2026 Winners - Best Data Management Solutions

Atombeam, Neurpac

Atombeam was honored for Neurpac, its AI-driven data encoding platform that dramatically reduces data size while preserving fidelity. The solution enables organizations to optimize bandwidth, reduce storage costs, and improve data transmission efficiency across edge and cloud environments. Neurpac is helping enterprises tackle growing data demands while supporting sustainability and performance at scale.

Progress Software, Progress Data Platform

Progress Software was recognized for the Progress Data Platform, a unified solution designed to streamline data operations, governance, and analytics. The platform empowers organizations to break down data silos, improve accessibility, and accelerate decision-making. Its governance-first architecture helps enterprises maintain control and compliance while enabling innovation across modern data ecosystems.

Komprise, Komprise Intelligent Data Management

Komprise was honored for its Intelligent Data Management platform, which provides deep analytics and automation for unstructured data across hybrid environments. The solution enables organizations to transparently move, tier, and optimize data without disrupting access. By delivering cost savings and actionable insights, Komprise helps enterprises manage data growth while maximizing long-term value.

EnterpriseDB (EDB), EDB PG AI EnterpriseDB was recognized for EDB PG AI, a unified sovereign data and AI platform that brings transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads together on a single Postgres foundation. By eliminating fragmented data stacks, the platform enables enterprises to scale AI initiatives into production while maintaining performance, governance, and control.

Recognizing Excellence in Data Management Technology

As organizations continue to face exponential data growth and increasing complexity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, the need for intelligent, scalable, and cost-efficient data management solutions has never been greater. The 2026 Big Data Tech Ascension Award winners exemplify how forward-thinking companies are leveraging advanced technologies to drive efficiency, governance, and business impact in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Tech Ascension Awards Announces 2026 Cloud Award Winners, Highlighting Breakthroughs in Cloud Innovation

The Tech Ascension Awards announced the winners of its 2026 Cloud Awards, recognizing the most innovative companies and solutions shaping the future of cloud computing. This year’s winners reflect a new wave of enterprise transformation driven by scalable infrastructure, global connectivity, and measurable business outcomes.

The 2026 Cloud Awards honor organizations that are redefining how businesses operate in cloud-native, distributed, and hybrid environments. Winners were selected based on innovation, competitive differentiation, and their ability to solve critical enterprise challenges while delivering tangible results.

2026 Winners

Cloud Innovation of the Year TEKsystems Global Services TEKsystems Global Services was honored for its cloud-driven transformation capabilities that help enterprises modernize infrastructure and accelerate digital initiatives. Its solution enables organizations to improve agility, optimize cloud environments, and drive operational efficiency while addressing evolving business and technical challenges.

Cloud Infrastructure Solution of the Year LoopUp Microsoft Teams Multinational Cloud Telephony Solution

LoopUp was recognized for its Microsoft Teams multinational cloud telephony solution, which enables enterprises to deploy unified communications across global regions with consistency and compliance. The platform addresses the complexity of managing telephony across multiple countries, delivering streamlined operations, improved user experience, and significant cost efficiencies for multinational organizations.

Recognizing Excellence in Cloud Technology

As enterprises continue to embrace multi-cloud and hybrid strategies, the importance of reliable, scalable, and intelligent cloud solutions has never been greater. The 2026 Cloud Tech Ascension Award winners exemplify how forward-thinking organizations are leveraging cloud technologies to drive growth and resilience in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Temenos’ Barb Morgan on Winning Best Compliance Solution and Redefining AI-Driven Financial Crime Compliance

We sat down with Barb Morgan, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Temenos, which won Best Compliance Solution in the 2025 Tech Ascension Awards to learn more about banks navigating rising regulatory and financial crime pressures. Barb also explains how the company's FCM AI Agent achieved less than 2% false positives using explainable, regulator-accepted AI.

Temenos recently won the 2025 Tech Ascension Award for “Best Compliance Solution.” What does this recognition mean for you and your clients? 

This recognition shows that Temenos is leading the way in AI-driven financial crime mitigation (FCM). For our clients, it means they’re working with a partner that delivers proven, regulator-accepted AI innovation, helping them reduce risk, cut costs, and deliver frictionless customer experiences. It’s about turning compliance from a burden into a competitive advantage through fewer manual reviews, faster straight-through processing, and significant operational savings. 

2. The FCM AI Agent has achieved less than 2% false positives — a remarkable benchmark. What makes this technology so effective compared to other compliance screening tools? 

Precision is the differentiator. Our proven AI model learns from context and historical patterns, dramatically reducing false positives compared to traditional rules-based systems. However, data science alone doesn’t move the needle. The real value emerges when AI is embedded directly into workflows, where autonomous, goal-driven agents can make intelligent, context-aware decisions within complex processes. That’s where banking compliance truly changes the game. 

Explainable AI is a key theme in Temenos’ approach. How does the “explainable” element of your AI model help build trust with regulators and clients? 

Transparency is non-negotiable in compliance. Our AI doesn’t operate as a black box; it provides clear, auditable reasoning for every decision. This builds trust with regulators, accelerates adoption by banks, and ensures ethical AI principles like bias mitigation and accountability are embedded from day one.  

Many banks are still cautious about adopting AI for compliance. What lessons have you learned from live Tier-1 deployments that might help others accelerate their journey? 

Start small, prove value, and build trust. Our “shadow mode” allows banks to validate AI performance in a safe environment as part of a phased rollout. Demonstrating measurable outcomes, like reduced false positives and improved customer experience, helps overcome internal resistance and builds confidence across the organization. 

Financial crime management is evolving fast with generative AI and real-time data. How do you see compliance solutions adapting over the next few years? 

The future of compliance is about confidently harnessing AI to drive speed, precision, and trust at scale. AI will enable smarter alert handling and faster investigations, while advanced analytics will anticipate risks before they occur. The future is about combining automation, explainability, and agility to keep pace with increasingly complex financial crime threats. 

The FCM AI Agent is cloud-native and API-driven. How important is flexibility and interoperability for financial institutions managing complex compliance environments? 

It’s essential. Banks operate across diverse jurisdictions and technology stacks. A cloud-native, API-first architecture ensures seamless integration, scalability, and rapid deployment, whether on-premises, private or public cloud or as SaaS. This flexibility minimizes implementation risk and future-proofs compliance strategies as regulations and technologies evolve. 

What’s next for Temenos? 

We’re continuing to push the boundaries of AI-driven innovation. Expect deeper automation, enhanced explainability, and scalable solutions that make compliance faster, smarter, and more intuitive.