EMEA Channel Academy 2014 Award winners listed

This year’s EMEA Channel Academy Award winners have been revealed at the Distree EMEA 2014 trade show, including top European vendors, retailers and distributors.

The winners are as follows:

Audio Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Bose
Also nominated: Beats, Philips, Sennheiser, Sony

Components Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Intel
Also nominated: Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, WD

Home Networking Vendor of the Year

WINNER: TP-Link
Also nominated: Asus, D-Link, Intellinet, Linksys

PC Accessories Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Logitech
Also nominated: Belkin, Genius, Promate, Trust

PC Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Lenovo
Also nominated: Acer, Asus, Dell, HP

Printing Vendor of the Year

WINNER: HP
Also nominated: Brother, Canon, Epson, Samsung

Smartphones Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Samsung
Also nominated: HTC, Lenovo, Nokia, Sony

Software Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Microsoft
Also nominated: Adobe, Google, Kaspersky, Symantec

Storage Vendor of the Year

WINNER: WD
Also nominated: ADATA, Kingston, Sandisk, Seagate

Tablet & Phone Accessories Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Port Designs
Also nominated: Belkin, Griffin, Logitech, Samsung

Tablet Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Samsung
Also nominated: Asus, Lenovo, Modecom, Prestigio

Wearable Technology & Connected Devices Vendor of the Year

WINNER: Samsung
Also nominated: Connectedevice (for Cookoo), Fitbit, Plantronics, Withings

UK & Ireland Distributor of the Year

1st Tech Data
2nd Exertis (new name for DCC Sercom) 3rd Ingram Micro

DACH Distributor of the Year

1st Ingram Micro 2nd Also
3rd Tech Data

France & Benelux Distributor of the Year

1st Tech Data
2nd Ingram Micro 3rd Copaco

Central and Eastern Europe Distributor of the Year

1st ABC Data 2nd Tech Data 3rd AB Group

Northern Europe Distributor of the Year

1st Also
2nd Tech Data 3rd EET

Southern Europe Distributor of the Year

1st GTI
2nd Tech Data
3rd Ingram Micro

South East Europe Distributor of the Year

1st Arena
2nd Tech Data 3rd Index

Middle East and North Africa Distributor of the Year

1st Redington 2nd Asbis
3rd BDL

Africa Distributor of the Year

1st Mitsumi

2nd Technology Distributions (TD) Limited 3rd Redington

Russia & CIS Distributor of the Year

TIED 1st Merlion & OCS 3rd Treolan

Retailer Initiative of the Year

Oktabit – Growth of Vero tablet brand through retail channel (Greece)

Distributor Initiative of the Year

AB Group – Relaunch of Optimus brand (Poland)

Multichannel Initiative of the Year

Esquire – Virtual Reseller Network (VRN) (South Africa)