EVENTS Comms Business Awards
“Comms Business is delighted to announce new awards, judges and of course our guest presenter!“
David Dungay, Editor of Comms Business
Bigger and Better
The Comms Business Awards is back for another year after one of the most
successful awards in 2018. As always, there is some evolution in the categories
and judges as our market changes. Take a look at what is new for 2019 below.
NEW AWARDS!
Comms Business is delighted to
announce a raft of new awards
this year which have been
added to the mix. In our people
category we added a ‘Women in
Channel’ award to recognise the
top female talent in our market.
is award has been a long time
coming and I am couldn’t be
happier that Comms Business
is championing the cause and
will hopefully encourage more
females to consider comms and
IT as career path.
We also have a new hosted
platform award, last year we
were so inundated with entries
we had to give this part of the
market its own award. As a
huge growth area for Channel
right now resellers will be
watching out for the nalists,
and ultimately the winner, with
great interest.
For the rst time there is also
a ‘Deal of the Year’ award added
to the roster. So many partners
deliver g great transformational
solutions into their customers
• Small Reseller
• Medium Reseller
• Large Reseller
• MSP
• SMB Solution
• Mid-Market Solution
• Enterprise Solution
• Deal of the Year
• IT Distributor
• Comms Distributor
• Connectivity Supplier
• Hosted Platform Supplier
• Ones to Watch
(Editor’s Award)
• Specialist Supplier
• Hardware Vendor
• Specialist Vendor
• Cloud Services Vendor
• Women in Channel
• Services to the Channel
• Hidden Heroes
software. He is a Director and
Deputy Chair of the Cloud
Industry Forum, judges the
UK Cloud Awards, and is
Founder & CXO of digital
strategy consultancy Agile
Elephant. He is a specialist in
sales, marketing and operations
in the technology sector, and
guest lectures on digital and
social media at Henley Business
School and on INSEEC’s MBA
programme.
VINCE POTTER
Vince Potter - founder of
NPL in 1999 and DV02
in 2002, has over 20 years
of experience in running
comms businesses; delivering
solutions to the enterprise and
channel customers across the
UK and Ireland. Potter has a
breadth of knowledge across
communication products
and services, e Channel,
manufacturers and service
providers. After his recent exit
from DV02 he is currently an
independent consultant.
L-R: Katherine Ryan,
Vince Potter and
David Terrar
FACTS
Entries Open –
Jan 10th
Entries Close –
5th April 2019
Awards –
21st June 2019
Where –
Lancaster London
Bookings –
mat@commsbusiness.co.uk
or moh@commsbusiness.co.uk
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KATHERINE RYAN!
Comms Business are pleased to
announce the new host for the
2019 awards evening in June…
Katherine Ryan! e Canadian
comedian, writer, presenter
and actress has been a regular
on the UK comedy circuit for
over a decade but more recently
has enjoyed success as a regular
participant on shows such as 8
out of 10 cats, Mock the Week
and Would I Lie to You? Her
brash style will undoubtedly
make the awards a night to
remember!
NEW JUDGES!
DAVID TERRAR
David is a well-known
strategist, keynote speaker and
in uencer on cloud computing,
digital transformation, social
collaboration and ERP
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