What a night in London. At the CN Awards 2026, Red Cactus won the award for Best Up-And-Coming International Vendor. A fantastic recognition of our growth in the UK and something we are absolutely delighted with.
It was our first time taking part in the CN Awards, and we were immediately nominated in three categories:
Winning an award at our very first CN Awards made the evening even more special.
Over the past few years, we have invested significantly in our growth in the United Kingdom. Not by approaching the market directly, but in the same way we operate everywhere: together with our partners. Today, we work with a growing number of telecom providers, distributors, resellers and technology partners across the UK who use Bubble to connect AI, telephony and CRM. We therefore see the Best Up-And-Coming International Vendor award as recognition of the progress we have made together. A huge thank you to all our partners and industry contacts who have contributed to this journey.
Alongside our win, we were also nominated for Best Software Application of the Year and Best Software Vendor – Workflow. Of course, we would have loved to take those awards home as well. In the end, they went to Tollring and The Layer, two companies we work closely with to deliver great solutions for our partners and customers. If we had to lose out to anyone, we are glad it was them. Congratulations to both teams!
Other Red Cactus partners also took home awards on the night. Xelion won Best CCaaS Vendor, while Focus Group was named the winner of Reseller Deal of the Year. It was great to see so many companies we work with being recognised on the same evening.
And there was more. Red Cactus sponsored the Best SME UC Customer Solution category, with Walter Kaan representing Red Cactus on stage to present the award. And how great is it that the winner turned out to be a Red Cactus partner? Uplands OneTelco was named Best SME UC Customer Solution. Congratulations to the entire team on this fantastic achievement.
Winning an award ourselves, presenting an award to one of our partners and seeing several other companies we work closely with recognised on the same night. We could hardly have imagined a better first experience at the CN Awards. We look back on a fantastic evening in London. Being named Best Up-And-Coming International Vendor 2026 is a great recognition of what we have built together with our partners in the UK and gives us even more energy to continue building on that growth in the years ahead.