Channel Awards 2021 - SHORTLIST OUT TODAY!
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...
Channel Awards 2021 - SHORTLIST OUT TODAY!
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
Distributor Shortlist:
Cloud Distributor of the Year
Arrow
Distology
Giacom World Networks
QBS Software
Tech Data
Vuzion
Westcoast Cloud
Storage Distributor of the Year
Ethos Technology
Ingram Micro Cloud
Titan Data Solutions
Security Distributor of the Year
Arrow
E92plus
Exclusive Networks UK
Ingram Micro Security
Kite
Westcon Comstor
Tech Data
Networking/Comms Distributor of the Year
Tech Data
Westcon Comstor
Technology Incubator Award
Distology
Ignition Technology
Ingram Micro UK
Innovative Project Award
Comstor
Ingram Micro UK
Tech Data
Westcoast
Wavenet Wholesale
Distributor of the Year (sub £250m turnover) - (please read to end of article)
Ci Distribution
Distology
Ethos Technology
Giacom World Networks
M2M Direct
Midwich
VIP UK
Distributor of the Year (£251m+ turnover) - (please read to end of article)
Exclusive Networks UK
Ingram Micro UK
Nuvias Group
Tech Data
Westcoast
Westcon Comstor
See next page for the Reseller shortlist...
Channel Awards 2021 - SHORTLIST OUT TODAY!
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
Reseller Shortlist:
Rising Star Award
ITHQ
Marathon Managed Services
Next Generation Security
North
Principle Networks
Valto IT Ltd
Public Sector VAR Award of the Year
Academia
Boxxe
FourNet
Softcat
Stone Group
XMA
SMB Reseller of the Year
Bam Boom Cloud
Cobweb Solutions
Epaton Ltd
Lily Comms
Sapphire Systems
Valto IT Limited
Corporate Reseller of the Year
Logicalis UK
EveryCloud
Insight UK
SHI Corporation UK
Softcat PLC
Transputec
Managed Services Provider (MSP) of the Year
FourNet
INFINITY IT Solutions
LMS Group
OryxAlign
Ramsac
SCC
Transputec
Cloud Services Provider of the Year
ANS Group
Creative ITC
EveryCloud
Transparity
PragmatiQ Solutions
Ultima
Virtuoso
MSSP of the Year
NormCyber
EveryCloud
Pentesec
Performanta
SHI Corporation UK
Tailor Made Technologies
Best lockdown project/initiative
Contrac IT
Creative ITC
Intelligent Servers
Jigsaw 24
Lily Comms
Computacenter
Transputec
Reseller of the Year - sub £100m turnover (please read to end of article)
Box.co.uk
Misco
Prodec Networks
Logicalis UK
Sapphire Systems
The 848 Group
Transputec
Reseller of the Year - £101m+ turnover (please read to end of article)
Jigsaw24
SCC
Softcat PLC
XMA
Editor's Choice Award
Outstanding Achievement Award - TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT
Once again, congratulations to all those who made the shortlist. It is no easy feat.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Those shortlisted in the 'big five' categories ONLY - Vendor of the Year, Distributor of the Year (sub £250m), Distributor of the Year (£251m+), Reseller of the Year (sub £100m) and Reseller of the Year (£101m+) will now be asked to submit a further short video for the judges to consider as outlined in the Ts&Cs (see point 19).
Due to ongoing Covid-related challenges, it has been decided that judging day in October will be virtual again this year, which means those that would normally be asked to attend in the afternoon for a face-to-face presentation to the judges, will now be asked to submit a short video instead.
We will be releasing some guidelines on the video very shortly - but it needs to be no longer than five minutes and really doesn't have to be anything overly complicated - the content of the video is going to be more important than the look. More to be revealed shortly.
We are also still planning for the awards to go ahead in physical form on 11 November, so again please do keep your eye on Channelweb for more information.