More than 600 senior IT leaders and technology suppliers gathered in Nashville, Tenn., at the Midsize Enterprise Summit Spring conference for a week of networking, keynotes and closed-door boardroom sessions. The event was capped off with a gala awards ceremony where the event’s best-performing IT vendors and tech suppliers were recognized.
Votes were cast by the more than 200 CIOs and IT leaders assembled who evaluated technology suppliers in 14 different categories. Vendors were recognized for their ability to articulate their midmarket value proposition during keynotes, boardrooms and in the exhibit hall. The winners and those companies nominated are often viewed as leaders in supplying IT solutions and services to midmarket customers.
Scale Computing, a stalwart in the midmarket, took home 3 MES Xcellence Awards, making it the night’s big winner. HPE, which participates at the event with Intel, ShoreTel and Mimecast also took home multiple awards. The full winner list is below. Hyperconvergence vendor Scale and IT security supplier Mimecast took home the evening’s top awards for best of show.
Throughout the event attendees were asked to nominate and vote for companies that understood the unique challenges of the midmarket and offered effective solutions that accelerated ROI. The annual awards highlight the most distinguished vendor products, solutions and presentations during the MES event. Last year, a Best International Vendor was named for the first time. This year, MES continues to highlight the international market as the demands of the midmarket grow and more vendors continue to come from outside the U.S.
The Channel Company hosted the awards dinner and ceremony, with Lisa MacKenzie, partner and senior vice president, and Robert DeMarzo, senior vice president of event content and strategy, taking center stage to present the awards. Fourteen awards were presented, with special thanks given to the Gartner analysts and MES Board advisers who support this event. The full list of nominees and winners is below
Best Midmarket Solution: Hardware
Nominees:
- Fortinet
- HPE | SimpliVity
- Ruckus
- Scale Computing
Winner: Scale Computing
Best Midmarket Solution: Software
Nominees:
- HPE | SimpliVity
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- Scale Computing
Winner: Information Builders
Best Midmarket Solution: Services
Nominees:
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- Scale Computing
- ShoreTel
- UnitedLex
Winner: ShoreTel
Best Newcomer
Nominees:
- Catapult
- Connection
- Nutanix
- WatchGuard
Winner: WatchGuard
Best Executive Presentation
Nominees:
- Connection
- Fortinet
- HPE | Intel
- HPE | SimpliVity
- Ruckus
- WatchGuard
Winner: HPE | SimpliVity
Best Boardroom (Premier Sponsors)
Nominees:
- HPE | Intel
- Information Builders
- Scale Computing
- ShoreTel
Winner: Scale Computing
Best Boardroom (Event Sponsors)
Nominees:
- ConnectWise
- iT1
- Mimecast
- Netreo
Winner: Mimecast
Solution Pavilion Booth Strategy (Premier Sponsor)
Nominees:
- Essential Costa Rica
- HPE | Intel
- Information Builders
- Scale Computing
Winner: HPE | Intel
Solution Pavilion Booth Strategy (Event Sponsor)
Nominees:
- Avaya
- Eaton
- Mimecast
- StorageCraft
Winner: Eaton
Vendor Spotlight
Nominees:
- LogRhythm
- Nutanix
- SAS
- ShoreTel
- Silver Peak
- The Comtel Group
Winner: ShoreTel
Best Solution Provider
Nominees:
- alligatortek
- Connection
- Insight
- Netreo
Winner: Netreo
Best International Vendor
Nominees:
- Aurus Software (with Digital Solutions Group)
- Dnamic (w/ Essential Costa Rica)
- HITSS
- Intertec (with Essential Costa Rica)
- Sapiens (with Essential Costa Rica)
Winner: Dnamic
Best of Show (Event Sponsor)
Nominees:
- alligatortek
- Avaya
- Eaton
- Mimecast
- Netreo
Winner: Mimecast
Best of Show (Premier Sponsor)
- HPE | Intel
- HPE | SimpliVity
- Information Builders
- Scale Computing
- ShoreTel
Winner: Scale Computing
*The boardroom, solutions pavilion, and best in show categories are divided into two—Premier and Event—so that vendors that participated at certain sponsorship levels could be judged equally.
