XTIUM Trusted AI (XTAI) Managed Service Honored With a 2026 Silver Stevie® Award Winner for Technology Excellence

Widely Recognized as the World’s Premier Business Awards, the Stevies’ Honored XTAI in the Category “New Service of the Year – Artificial Intelligence.”

TAMPA, FL. – XTIUM, a global AI Managed Services Provider, delivers secure digital workplaces, managed security, cloud, network, and unified communications solutions, has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the category “New Service of the Year – Artificial Intelligence.” The Stevies are recognized as the world’s premier business awards.

As an AI MSP, XTIUM supports the complete lifecycle and AI journey from initial readiness through governance, deployment, and operations under a single partner relationship. Each service is designed to stand on its own or work as part of a comprehensive solution.

The judging panel highlighted the fact that XTIUM built XTAI around its own operational experience as a managed service provider. They identified XTAI’s ability to combine AI governance, operations, and production-ready solutions into a mature managed services offering as a key strength.

According to one of the judges:

“XTAI by XTIUM helps organizations move from AI pilots to secure, governed production through a single platform that combines AI governance, agent management, compliance, and operations. The impact is faster AI adoption, reduced risk, improved productivity, stronger service outcomes, and a simpler path to enterprise-scale AI deployment. Overall, it is a practical, mature solution that delivers measurable business value with confidence and accountability.”

“We are thrilled to be recognized with a Silver Stevie Award among such a strong field of technology innovators from around the world,” said Byron Young, Chief Product Officer at XTIUM. “The global nature of this competition makes this recognition especially meaningful, and we sincerely thank the judges for acknowledging the strengths of XTAI as a managed service. Their assessment reinforces our belief that organizations need a practical, governed, and operational approach to AI adoption, and we're proud to help customers move from experimentation to enterprise-scale outcomes with confidence.”

In the Stevies’ system of judging, all entries that received an average score of at least 8.0 out of 10 in judging become Stevie winners, regardless of category. More than 700 nominations from 37 nations were evaluated this year. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 180 professionals in six specialized committees over two months of judging in May and June. The list of judges is published here.

About the Stevie Awards
The Stevie® Awards, widely recognized as the world's premier business awards, are nicknamed the Stevies, derived from the Greek word stephanos, meaning "crowned." The Stevie Awards are conferred through nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

The Stevie Awards receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence and the list of 2026 Stevie winners are available at http://Tech.StevieAwards.com.

About XTIUM
XTIUM is a global, AI managed services provider trusted by organizations across North America, Europe, and Asia, delivering secure, scalable, and governed solutions that enable customers to do more with less. Combining desktop as a service, network, security, cloud, unified communications, and AI, XTIUM keeps critical applications always on and secure under one accountable partner relationship. Four-time Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader in Managed Network Services. Gartner® Visionary in Desktop as a Service. Learn more at xtium.com and connect on LinkedIn.

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