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Congratulations to all those who have made the shortlist - it has not only been a record year for entries, but also the standard of many entries is the highest the judges have ever seen
CRN is delighted to reveal the 2021 shortlist below:
Vendor Shortlist:
Datacentre Vendor of the Year
Cohesity
Lenovo
Pure Storage
Rubrik
Vertiv
Security Vendor of the Year
Deep Instinct
Egress Human Layer Security
F-Secure
HP Inc
Illumio
KnowBe4
Lookout
Mimecast
Netwrix
One Identity by Quest
Palo Alto Networks
Progress
Rubrik
Webroot + Carbonite OpenText Business Solutions
Specialist Vendor of the Year
3CX
Hp Inc (Printer business)
Jabra
Progress
TP-Link UK
Cloud Services Vendor of the Year
8x8
AvePoint
Barracuda: Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
Epicor
Kong Inc
NetApp UK
Netskope
Tekton Billing
Emerging Vendor of the Year
Armis
Full Fibre
Ironscales
Menlo Secuirty
MYKI
Nebulon Inc
PSA/RMM Vendor of the Year
Datto
HP Inc
Best lockdown project/initiative
Corel Corporation
Epicor
Gamma
Getac
HP
Sage UK Channel Team
TP Link UK Ltd
Channel Chief of the Year (nominated by partners)
Vinod Chumber - VP of Global Channels, Kong
Marc Botham - VP of worldwide channel and alliances, Avast
Vendor of the Year - (please read to end of article)
AVEVA
HP
Lenovo
Pure Storage
Samsung UK
Sophos
Veeam
VMware
General Categories Shortlist
Channel Services Provider of the Year: Support (includes financial, recruitment and marketing)
AudPro
Blabbermouth Marketing
Digital Wholesale Solutions
Ice and a Slice
Robertson Sumner
Channel Services provider of the Year: Technical
Aditinet UK
Agilitas
Cloudmore
Comms-care
Glu Group
IPNetix
Park Place Technologies
Stock in the Channel
See next page for Distribution Shortlist...