Snowflake announced the Japanese winners of the 2026 Snowflake Partner Awards. A total of 5 companies from Japan, NTT DATA, アシスト, NEC, SCSK and primeNumber, received awards. It also announced that NTT DATA received the top award, Partner of the Year.
Snowflake operates the Snowflake Partner Awards, a recognition program for partners around the world. This year, it selected 5 companies from Japan as award winners: NTT DATA, アシスト, NEC, SCSK and primeNumber. The companies were recognized for notable achievements in areas including data and AI utilization, industry-specific solutions and ecosystem expansion.
The award winners and categories are as follows. NTT DATA received Partner of the Year, アシスト received Industry Solution Partner of the Year, NEC received Innovation Partner of the Year, SCSK received Rising Star Partner of the Year, and primeNumber received Data Cloud Products Partner of the Year. NTT DATA was recognized for its achievements in the APJ region and its award at Snowflake Summit 26.
Each award winner was recognized for providing solutions using Snowflake's data cloud and AI capabilities, advancing customers' use of data and contributing to ecosystem expansion. Its award-winning initiatives at Snowflake Summit 26 and efforts to apply its in-house practices to customer support were cited as factors in this year's evaluation.