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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)
