More than 550 senior IT leaders and technology suppliers gathered in San Antonio, Texas, at the sold-out Midsize Enterprise Summit Fall 2017 conference for three days of intense keynotes, dynamic boardroom sessions and, of course, plenty of networking. A gala awards ceremony capped off the event, recognizing the event’s best-performing IT vendors and tech suppliers.
Vendors were recognized in 14 different categories for their ability to articulate their midmarket value proposition during keynotes, boardrooms and in the solutions pavilion. The winners and nominated companies 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 for the second consecutive year, making it the night’s big winner for the second straight year. HPE, which participates at the event with Intel, Information Builders and Aerohive also took home multiple awards. The full winner list is below. Hyperconvergence vendor Scale and Aerohive took home the evening’s top awards for best of show.
Attendees were asked throughout the event to nominate and vote for companies that understood the unique challenges of the midmarket and offered effective solutions that expedited ROI. The annual awards highlight the most distinguished vendor products, solutions and presentations during the MES event.
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 advisors who support this event. The full list of nominees and winners is below
Best Midmarket Solution: Hardware
- Aerohive
- HPE | Intel
- Ruckus
- Scale Computing
Winner: Scale Computing
Best Midmarket Solution: Software
Nominees:
- ConnectWise
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- Scale Computing
Winner: Information Builders
Best Midmarket Solution: Services
Nominees:
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- CallOne
- UnitedLex
Winner: Information Builders
Best Newcomer
Nominees:
- Aerohive
- DarkTrace
- Lenovo | Nutanix
- ServiceNow | HighMetric
Winner: Aerohive
Best Executive Presentation
Nominees:
- Connection
- Fortinet
- HPE | Intel
- Outsource Brazil
- Ruckus
- WatchGuard
Winner: HPE | Intel
Best Boardroom (Premier Sponsors)
Nominees:
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- Scale Computing
- ShoreTel
Winner: Scale Computing
Best Boardroom (Event Sponsors)
Nominees:
- CallOne
- Netreo
- The Comtel Group
- Ruckus
- Sophos
Winner: Call One
Solution Pavilion Booth Strategy (Premier Sponsor)
Nominees:
- HPE | Intel
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- Scale Computing
- ShoreTel
Winner: HPE | Intel
Solution Pavilion Booth Strategy (Event Sponsor)
Nominees:
- Aerohive
- IBM Security (Maas360)
- Nutanix
- The Comtel Group
- Sophos
Winner: Nutanix
Vendor Spotlight
Nominees:
- Concerto Cloud
- Informatica
- LogRhythm
- Silver Peak
- ShoreTel
- The Comtel Group
Winner: ShoreTel
Best Solution Provider
Nominees:
- Connection
- IT1 Source
- Netreo
- UnitedLex
Winner: Connection
Best International Vendor
Nominees:
- ActMinds
- Cato Networks
- ITexico
- TypingDNA
Winner: iTexico
Best of Show (Event Sponsor)
Nominees:
- Aerohive
- CallOne
- ConnectWise
- UnitedLex
Winner: Aerohive
Best of Show (Premier Sponsor)
- HPE | Intel
- Information Builders
- Mimecast
- Scale Computing
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.
