The shortlist for the Network Middle East 2018 Innovation Awards can now be unveiled.
The shortlisted names have been forwarded to the judges who will pick a winner in each of the 16 category. The final winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Dubai on 14th March, 2018. Shortlisted nominees will receive three complimentary seats at the ceremony.
The sponsors for these year’s awards are Norden Communication, GBM and Finesse.
For general information on the NME Innovation Awards, please visit http://www.itp.net/nme-awards/ or contact Brian McNamara – brian.mcnamara@itp.com.
For sponsorship opportunities, contact Josephine D’Sa, at josephine.dsa@itp.com.
For any other queries, contact David Ndichu, editor, Network Middle East at david.ndichu@itp.com.
Cloud Implementation of the Year
Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA)
Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC
Al Masah Capital Ltd
RTA – Cloud Solution
Data Centre Project of the Year
Abu Dhabi Ports
datamena: On-demand Connectivity Platform
eHosting DataFort
Etisalat
General Civil Aviation Authority
Fixed Networking Implementation Project of the Year
Marina Gate 1
General Civil Aviation Authority
RTA – Fixed Network
Storage Implementation of the Year
General Civil Aviation Authority
Dell EMC
RTA
Wireless Implementation of the Year
Al Shoruq School
General Civil Aviation Authority
Tristar Multi Logistics Polymers facility JAFZA
Security Implementation Project of the Year
BAHRI & MAZROEI GROUP
Dubai first
Emirates Global Aluminium – Project ZoneX
My Digital Office BYOD
Unified Communications Implementation of the Year
Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DIFC Wills Service Centre Virtual Registry
Lamprell IST
Takeleap
Zulekha Hospital
Systems Integrator of the Year
Condo Protego
FINESSE
Takeleap
Networking Professional of the Year (End user)
Ashith Piriyattiath-Al Masah Capital
Dr. Mohammad Khaled-Regulations Supervision Bureau
Nijin P R-Tristar Transport
Networking Professional of the Year (Vendor)
Ahmed Auda – VMware
Amanullah Khan – Linksys
Sakkeer Hussain – D-Link
Savitha Bhaskar – Condo Protego
Tom Pegrume – Hitachi Vantara
Networking Vendor of the Year
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Cisco
Linksys
VMware
Security Vendor of the Year
Cisco
Fortinet
Infoblox
Mimecast
Sophos
Cabling Vendor of the Year
Norden Communication UK Ltd.
Panduit
Siemon
Storage Vendor of the Year
Dell EMC
Hitachi Vantara
NetApp
Pure Storage
Network Management Vendor of the Year
Infoblox
ManageEngine
F5 Networks
Unified Communications Vendor of the Year
Avaya
Cisco
Polycom
