This recognition highlights Coretek's leading position in helping various organizations achieve AI operation, security, and scalability through managed services and Microsoft Cloud innovation.
Farmington Hills, Michigan, November 3, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Microsoft Azure Expert MSP and leading AI have announced today that they have been selected for The Channel Company's brand CRN ®'s first 2026 AI Innovators list, in collaboration with cloud solutions provider Coretek.
The AI Innovators list of CRN aims to recognize North American solution providers that have driven the adoption of AI through innovative solutions and services. The selection of Coretek this time reflects its commitment to helping various organizations move from the AI trial phase to widespread enterprise-wide adoption, and to providing the strategies, infrastructure, security capabilities, and continuous management required to achieve measurable commercial value.
Coretek Chief Technology Officer Brian Barnes stated: "Various organizations are rapidly adopting AI, but deploying this technology is just a part of it. The real challenge lies in how to enable AI to function safely and effectively throughout the enterprise while maintaining visibility, governance, and control. At Coretek, we are helping customers lay the foundation for AI, driving the operationalization of AI within their organizations, and continuously managing and optimizing their investments. This recognition reflects the work our team is doing to make enterprise-level AI feasible, scalable, and sustainable."
Help organizations achieve large-scale operationalization of AI.
As a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, Coretek combines deep expertise in Microsoft cloud with consulting, network security, and hosting services to help various organizations accelerate their adoption and modernization processes of AI.
The methods of Coretek are not limited to implementation only. Through its AI Managed Services ( AIMS ) services, Coretek helps organizations manage the entire lifecycle of AI, covering everything from strategy and preparation to deployment, governance, continuous optimization, and support.
This method can help organizations:
- Accelerate the adoption of AI: Identify and implement AI use cases that are consistent with business priorities and measurable outcomes.
- Establish a secure and scalable foundation: Prepare the cloud, data, and security environment to support enterprise-level AI.
- Implement the operationalization of AI: Integrate AI proxy and intelligent automation into daily business processes.
- Maintain governance and control: Establish a supervisory mechanism for the secure, performance-oriented, compliant, and responsible use of AI.
- Optimize AI investment: Continuously monitor, manage, and improve the AI environment as business needs evolve.
Coretek indicates that the company also applies its own practical experience to this method. By deploying AI in its own operations, the company has gained substantial experience in enterprise adoption, governance, security, and performance. Coretek states that currently, there are 24 AI agents in production operation across 8 departments, demonstrating how AI can create measurable operational efficiency, while also providing a reference for the strategies and services offered to customers.
This recognition with AI Innovators marks the latest advancement in Coretek's continuous industry acknowledgment. Previously, the company was also selected for CRN's 2026 MSP 500 list.
About Coretek
Coretek is a leading provider of Microsoft AI Cloud Partner and Azure Expert MSP solutions. Through innovation in cloud, network security, managed services, and AI, the company helps various organizations modernize their businesses, upgrade their security, and transform. Coretek states that the company combines its deep technical expertise with a business-first approach to help organizations accelerate adoption, reduce risks, and realize measurable value from their investments in Microsoft technologies. With its AI Managed Services services, Coretek assists enterprises in deploying, governing, managing, and optimizing AI on a large scale in a secure manner.
