Celebrating the Innovation, Performance, and People Behind Tintri
It’s that time of year again – Awards season! And while we’re a few awards short of an EGOT, we’re excited to share that Tintri has been recognized with a whopping 14 nominations in the 2026 Storage Awards, better known throughout the industry as The Storries.
For more than two decades, The Storries have celebrated excellence across the storage industry, recognizing the vendors, products, technologies, and individuals helping organizations solve increasingly complex data management challenges. Voted on by customers, partners, and industry professionals, the awards have become one of the most respected honors in enterprise storage.
Tintri is a two-time winner of the Performance Storage Vendor of the Year and took home the award for Marketer of the Year for Ken Man last year. This year, Tintri received nominations spanning innovation, performance, cyber resilience, infrastructure modernization, and individual leadership reflecting both the breadth of our portfolio and the dedication of the team behind it.
Fourteen Reasons to Celebrate
Storage Innovator of the Year
Innovation has always been at the heart of Tintri’s mission. From workload-aware storage intelligence to AI-ready infrastructure and autonomous operations, we continue to develop solutions that simplify storage management while improving performance and visibility.
One To Watch – Company
The enterprise infrastructure landscape is evolving rapidly, and Tintri continues to invest in technologies that help organizations modernize without increasing complexity. This nomination recognizes our momentum and vision for the future of intelligent storage.
Immutable Storage Company of the Year
As ransomware and cyber threats continue to grow, organizations are placing greater emphasis on cyber resilience. Tintri’s immutable storage capabilities help customers strengthen data protection strategies while improving recovery confidence.
Enterprise Backup Hardware Vendor of the Year
Data protection remains one of the most critical responsibilities facing IT teams today. Tintri’s backup infrastructure solutions are designed to deliver reliability, operational simplicity, and rapid recovery when organizations need it most.
Object Storage Vendor of the Year
As enterprises generate and retain more data than ever before, scalable object storage has become increasingly important. Tintri’s object storage solutions help organizations efficiently manage growing data volumes while maintaining accessibility and performance.
Hyper-Convergence Vendor of the Year
Organizations are looking for ways to reduce infrastructure complexity without sacrificing performance. Tintri’s hyper-converged offerings help streamline operations while providing the flexibility required by modern workloads.
Flash Storage Vendor of the Year
Performance expectations continue to rise across virtualization, analytics, AI, and business-critical applications. Tintri’s flash storage platform delivers the speed, efficiency, and predictability that enterprise environments demand.
Storage Optimisation Company of the Year
Storage optimization (no matter how you spell it) is about more than maximizing capacity, it’s about improving efficiency across the entire infrastructure stack. Tintri’s automation, analytics, and workload-aware intelligence help customers get more value from their storage investments.
Capacity Storage Vendor of the Year
Managing explosive data growth remains a challenge for organizations of every size. Tintri’s scalable storage architecture helps customers expand capacity while maintaining operational simplicity and consistent performance.
Storage Company of the Year
This nomination recognizes the complete Tintri story, from innovation and customer success to product development and market leadership. It reflects the collective efforts of every employee, partner, and customer who contributes to our success – without whom none of what we do would be possible.
Performance Storage Vendor of the Year
Applications perform best when storage bottlenecks are removed from the equation. Tintri’s architecture is designed to deliver consistent, workload-aware performance across diverse enterprise environments.
Storage Product of the Year
At the end of the day, technology should solve real-world problems. This nomination recognizes Tintri’s commitment to developing products that simplify management, improve operational efficiency, and help customers focus on what matters most.
Storage Industry Champion – Commercial – Mark Walsh
Mark Walsh’s nomination reflects his commitment to helping organizations navigate infrastructure modernization with practical solutions and customer-first engagement. His leadership continues to drive meaningful outcomes for customers and partners alike.
Storage Industry Champion – Marketing – Ken Man
Ken Man has played a key role in elevating Tintri’s voice within the industry, helping communicate the value of intelligent storage through customer success stories, thought leadership, and innovative marketing initiatives.
Thank You to Our Customers, Partners, and Community
While we’re incredibly proud of these nominations, they ultimately reflect the trust our customers place in us every day. Every deployment, every success story, and every partnership helps drive Tintri forward.
We’re grateful to the Storage Awards for this recognition and honored to stand alongside so many outstanding companies and professionals across this ever-evolving, ever-expanding industry.
If you’d like to support Tintri and our nominees, we encourage you to cast your vote in the 2026 Storage Awards.
Thank you for being part of the Tintri journey. We look forward to continuing to innovate, simplify, and redefine what’s possible in enterprise storage.
Go Team Tintri!
