Channel Awards 2015 shortlist - OUT NOW!

This year's competition was extremely tough so it is a real achievement making the cut - congratulations!

After a long summer's wait, the Channel Awards shortlist is finally out!

Before you dive into the list below, please read these important points.

Firstly, one of the vendor shortlists will appear quite long – that is simply because we have had a record number of entries for that category. It could have been twice as long and still not covered all the entries!

Secondly, some of you may notice that you have been shortlisted in a category that you did not initially enter. As explained in the T&Cs, the judges have the power to move companies into different categories if they feel they stand more of a chance or if the entry fits the criteria. This year the judges have taken advantage of that.

If you need any clarification as to why the judges have done this, please don't hesitate to get in touch, but unfortunately we cannot provide feedback to everyone who has not made the shortlist.

Congratulations to all those to have made this year's shortlist, it is no mean feat.

2015 shortlist:

VENDOR CATEGORIES

Channel Services Provider of the Year

Networks First

Bluestone Leasing

Syscap

Company 85

Comms-care

The IT marketing agency

Daisy Wholesale

Storage Vendor of the Year

Pure Storage

Netgear

HP

Nimble

X-IO

HDS

Infortrend

Networking Vendor of the Year

Brocade

NetGear

Huawei

TP-Link

D-Link

Dell

TalkTalk

Software Vendor of the Year

Paessler AG

Alteryx

3CX

Veeam

Bluebeam Software

VMware

Red Hat

Systems Vendor of the Year

Tintri

Fujitsu

Lenovo

VCE

Security Vendor of the Year

Trend Micro

Clearswift

Mimecast

Fortinet

Egress

Check Point

Gemalto

WatchGuard

Intel Security

Sophos

Dell

Specialist Vendor of the Year

Virtual1

Jabra

PernixData

Brother

Kingston

Veeam

Intermedia Technologies UK

NEC Display Solutions

Mobile Devices Vendor of the Year

Toshiba

Sennheiser

Pulse Secure

Wandera

Cloud Services Vendor of the Year

Autotask

Node4

Microsoft

Datto Europe

AppRiver

Mimecast

Zynstra

Vendor of the Year

VCE

Microsoft

Lenovo

Dell

IBM

Fujitsu

VMware

DISTRIBUTOR CATEGORIES

Cloud Distributor of the Year

Ingram Micro

Tech Data

Westcoast

intY CASCADE

Cloud Distribution

Services Distributor of the Year

Avnet

Westcon

VIP Computers

Exertis

Westcoast

Storage Distributor of the Year

Avnet

Hammer

Origin Storage

TD Azlan

Beta Distribution

Exertis

Security Distributor of the Year

Infinigate

Avnet TS

Northamber

E92plus

Wick Hill

Client Distributor of the Year

Tech Data

Exertis

Westcoast

Specialist Distributor of the Year

Siphon

Sigma Software Distribution

Purdicom

Tech Data Mobile

Exertis UK Ltd

Northamber

CMS Distribution

Networking & Infrastructure Distributor of the Year

Comstor

Tech Data Azlan

Exertis

Westcoast

Distributor of the Year

Avnet

Comstor

Tech Data

Exertis

Northamber

Ingram Micro

Westcoast

RESELLER CATEGORIES

Corporate VAR of the Year

ROC Technologies

Hardware Group

Accumuli

Britannic Technologies

Bytes

Servium

Cisilion

Public Sector Provider of the Year

Trustmarque

Academia

Esteem

CAE Technology

Imerja

Circle IT

SMB Reseller of the Year

UK Computer Supplies

Firstnet Solutions

Projectfive

Blue Logic

Millgate

Eposability

Managed Services Provider of the Year

Managed 247

Greenfields

ITRM

SCC

PCS Business Systems

ANS

Cloud Services Provider of the Year

Ancoris

NetConsult

Trustmarque

Cloud Direct

Olive Communications

Reseller of the Year

Softcat

Annodata

Bechtle Direct Ltd

Millgate

Danwood

ANS Group