Channel Middle East Awards 2017 final shortlist announced

Competition was intense in the Best Vendor Channel Programme of the Year, Systems Integrator of the Year, Training Provider of the Year and Value Added Distributor of the Year (Value Solutions) categories this year.

Published: 18 April 2017 - 11:28 a.m.

Channel Middle East magazine has released the final shortlist for the 2017 Channel Middle East Awards.

A final list of 83 award nominations have remained from the initial list of over 200 nominations received across the 17 categories.

As expected, competition was intense in the Best Vendor Channel Programme of the Year, Systems Integrator of the Year, Training Provider of the Year and Value Added Distributor of the Year (Value Solutions) categories this year.

In addition, there were also a large number of entries for the IT Distributor of Year (Broadline Products) and Security Vendor of the Year, reflecting that the volume business is still vibrant while investments in comprehensive IT security solutions have continued in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market.

The names of shortlisted companies have already been forwarded to the judges who will select the overall winners, while the Readers' Choice Awards for Best Distributor Channel Programme of the Year and Best Vendor Channel Programme of the Year will be voted for by readers of ITP.net, Channel Middle East and Channel Arabic magazine.

The awards gala dinner and ceremony will be held at the Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina on 1st May 2017. More than 350 executives and business leaders from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA channel are expected to attend the ceremony.