Channel Awards 2017 shortlist - OUT NOW!
After a long wait, and a testing day of judging, the shortlist is finally out. Congratulations to all those who have made the list. It is no mean feat.

The time has finally arrived!
Below is the shorlist for the 2017 Channel Awards. Congratulations to all those who have made the list, the judges had their work cut out in many categories this year.
For those that didn't make the shortlist this year, don't give up hope, we hope you try again next year.
The shortlisted entries will now go through to the second round of judging in October, and those in the 'Big Four' categories - Distributor of the Year, Distributor of the Year (sub £100m), Reseller of the Year and Vendor of the Year will be invited to a central London venue on Wednesday 11 October to present their case to their respective judging panels.
This year the awards are taking place on Thursday 16 November at its usual venue, the Battersea Events Arena. To book a table, click here.
RESELLER SHORTLIST
Cloud Services Provider of the Year
Datapipe
Shift F7
TechQuarters
Corporate VAR of the Year
Britannic Technologies
Cisilion
Softcat
CyberSecurity VAR of the Year
Integrity 360
Performanta
Transputec
Rising Star Award
64Teq
Assembly Managed Services
Cinos Communications Services
IT Document Solutions
Metaphor IT
SMB Reseller of the Year
Acutec
Assembly Managed Services
FirstNet Solutions
King of Servers
Ramsac
TechQuarters
Public Sector Provider of the Year
Bytes Software Services
Centerprise
Nowcomm
Phoenix Software
Softcat
XMA
MSP of the Year
Air IT
Concise Technologies
Ensono
Herjavec Group
Managed 24/7
Ocean Unified Comms
Transputec
Xeretec Group
Reseller of the Year
CAE Technology Services
Millgate
Softcat
Total Computers
Ultima Business Solutions
XMA
Go to next page to see the Vendor shortlist....
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