2023 Annual Report Card Winners: Solution Providers Give Top Grades To Key Vendors

August 20, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT

For the 38th year, solution providers scored vendors across 25 technology categories based on their performance in product innovation, support, partnership, and managed and cloud services. Here’s a roundup of the companies with the highest overall scores.

Enterprise Network Infrastructure: HPE Aruba Networking

Channel Executive: Jim Harold, VP, Channels

This technology category is the first of four wins by HPE Aruba Networking in the 2023 Annual Report Card.

HPE Aruba won the category with an overall score of 88.3 and top average scores in product innovation (94.7), partnership (89.3), and managed and cloud services (83.2).

Nvidia was second overall with a score of 85.2. The company was the top scorer in support with an 85.4 average score (including grades of 91.5 in post-sales support and 90.4 in training). The company also garnered the top score (100.1) in product technical innovation.

Juniper Networks received an overall score of 82.4 in this technology category, and Extreme Networks scored 81.9 overall.

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Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.