The Channel Awards 2019 shortlist is out TODAY!
Congratulations to all those who made the shortlist - your entries now go through to the second stage of judging in October

After hours of reading and deliberation, the first round judges for the CRN Channel Awards have decided the shortlist.
Entry quality was very high this year in many instances, which made the decision very close indeed in some categories.
Also those shortlisted in the Distributor/Vendor and Reseller of the year categories - of which there are five in total including Distributor sub £250m and Reseller sub £50m, will be contacted to arrange times for your presentations to the judging panels in central London on the second judging day - Thursday 10 October. Please watch out for those emails too.
Huge congratulations to all who made the cut, and to those that didn't quite make it, we hope you will come back stronger than ever next year.
Vendor shortlist:
Datacentre Vendor of the Year
Spectra Logic Corporation
Rubrik
Cohesity
Fujitsu
Dell Technologies
Software-Defined Vendor of the Year
Silver Peak
Pulse Secure
Masergy Communications UK
Continuum
Security Vendor of the Year
Symantec
Barracuda Networks
Sophos
One Identity
Proofpoint
Pulse Secure
HP Inc
Mimecast
Thycotic
Malwarebytes
BullGuard
PSA/RMM Vendor of the Year
HP Inc UK Limited
Datto
Harmony Business Systems
Kaseya
Emerging Vendor of the Year
CybSafe
Dropbox
Automation Anywhere
Skuid
Pangea
Cloud Services Vendor of the Year
RingCentral
Microsoft
Quest
CTERA Networks
Pure Storage
Acronis
N2WS a Veeam Company
Arcserve
Specialist Vendor of the Year
Entanet
Automation Anywhere
TP-Link UK
3CX
Jabra
Kingston Technology
Virtual1
Vendor of the Year
Lenovo
HP Inc
Epson UK Ltd
Dell Technologies
Channel Chief of the Year (still time to get your votes in)
Gary Matson - Pure Storage
Rob Tomlin - Dell
Neil Sawyer - HP Inc
General Category Shortlist:
Channel Services Provider of the Year
Aditinet UK
Robertson Sumner
Glide
Comms-care
Digital Wholesale Solutions
Boost Technology Group
Macquarie
Agilitas IT Solutions
Network Group Ltd
Click through to next page to see the Distributor shortlist....
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