Flexential Recognized Again as One of the 20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Companies in 2026

Flexential's Continued Recognition in Cloud Infrastructure

In an impressive display of industry recognition, Flexential has been named one of the 20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Companies for the fourth year in a row by CRN®, a well-regarded brand of The Channel Company. This accolade highlights Flexential's exceptional capabilities in providing secure and flexible data center solutions required for the ever-evolving demands of businesses today.

Flexential's innovative approach focuses on delivering hybrid infrastructure that not only promises reliability and resilience, but also enables clients to optimize their IT operations seamlessly. This strategic recognition underscores the importance of having dependable cloud infrastructure capable of supporting critical business workloads while maintaining performance standards and operational consistency.

Craig Cook, Senior Vice President of Cloud and Data Protection at Flexential, states, "Infrastructure teams are being asked to deliver more performance, more resilience, and more flexibility without adding complexity. Flexential helps organizations modernize critical workloads with cloud solutions that deliver predictable performance, operational consistency, and a highly connected platform designed for hybrid IT."

Many forward-thinking enterprises are turning toward hybrid IT strategies, balancing their use of private and shared environments to enhance workload allocation and manage costs effectively. Flexential continues to be a leader in this area, allowing clients to prioritize infrastructure that supports robustness and recovery while offering practical modernization pathways for various virtualized platforms.

As a Pinnacle tier partner under the VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program, Flexential showcases its capacity to deliver a robust range of services through its FlexAnywhere® platform. This includes offerings such as VMware-based Multi-Tenant Cloud, Hosted Private Cloud, and Hosted Private Cloud – Advanced Access. More than just cloud computing, the platform also encompasses critical services like Colocation, Interconnection, and Data Protection to enable comprehensive hybrid strategies.

Further enhancing its service capabilities, Flexential has introduced the Flexential Marketplace, along with the availability of Interconnection Mesh via the Flexential Fabric. This expands how clients can discover services and connect their environments, allowing for a more integrated hybrid infrastructure experience.

Flexential's inclusion on the CRN list, which celebrates companies for their dedication to channel partners, builds upon their legacy of being recognized as one of the industry's coolest cloud infrastructure providers for consecutive years—2023, 2024, 2025, and now 2026. This impressive streak not only validates Flexential's commitment to innovation but also serves as a trusted reference as organizations search for reliable technology vendors.

For those interested in learning more about the array of cloud services and solutions offered by Flexential through the FlexAnywhere Platform, more information can be found at http://www.flexential.com.

Flexential, with its customizable IT solutions, empowers complex businesses to successfully tackle today's demanding computing requirements. With a backbone of over 40 data centers strategically located across 18 interconnected markets along a robust 100Gbps private network, it stands ready to meet the most stringent security, compliance, and resiliency challenges. Discover the transformative power of IT flexibility and how Flexential can facilitate your digital journey at www.flexential.com.