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A Houseful 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, Dell Technologies, followed by a market intelligence keynote by CONTEXT that was addressed by Timothy Davies, Country Manager Middle East, CONTEXT. The sponsors and partners of the 2019 edition were; Dell Technologies, Veritas, Bulwark Technologies, A10 Networks, Finesse, Rittal, Kingston Technologies, Talariax and Context. “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.
“As we celebrate the sixth anniversary of The GEC Awards, GEC Media Group are also unveiling our new brand identity - Committed. Passionate. Responsible. GEC’s vision 2023 is also aimed at walking towards rekindling these key words in whatever products and solutions we bring to the market and pioneering the motto of ‘One Voice, One Industry’. Ronak Samantaray, CEO, GEC Media Group
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THE WINNERS TOP DISTRIBUTOR
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InfarstructureVAD technologies “VAD Technologies takes pride in leading by innovation and introducing Disruptive Technologies to the Region’s ICT Ecosystem. Being Awarded “TOP VAD Infrastructure” by the GEC Media Group Committee makes the Team of VAD Technologies very proud and encouraging us to continue to work hard for our Channel Partners.”
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Storage ASBIS Middle East
Channel Partner Network- Sariya Company Limited
“Being Named as Top VAD in Channel Partner Network, by GEC is an honor for Sariya IT, we are always striving to provide better products and services and have had a lot of accomplishments over the past few years towards making Channel communication simple and effective for businesses, especially small and medium sized ones.”
TOP DISTRIBUTOR
Digital Transformation - Mindware
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DevOps Service Partner - StorIT “On behalf of StorIT, I wish to thank GEC Team and its Jury for this recognition. Over a stretch of almost two decades StorIT has been at the forefront of changing the idea of Value Distribution in the Middle East with innovation as its primary engine of growth opportunities. And this award recognizes our path breaking effort as the first and only IT VAD to successfully offer solutions based on DevOps framework to the Reseller Channel. I want to congratulate GEC Media Group for another round of outstanding Awards ceremony and wish them continued success!”
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Security VAD of the Year - StarLink
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Top VAD Security - Partner Excellence - Bulwark Technologies
TOP DISTRIBUTOR
Disruptive VAD - Spire Solutions
“We are incredibly honored to receive the GEC Award ‘Disruptive VAD’ 2019. We, at Spire, are delighted to see that all the hard work pays off and, on behalf of our entire Team, I would like to thank the Committee for validating our efforts and contribution to the industry. This is truly inspiring, and we will continue our commitment to secure digital assets of the local organizations with our expertise, business enabling technologies and our dedication to customer success”, Sanjeev Walia, Founder & President at Spire Solutions 05
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TOP VAD
TOP SI
VADof the Year Redington
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Infrastructure STME
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Security - Mideast Data Systems (MDS UAE)
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Managed Services - Bits Secure IT Infrastructure LLC
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BI Specialization - Finesse
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Start-up SI of the Year - TechnePlus
“We at Finesse are excited to receive this award for the 4th continuous year and we thank all our customers and employees for this outstanding performance. This award is primarily attributed to our excellence in service delivery and this encourage us to provide innovative and cost effective solutions to all our customers as they embark up on their digital journey” Eljo JP | Director - Global Business Development | Finesse
TOP SI
Surveillance - KTC International LLC
TOP SI
Storage - Tuqnia LLC
“Tuqnia is honored to receive the prestigious award from an esteemed organization like GEC which carries a lots of weightage in Middle East region. Tuqnia would also like to thank our strategic vendor Dell Technologies for giving us the wonderful platform and world class technologies to provide our solution to enterprise customers. This award has been possible because of the belief and investment Tuqnia made along with Dell Technologies in providing Hyper Converged storage solutions in UAE much ahead of most of the competition. Our solution has resulted in our customers’ achieving faster, better and cost optimized business outcomes making them more competitive in their business.” 07
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Storage - Datacare LLC
“We are truly excited to be recognized as the top reseller in the Storage Category. We stay committed to providing the Storage, DR and Backup solutions to our clients based on tomorrows cutting edge technology. “
TOP RESELLER
Cloud Solid Computers
TOP RESELLER
Storage - eSolutions Data Management
eSolutions Data Management, the most experienced Veritas partner in the Middle East, takes pride for being chosen the winner of the GEC Awards 2019 - Top Reseller in Storage. A Platinum partner of VERITAS and having attained “Expert Competency” capabilities through the Veritas Partner Force Program, EDM has an extensive experience across VERITAS solutions with a long history of success stories & happy customers. No matter how big and complex is your data infrastructure, Our expert team will help organizations to have visibility on their Data for better management and Risk Control using our Unified Analytics Platform for Hybrid and cloud environment.
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Information Security - SecureTech
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PROJECT EXECUTION
Government Minsitry of Economy
PROJECT EXECUTION
Government Abu Dhabi Police
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Government Dubai Police
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Real Estate & Construction AZIZI Developments
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Manufacturing - GARMCO
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Networking Aruba, HPE Company
Khalid Rashid Moh’d Jalal, Senior Group ICT Manager, GARMCO “Hard work always pays off and this recognition is the reward of the hard work. This award is dedicated to GARMCO’s ICT Team, its employees and all stake holders who made it possible. I would like to thank GEC AWARDS for being the forum for recognizing the hard work of ICT professionals in Middle East.
PROJECT EXECUTION
Manufacturing Epicor Software Corp
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Transportation & Logistics - ZEBRA Technologies Europe Limited
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Enterprise Solution - Pure Storage
“We are laser focused on delivering a modern data experience that enables organizations, across the region, gain the data advantage. We are honored to be recognized by GEC Media with this award and would also like to take this opportunity to thank our customers and partners for their trust and support. This award is as much theirs, as it is ours.” Assaad El Saadi, regional director – Middle East, Pure Storage
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Enterprise Solution - Data Protection - Kingston Technology
Kingston Technology are very happy to be chosen as the Winner of this year’s GEC Awards as Top Innovative Vendor in Enterprise Solution and Data Protection. We take great pride in Data Security and want to continue educating our channel and corporate partners on the importance of security matters. Kingston Technology
TOP VENDOR
TOP VENDOR
Data center - eHosting DataFort
Risk Management SAI Global
‘We are absolutely delighted to win this award, it’s important to us as we were nominated by our valued clients who have benefitted first-hand from our IRM solution. We work tirelessly on our roadmap to introduce new functionality and the team are proud to receive this recognition.’ SAI Global
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TOP VENDOR
TOP VENDOR
Enterprise Solution - ERP Sage
Endpoint Security - Bitdefender
“We don’t set out to win awards. We don’t think any company does, but when you receive an award, it’s an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award we have received is a confirmation of something we have done, and that motivates us to push a little harder.” Tarek Kuzbari, Bitdefender
TOP VENDOR
TOP VENDOR
Enterprise Security A10 Networks
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Hyperconverged Infrastructure - Nutanix
“Growing demands for simplified management, increased performance, and reduced time-to-market mean that technologies like hyperconvergence are no longer optional, they are business necessities. Our mission is to free our customers to build their infrastructure, run their applications, modernize their datacentres, and choose their cloud platform – all on their terms, not a vendor’s lock-in agenda. We are honoured to receive this prestigious award from GEC Media Group that recognizes our leadership and constant innovation.” Aaron White, Regional Director – METI at Nutanix
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TOP VENDOR
Converged Infrastructure - NetApp
TOP VENDOR
TOP VENDOR
Data Availability - Veeam
“As the importance of data has grown to drive every aspect of the digital business, so has the need for solutions that ensure information is available at any time, no matter where it resides. There is a new expectation for data in today’s enterprise: Data must move to a higher state of intelligence and be able to anticipate need and meet demand. Data must also move securely across multi-cloud infrastructures and meet the expectations of the mobile, alwayson world. The Veeam Availability Platform™ is the most complete solution to help customers evolve the way they manage data, from policy- to behaviour-based, and make it smarter and self-governing, ensuring it’s available across any application and any cloud infrastructure. We are highly honoured to receive this prestigious award from GEC Media Group that reflects our leadership in Cloud Data Management and Data Availability.” Claude Schuck, Regional Manager, Middle East at Veeam
Networking Security - Sophos
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TOP VENDOR
TOP VENDOR
IOT - Dell Technologies
Physical IT Infrastructure - Rittal Middle East
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Multi-cloud Juniper Networks
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SMB Networking - DLink
“Multicloud continues to change the way enterprises operate worldwide. The move to the cloud, and ultimately to the multicloud, has unlocked some truly transformative opportunities for organizations of all sizes and across industries,” said Yarob Sakhnini, Vice President, Emerging Markets, EMEA. “With multicloud at the center of Juniper Networks’ solution strategy, our goal is to continue to provide enterprises with the most integrated solutions to deliver automated, scalable, secure and AI-driven networks that connect the world. Being awarded the Top Innovative Vendor in MultiCloud, to us, serves as testimony to our commitment to engineering simplicity.” Juniper Networks
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Data Management - Veritas Technologies LLC
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Mobility Thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
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Digital Transformation Vendor of the Year - Dell Technologies
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Blockchain DEX Holding Ltd
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BEST FUTURISTIC BT SOLUTION
Cyber Security - Guardian One Technologies DMCC
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Cloud - 2CRSI
BEST FUTURISTIC BT SOLUTION
BEST FUTURISTIC BT SOLUTION
Automation GAVS Technologies
Startup AI - Searchie
We are extremely honored to receive the prestigious GEC Award for ‘Best Futuristic Business Transformation Solution’. As an MSP & SI with 2 decades of experience, we bear witness to how our AIOps platform ZIF (Zero Incident Framework ™), has helped our global clientele improve their end user experience by 10X & reduce resource utilization by up to 40%, through proactive detection & remediation of incidents. ZIF is being consistently recognized by the industry; now this, coming from a media group with great passion for technology, is definitely an icing on the cake and a huge encouragement to keep propelling us forward. A big Thank You from the entire GAVS family! GAVS Technologies
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Healthcare - Healthigo
BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION
Government - ServiceNow
“The future of healthcare is patient centred, digitally connected and AI powered. We are honoured and humbled to be the recipient of this award which reiterates our vision of transforming healthcare engagement for Users, Care providers, Insurance partners and Corporate clients. Thank you GEC Media, for recognizing our work towards building a healthier community.” Joseph Debs and Anirudh Gupta, Co-Founders, Healthigo
It is an honor to be recognized by GEC Media for enabling public sector organizations in the Middle East implement modern digital workflows that create great experiences and empower their employees to be more productive and efficient. Mark Ackerman, regional director – Middle East & Africa, ServiceNow
BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION
BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION
Energy - SAP
“Winning the Best Business Transformation Solution in Energy Award is a major milestone for SAP’s support for the digital transformation of the Middle East and North Africa’s energy sector,” said Zakaria Haltout, Managing Director, SAP UAE. “As oil and gas continues to be a cornerstone of economic growth, SAP’s enablement of digital energy firms is helping to optimize costs, coordinate across a complex global supply chain, meet production demand, and better predict and meet customer fuel demands.” SAP
Telecom - TPL Maps
“Delighted to get the GEC award for Best Business Transformation Solution in Telecom. This award is recognition to all the hard-work and efforts of the software developers, engineers, GIS surveyors at TPL Maps. We have built a truly innovative solution for the telecom sector and we remain committed on building more intelligent location based solutions. On behalf of everyone at TPL Maps – THANK YOU VERY MUCH” Adnan Shahid, Director TPL Maps
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BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION
AI - Powered CDP - Exponea
“Exponea is honored to have been selected by GEC Media Group as the Best Business Transformation Solution in AI-Powered CDP. We’re thrilled for this opportunity to share our passion for creating incredible personalized customer experiences with our Actionable Customer Data Platform.” Exponea
BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION
Enabling Partner Emitac Enterprise Solutions LLC
“The Emitac family will like to extend a big thank you to the GEC Media group for recognizing our efforts and contributions towards the regional IT industry of UAE by awarding us the “Best Business Transformation Initiative in Enabling Partner” at GEC Awards 2019. This comes as a great honour to have won in such a distinguished category and certainly a motivation for us to continue doing some outstanding work in the IT space.” Emitac
BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION
Education - GEMS Education
“We are very proud to have won Best Business Transformation Initiative for Phoenix, an integrated end-to-end school management platform bringing educational and operational elements together under a single umbrella. Built completely in-house, Phoenix currently maintains 130,000+ student records; connects 100+ schools / support entities across 8 countries and is trusted by 80,000+ parents. Thanks to the executive management and the schools’ leadership teams, we have now embarked on an exciting IP journey to strengthen the Phoenix platform with universal curricula capabilities, advanced learning management systems, education CRM features, block chain based credentialing and artificial intelligence embedded curriculum management amongst others.” Krishnan Gopi, Chief Disruption Officer, GEMS Education
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BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE
Logistics - Saiber Innovation & Constellation Marine
Saiber Innovation Technologies, a start-up by Pradeep Luthria, a senior technology management professional with vast past experience with companies like DP World, Maersk Sealand, Maersk Oil, Unocal etc. His idea to transform an established and respected marine surveying entity and train/mentor their resources to also perform cyber security vulnerability audits was accepted and supported by Constellation Marine’s chief promoter Capt. Zarir Irani. Any innovative initiative needs both trust and transparency between the parties to succeed. Both Pradeep and Capt. Zarir have established this as a firm foundation and hope to find mutual success in their endeavour while delighting and exceeding the expectations of their clients. Pradeep Luthria, Saiber Innovation Technologies
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Government Abu Dhabi Municipality “ We work hard to make our society safe for everyone, as a police department we appreciate all the private sector to cooperate with the police dept to make our journey successful to reach our goals and vision. This Award has am important impact in our job and the projects that we are working in as a motivation and support for all. Many thanks for being part of this and a special thanks for the GEC award committee.” Major Hamad Khalifa, Head of Telecom Division, Infrastructure Department
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Top PR Agency 2019 Procre8 “We are proud to be recognized for a third year in succession as the Top PR Agency. To be selected by an editorial team that is so deeply integrated into the region’s tech industry is both an honour and a testament to quality, integrity, relationships and commitment to excellence that are the hallmarks of the Procre8 brand.” Colin Saldanha, Managing Director at Procre8:
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