The past several years have been difficult for businesses all around the Middle East and Africa. Technology has undoubtedly been crucial to their survival, rehabilitation, and development, helping them to thrive and become more resilient than ever.
It is high time we recognise the innovators, masterminds and initiators in the technology landscape. ITP.net Technology Leadership Awards, set against the backdrop of GITEX 2022 does just that. With a whopping 120+ nominations, the inaugural edition of the awards illustrates the amazing developments and innovations that are taking place in the region.
After carefully going through every nomination, ITP.net has curated the much awaited shortlist. We are pleased to announce the shortlists.
VENDOR AND CHANNELS CATEGORY
| CATEGORY | COMPANY |
| 5G Innovator of the Year | Ericsson |
| Huawei Middle East | |
| Netcracker Technology | |
| AI Vendor of the Year | IBM |
| LinkShadow | |
| Dataiku | |
| Cloud Vendor of the Year | IBM |
| Cloud4C | |
| Rackspace Technology | |
| NetApp | |
| NUTANIX | |
| Consumer Vendor of the Year | Huawei |
| Acer | |
| Virgin Mobile KSA | |
| Networking Vendor of the Year | Cisco |
| H3C | |
| Riverbed | |
| Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company | |
| Security Vendor of the Year | Fortinet |
| Secureworks | |
| SolarWinds | |
| NETSCOUT | |
| Forescout | |
| Software Vendor of the Year | OutSystems |
| ServiceNow | |
| Software AG | |
| SolarWinds | |
| Veeam Software | |
| Systems Integrator of the Year | ZtarUp.com |
| CloudBox Technologies LLC | |
| EMW | |
| Value-added Distributor of the Year | StarLink DMCC |
| Redington Value | |
| emt Distribution | |
| Aptec, an Ingram Micro company |
END USER CATEGORY
| CATEGORY | COMPANY |
| Banking and Finance Innovation of the Year | National Bank of Kuwait |
| First Bank of Nigeria | |
| Ittihad International Investment | |
| Government Innovation of the Year | Ministry of Education Bahrain |
| SHARJAH CUSTOMS | |
| Dubai International Financial Centre Courts | |
| Healthcare Innovation of the Year | American Mission Hospital |
| Aster Hospitals UAE | |
| Aster DM Healthcare | |
| Hospitality Innovation of the Year | Madinat Jumeirah |
| Royal Continental Hotels & Suites | |
| Burj Al Arab |
PERSONALITY CATEGORY
| CATEGORY | COMPANY |
| ICT Marketeer of the Year | Mareva Koulamallah, Acronis |
| Kiara Israni, Secureworks | |
| Soumya Prajna, Help AG | |
| Bijita Mariyam Binu, Guardian One Technologies | |
| Sonali Basu Roy, Bulwark Technologies | |
| CIO of the Year | Sunil Nair, GMG |
| Venkatesh Mahadevan, Dubai Investments | |
| Damir Jaksic, KEO International Consultants | |
| George Akhras, AMSI | |
| Nithin Geo Thomas, Amity Education Middle East | |
| Abdalla Al Ali, DMCC Authority | |
| Gigi Mathew Thomas, Ittihad International Investment | |
| Jacob Mathew, Government of Abu Dhabi | |
| Ahmad Almulaifi, Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company | |
| Arul Vigin, Dubai International Financial Centre Courts |
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
| CATEGORY | COMPANY |
| Tech for Good Champion | Acer Middle East |
| Huawei Middle East | |
| Female Fusion | |
| Safaricom Plc | |
| AHOY DMCC | |
| Tech of the Future Champion | Poly |
| Swisslog Middle East | |
| Property Finder | |
| SolarWinds | |
| Logitech |
To book your table and confirm your presence at the ITP.net Technology Leadership Awards, contact Anthony Chandran, Marketing and Events manager, via email at anthony.chandran@itp.com or call him on +971 4 444 3685 / +971 58 971 5077. We look forward to seeing you there.
