THE 3RD INTEGRATOR AWARDS HONOURS THE INDUSTRY’S BEST

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Updated : June 16, 2015 01:00  pm,
By R. Narayan

1The 3rd edition of the Integrator ICT Champion Awards ceremony held on the 11th of June 2015 at the Oberoi in Dubai applauded outstanding performances of the year in the value-add segment of the ICT channel

The 3rd edition of the Integrator ICT Champion Awards ceremony held on the 11th of June 2015 at the Oberoi in Dubai applauded outstanding performances of the year in the value-add segment of the ICT channel. These Awards launched in 2013 are the only awards dedicated to the value segment of ICT channel in the MEA region and are among the initiatives from The Integrator print title, now in its fourth year of print and the unrivalled leader in its space.
The Integrator Awards come under the broader banner of the ICT Champion Awards initiative that include the highly popular VAR COC (Choice of Channel Awards) that have concluded 9 editions to date as well as the VAR Arabia Awards and the East Africa Integrator Awards. The organizer of these Awards is JNS Media International MFZE, a publisher of channel focused print and digital publications. These include VAR Magazine, The Integrator, www.varonline.com as well as East Africa Integrator and VAR Arabia, the latter two being digital publications.
The 2015 Integrator ICT Champion winners were chosen through a process that included accepting nominations in the first phase and an online survey executed via www.varonline.comin the second and concluding phase. A majority of leading companies in the region’s industry participated by sending across their entries for different categories. These nominees were entered into the survey which was communicated widely to the region’s SI (System Integrator) channel so that they could vote for their preferred choices.
The online survey ran for close to two weeks and saw over 100% increase in voting compared to last year’s voting. The massive voting in this year’s survey is a vindication of the prestige these awards carry as industry recognitions for the region. Those who polled maximum votes in each category were declared winners at the awards ceremony.
There were also a few select Editor’s choice awards categories which allowed for recognition of special achievements of Brands and companies. These recognitions were based on information that the editorial team has been privy to through interactions with those companies.
The year 2015 also heralds the 10th year of operations for the company which has now consolidated its various Media and Marketing services operations under the holding company JNS Media International MFZE from its previous name of VAR MEA Magazine. VAR Marketing Management is an entity that is the marketing services arm for the group and ICE Media Solutions is the third entity of this group based out of India and focused on support services for the group’s clients.
Mr. Vivek Sharma, CEO of JNS Media International and publisher of The Integrator said, “We continue to hold dear the values of recognizing the best in the industry. We are quite happy to see that industry is reciprocating equally to our initiatives and also the fact that these awards are today held in high esteem in the industry. My hearty congratulations to all winners of this year’s awards.”
Cloud Computing Vendor of the Year: Microsoft Gulf FZ – LLC
Virtualisation Vendor of the Year: VMware FZ-LLC
Converged Infrastructure Vendor of the Year: NetApp
SMB Storage Vendor of the Year: Western Digital
Video Conferencing Vendor of the Year: Polycom
Data Management & Analytics Vendor of the Year: SAP Middle East & North Africa LLC
Disaster Recovery and Backup Vendor of the Year: Commvault
Endpoint Security Software vendor of the Year:  Kaspersky Lab ME
Network Security Appliance Vendor of the Year:  Fortinet Middle East
IP Video Surveillance Solutions Vendor of the Year: Milestone Systems Middle East
Application Delivery Solutions Vendor of the Year: Riverbed Technology FZ LLC
Mobility Management Solutions Vendor of the Year: Sophos
Power Solutions Vendor of the Year: Schneider Electric FZE
DCIM Solutions Vendor of the Year: Emerson FZE
Print Management Solutions Vendor of the Year: XeroxMiddle East
Enterprise Networking VAD of the Year: FVC
Enterprise Security VAD of the Year: Scope Middle East
Enterprise Storage VAD of the Year: StorIT Distribution FZCO
Mobility Solutions VAD of the Year:  Oxygen Middle East
Unified Communications VAD of the Year: Granteq Distribution
Information Security Specialist VAD of the Year: Spire Solutions
Managed Services Provider of the Year: Dimension Data
Networking Integrator of the Year:           Gulf Business Machines
Storage Integrator of the Year:   STME
Telecom Integrator of the Year:  Prologix L.L.C
Security Integrator of the Year:   eSolutions Netcure
Software Solutions Integrator of the Year:             Finesse
Emerging Integrator of the Year:                Think Software Services FZ LLC
Emerging VAD of the Year:            EliteVAD
Visionary Integrator of the Year: F1 Infotech FZE
Visionary VAD of the Year: Aptec, an Ingram Micro Company
Fast Growing SMB Brand of the Year: Linksys from Belkin
Innovative IP Video Surveillance Vendor of the Year:  PROMISE Technology EMEA
Enterprise After Sales Vendor of the Year:  Barracuda Networks
KVM solutions VAD of the Year: Wave Tech Computers L.L.C