A Housefull opening to GEC Awards 2019

Organized by GEC Media Group, the 6th edition of the GEC Awards roared its way to a houseful theatre as over 230 stalwarts, veterans and leaders from the IT industry walked the red carpet on 1st October at The Rixos Premium – JBR.

Over the years, the GEC Awards 2019 has emerged as one of the most pivotal recognition in the industry that felicitates the achievements of the IT solution and service providers in the Middle East and Africa region. This year the GEC Awards committee received over 246 in 72 categories, out of which 64 companies emerged as winners.

The event, held in Bollywood theme, was indeed a star-studded affair. The opening keynote was done by Haidi Nossair, Marketing Director MERAT followed by a market intelligence keynote by CONTEXT that was addressed by Timothy Davies and Guruvan.

The sponsors and partners of the 2019 edition were; Dell Technologies, Veritas, Bulwark Technologies, A10 Networks, Finesse, Rittal, Kingston Technologies, Talariax and Context.

The winners of 2019 are;

CATEGORY	SUB-CATEGORY	COMPANY
Top Distributor	Infrastructure	VAD Technologies
Top Distributor	Channel Partner Network	Sariya Company Limited
Top Distributor	Storage	ASBIS Middle East
Top Distributor	Digital Transformation	Mindware
	DevOps Service Partner	StorIT
	Top VAD Security – Partner Excellence	Bulwark Technologies
	Security VAD of The Year	StarLink
	Disruptive VAD	Spire Solutions
	Top VAD of the Year	redington Gulf
Top SI	Infrastructure	STME
Top SI	Security	Mideast Data Systems (MDS UAE)
Top SI	Managed Services	Bits Secure IT Infrastructure LLC
Top SI	Surveillance	KTC International LLC
Top SI	Storage	Tuqnia LLC
Top SI	BI Specialization	Finesse
	Start-up SI of the Year	TechnePlus
Top Reseller	Storage	Datacare LLC
Top Reseller	Storage	eSolutions Data Management
Top Reseller	Cloud	Solid Computers
Top Reseller	Information Security	SecureTech
Project Execution	Government	Minsitry of Economy
Project Execution	Government	Dubai Police
Project Execution	Government	Abu Dhabi Police
Project Execution	Real Estate & Construction	AZIZI Developments
Project Execution	Manufacturing	GARMCO
Top Vendors	Networking	Aruba, HPE Company
Top Vendors	Manufacturing	Epicor Software Corp
Top Vendors	Transportation & Logistics	ZEBRA Technologies Europe Limited
Top Vendors	Enterprise Solution	Pure Storage
Top Vendors	Enterprise Solution – Data Protection	Kingston Technology
Top Vendors	Data center	eHosting DataFort
Top Vendors	Risk Management	SAI Global
Top Vendors	Enterprise Solution – ERP	Sage
Top Vendors	Endpoint Security	Bitdefender
Top Vendors	Enterprise Security	A10 Networks
Top Vendors	Networking Security	Sophos
Top Vendors	Secure Identity Solutions	BeyondTrust
Top Vendors	Converged Infrastructure	NetApp
Top Vendors	Hyperconverged Infrastructure	Nutanix
Top Vendor	Data Availability	Veeam
TOP Vendors	IOT	Dell Technologies
Top Vendor	Physical IT Infrastructure	Rittal Middle East
Top Vendor	Multi-cloud	Juniper Networks
Top Vendor	SMB Networking	DLink
Top Vendor	Data Management	Veritas Technologies LLC
	Digital Transformation Vendor of the Year	Dell Technologies
BT Futuristic	Mobility	thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
BT Futuristic	Blockchain	DEX Holding Ltd
BT Futuristic	Cyber Security	Guardian One Technologies DMCC
BT Futuristic	Cloud	2CRSI
BT Futuristic	Startup – AI	Searchie
BT Futuristic	Automation	GAVS Technologies
BT Solution	Healthcare	Healthigo
BT Solution	Government	ServiceNow
BT Solution	Energy	SAP
BT Solution	Telecom	TPL Maps
BT Solution	AI – Powered CDP	Exponea
BT Initiative	Enabling Partner	Emitac Enterprise Solutions LLC
BT Initiative	Education	GEMS Education
BT Initiative	Logistics	Saiber Innovation & Constellation Marine
BT Initiative	Government	Abu Dhabi Municipality
Editor’s Choice Award	Top PR Agency 2019	Procre8

“This year we are celebrating 6th year of The GEC Awards. Over the years, the awards have been recognized as one of the most benchmark events in the region. This year we felicitated 64 companies for their outstanding merit in imbibing the ‘change’ culture in enterprises and fearless transformation. We are also thankful to our valued sponsors and partners for their extended support” said Anushree Dixit, Editor at GEC Media Group.

Going by the tradition, the GEC Awards 2019 also crowned its Hero and Heroine. Samer Semaan of Pure Storage and Sahiqa Bennett of Searchie were the best dressed at the event.