EUROPEAN IT
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The channel
shows its skill
IT Europa launched the first
judges to choose between entries and they
Appear Networks took a long time over their deliberations.
pan-European awards event for
However the eventual finalists and
IT channel in the middle of 2007 winners can truly consider themselves the
and the finalists were honoured
cream of the European IT channel.”
in February 2008 at a celebration
As well as the 17 categories that the
channel could enter there were two
dinner at the Intercontinental
special awards.
Hotel, in Frankfurt. The first of these was the IT
Europa award for IT excellence, this
T
he European IT Excellence Awards award went to the company whose
are the first pan-European awards entry most impressed the judges. It
IBS which recognise the crucial role that was won by Appear Networks for a
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and wireless productivity solution they
Solution Providers play in the delivery of developed for their client Nederlandse
real world solutions, and attracted entries Spoorwegen, NS (Dutch Rail).
from more than 30 countries. The second special award on the
Entries were submitted by ISVs and night, was for the European Channel
resellers across 17 categories describing Personality of the year. The award went
the solution provided to their client to Gerhard Schulz, Senior Vice President
and each entry had to be supported & Executive Managing Director, Ingram
by an endorsement by the client. 49 Micro Distribution GmbH. This award
companies from 16 countries made the was based on the results of a poll of
finals and the winners were selected by 20,000 directors of Europe’s leading
jMind Consulting an independent panel of consultants 8,000 channel organisations - the
and editors. readership of 8020 Europa, IT Europa’s
The awards categories were divided pan-European channel magazine.
into two main groups: ISVs and Solution In accepting the award Gerhard
Providers. The ISV categories were for Schulz was quick to acknowledge the
software-based solutions for which role his team had played in dealing
the ISV had written the bulk of the with the company’s challenges: “What
solution itself. The Solution Provider we achieved in 2007 was a team
categories were for complete solutions success and as much as I feel honoured
that include hardware, software, to receive the IT Europa European
communications and services. Channel Personality of the Year Award
As well as the channel categories there today, I feel honoured and proud to be
Northdoor were two supplier categories for which managing such a great team.”
channel companies nominated their In congratulating the winners, Alan
distributors or vendors for the support Norman, Managing Director of IT Europa
provided through their channel programs. said: “the overall quality of entries was
“For the first event of its kind the extremely high and demonstrated the
response from the European IT channel depth of talent in the channel community
was exceptional,” commented John across Europe. I congratulate all the
Chapman, awards organiser and Editorial winners and wish them and all the
Director of IT Europa. “The breadth and finalists every success in the year ahead.”
quality of entries was humbling. The The success of these awards means
effort that all the companies put into that IT Europa will be making them an
their entries was only exceeded by the annual affair and entries for 2009 will
quality of solutions.” be announced shortly on the awards
Siveco “It was exceedingly difficult for the web site at www.iteawards.com.
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