2020 Tech Innovator Awards
The 2020 Tech Innovator Awards >>
The delivery of truly differentiated offerings that create opportunities for partners during this unprecedented period is the crowning achievement of our 2020 Tech Innovators.
Tech Innovators Databank >>
Complete details on all our Tech Innovator Awards entrants
Winners and Finalists:
3-D Printers
Winner:
Markforged: Markforged X7
Finalists:
Formlabs: Formlabs Form 3B
Big Data Platforms
Winner:
Snowflake: Snowflake Cloud Data Platform
Finalists:
Cloudera, Inc.: Cloudera Data Platform
Couchbase: Couchbase Cloud
Domino Data Lab: Domino Data Science Platform
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Winner:
Looker, now part of Google Cloud: Looker 7
Finalists:
Cisco AppDynamics: AppDynamics
Juniper Networks: Juniper Mist Premium Analytics Service
Promethium, Inc.: Promethium Data Navigation System
Cloud Data Protection / Disaster Recovery
Winner:
Veeam Software: Veeam Availability Suite v10
Finalists:
Datto Inc.: Datto SaaS Protection 2.5
IBM Corporation: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Metallic, a Commvault Venture: Metallic Backup and Recovery Solution
StorageCraft Technology Corporation: StorageCraft ShadowXafe
Veritas Technologies LLC: Veritas NetBackup 8.3
Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Winner:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE GreenLake Cloud Services
Finalists:
Amazon Web Services (AWS): AWS Outposts
Cloud Migration
Winner:
Nutanix: Nutanix Clusters on AWS
Finalists:
BitTitan: BitTitan MigrationWiz
Quest Software: Quest On Demand Migration
Cloud Tools And Management
Winner:
VMware: VMware CloudHealth
Finalists:
Cisco Systems: Cisco Intersight
CloudBolt Software: CloudBolt Cloud Management Platform v9
HashiCorp: HashiCorp Terraform Cloud
Volterra: Volterra VoltStack
Collaboration Apps / UC
Winner:
Intermedia: Intermedia Unite
Finalists:
8x8, Inc.: 8x8 Voice for Microsoft Teams
Cisco: Cisco WebEx
Nextiva: Cospace
RingCentral: RingCentral Video
Zoom: Zoom Phone
Contact Center Apps
Winner:
Cisco: Cisco Webex Contact Center
Finalists:
Avaya: Avaya AI Virtual Agent
CoreDial: CoreDial CoreNexa WFM
Edify Labs: Edify Huddle
Eleveo: Eleveo Workforce Management
Container Technology
Winner:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE Ezmeral
Finalists:
Diamanti: Diamanti Spektra 3.0
Red Hat: Red Hat OpenShift 4
SentinelOne: SentinelOne Workloads
Snyk: Snyk Container
Data Center Infrastructure
Winner:
Microsoft: Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Finalists:
Cyxtera Technologies, Inc.: Cyxtera Enterprise Bare Metal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE Nimble Storage dHCI
Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Data Management
Winner:
Commvault: Commvault Hyperscale X
Finalists:
HYCU: HYCU Protégé
Igneous: Igneous DataFlow
Information Builders (ibi): Information Builders Omni-Gen
Display - Monitor
Winner:
Finalists:
ViewSonic Corp.: ViewSonic VG1655 Portable Monitor
Display Collaboration / Signage
Winner:
Samsung Electronics America: Samsung Electronics America Pro TV
Finalists:
Sharp Electronics Corporation: Sharp Electronics Windows Collaboration Display
Tripp Lite: Tripp Lite Mobile Interactive Display
Edge Infrastructure
Winner:
Scale Computing: Scale Computing HE150
Finalists:
APC by Schneider Electric: 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company: HPE Aruba ESP
Eaton: Eaton MiniRaQ
Vertiv: Vertiv Liebert PSI5
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Winner:
LogicMonitor: LogicMonitor
Finalists:
F5 Networks: F5 Beacon
New Relic: New Relic One
OpsRamp: OpsRamp Platform
Sinefa: Sinefa Endpoint Agent
IT/Application Automation
Winner:
GitLab: GitLab 13.0
Finalists:
Moogsoft: Moogsoft Observability Cloud
Puppet: Puppet 2019.8
Refactr: Refactr Platform
Robin.io: Robin Automation Platform
Laptops
Winner:
Dell Technologies: Dell Latitude 9510
Finalists:
Acer: Acer Chromebook C871
Dynabook Americas, Inc.: Dynabook Portégé X30L
Lenovo: Lenovo ThinkBook Plus
Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America: Panasonic Toughbook FZ 55
Mobile and IoT Management
Winner:
Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America: Panasonic Productivity+
Finalists:
Addigy: Addigy MDM Live
SOTI: SOTI Connect
Zebra Technologies: Zebra FulfillmentEdge
MSP Technology
Winner:
Liongard: Liongard
Finalists:
Acronis: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
Axcient: Axcient AirGap
Barracuda MSP: Barracuda Message Bus
Networking
Winner:
SonicWall: SonicWall TZ570 and TZ670 Series
Finalists:
CommScope: Ruckus Analytics
Extreme Networks: Extreme Networks ExtremeCloud IQ
VMware: VMware NSX-T 3.0
Zyxel Networks: Zyxel Networks XS1930 Series
Networking - SD-WAN
Winner:
Cisco: Cisco SASE Solution
Finalists:
Aryaka: Aryaka SmartServices
Barracuda Networks: Barracuda CloudGen WAN
Fortinet: Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
Versa Networks: Versa Secure SD-WAN
Networking - Wireless
Winner:
CommScope: Ruckus R750
Finalists:
Cisco: Cisco User Defined Networks
Cradlepoint: Cradlepoint E3000 Series
WatchGuard Technologies: WatchGuard AP225W
Zyxel Networks: Zyxel WAX650S
Office Productivity Software
Winner:
Citrix: Citrix Workspace
Finalists:
Acumatica: Acumatica 2020R1
Dropbox: Dropbox HelloSign
IGEL: IGEL OS 11
monday.com: Monday 2.0
Power Management Technology
Winner:
Eaton: Eaton PredictPulse
Finalists:
APC by Schneider Electric: Monitoring and Dispatch Services
CyberPower: CP1500PFCLCD
Server Technology/Legrand: Server Technology PRO3X
Print Technology
Winner:
HP: HP Workpath
Finalists:
Epson America, Inc.: Epson SureColor T5475
Lexmark: Lexmark Cloud Print Management
Processors
Winner:
Advanced Micro Devices: AMD EPYC, 2nd Gen
Finalists:
Intel Corporation: Intel 10th Gen Core vPro
NVIDIA Corporation: Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPU
Robotic Process Automation
Winner:
Automation Anywhere: Automation Anywhere Enterprise A2019
Finalists:
Kryon Systems LTD: Kryon Full Cycle Automation-as-a-Service
UiPath: UiPath Hyperautomation Platform
Security - Cloud
Winner:
Cisco: Cisco Umbrella
Finalists:
Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf Managed Cloud Monitoring
Bitglass: Bitglass Total Cloud Security Platform
Forcepoint: Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway
Guardicore: Guardicore Centra Version 5
Security - Data
Winner:
Veeam Software: Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v4
Finalists:
Concentric: Concentric Semantic Intelligence
Datanchor Inc.: Datanchor Platform
McAfee: McAfee Unified Cloud Edge
Security - Email/Web
Winner:
Zix | AppRiver: Zix Secure Modern Workplace
Finalists:
Cisco: Cisco Cloud Mailbox Defense
Cymatic: CymaticONE with VADR
Mimecast: Mimecast Brand Exploit Protect
SKOUT Cybersecurity: SKOUT Cybersecurity Work from Home Bundle
Veracode: Veracode Security Labs
Security - Endpoint
Winner:
Sophos: Sophos Intercept X
Finalists:
Cybereason: Cybereason Defense Platform
Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes Endpoint Detection and Response
McAfee: McAfee Mvision EDR
Tanium: Tanium as a Service
VMware Carbon Black: VMware Carbon Black Cloud
Security - Identity And Access Management
Winner:
Okta: Okta Platform Services
Finalists:
Centrify: Centrify Privileged Access Service 20.3
ForgeRock: ForgeRock Identity Platform
Kaseya: Passly by ID Agent
Security - Internet of Things
Winner:
WatchGuard Technologies: WatchGuard Firebox T35-R
Finalists:
ExtraHop: ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360
Forescout Technologies, Inc.: Forescout eyeSegment
Security - Managed Detection and Response
Winner:
Bitdefender Inc.: BitDefender Managed Detection and Response
Finalists:
Blackpoint Cyber: Blackpoint Cyber SNAP Defense
Open Systems: Open Systems Managed Detection and Response
Security - Network
Winner:
Fortinet: Fortinet FortiOS 6.4
Finalists:
FireMon: FireMon Automation
Infoblox: Infoblox NIOS 8.5
SonicWall: Network Security Services Platform 15700
WatchGuard Technologies: WatchGuard Firebox T80
Webroot, an OpenText Company: Webroot DNS Protection
Security - Risk Assessment and Management
Winner:
FireEye: Mandiant Security Validation
Finalists:
AttackIQ: AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform
BitSight: BitSight Attack Surface Analytics
CyberGRX: CyberGRX Control Framework Mapping
SecurityScorecard: SecurityScorecard Atlas
Security - SIEM / Security Analytics
Winner:
Exabeam: Exabeam Cloud Platform
Finalists:
Devo: Devo Security Operations
Netsurion: Netsurion EventTracker v9.2
Perch Security: Perch SIEM
Securonix: Securonix SearchMore
Security - Threat Intelligence / Incident Response
Winner:
Cisco: Cisco SecureX
Finalists:
Flashpoint: Flashpoint Compromised Credentials Monitoring
Fortinet: Fortinet FortiAI
Sophos: Sophos Managed Threat Response
Tenable: Tenable.ot 3.7
WatchGuard Technologies: Watchguard Threat Detection and Response
Servers
Winner:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus
Finalists:
Bamboo Systems Group: Bamboo Systems B1000N Series
MemVerge: MemVerge Memory Machine
phoenixNAP: PhoenixNAP FlexServers
Storage - Cloud
Winner:
NetApp: NetApp Global File Cache
Finalists:
Panzura: Panzura CloudFS 8
Qumulo: Qumulo Shift for Amazon S3
Wasabi Technologies, Inc.: Wasabi Reserved Capacity Storage
Storage - Enterprise
Winner:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE Primera
Finalists:
Dell Technologies: Dell EMC PowerScale
IBM Corporation: IBM FlashSystem 9200
Infinidat Inc.: Infinidat InfiniBox
Synology: Synology SA3200D
VAST Data: Vast Data Universal Storage Version 3
Storage - Midrange
Winner:
Dell Technologies: Dell EMC PowerStore
Finalists:
Hitachi Vantara: Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform E990
IBM Corporation: IBM FlashSystem 7200
Storage - SMB
Winner:
Dell Technologies: Dell EMC PowerVault
Finalists:
IBM Corporation: IBM FlashSystem 5000 and 5100
Storage - Software-Defined
Winner:
IBM Corporation: IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks
Finalists:
DataCore Software: DataCore vFilO
Lightbits Labs: Lightbits LightOS 2.0
Tablets
Winner:
Samsung Electronics America: Samsung Tab Active Pro
Finalists:
Panasonic System Solutions Company of North America: Panasonic Toughbook FZ A3
VDI
Winner:
VMware: VMware Horizon 8
Finalists:
Nerdio: Nerdio Manager for WVD
NetApp: NetApp Virtual Desktop Service
Workspace and Collaboration Devices
Winner:
Lenovo: Lenovo ThinkSmart View
Finalists:
Dell Technologies Inc.: Dell Mobile Adapter Speakerphone - MH3021P
IGEL: IGEL UD3
Olea Kiosks, Inc.: Irvine Temperature Screening Kiosk
Editor’s Choice
Winner:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE GreenLake Central
Winner:
Samsung Electronics America: Samsung XCover Pro
