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Image Gallery: Channel Partners Evolution Award Winners — TPx, Pax8, AireSpring, More
A handful of hard-working companies took home awards at Channel Partners Evolution, Sept. 25-28, in Austin, Texas.
Among them were our Best in Show honors, selected by show attendees and Channel Partners’ team of editors. We doled out awards for Best New Exhibitor, Best Booth, Best Giveaway/Promotion and Best New Product/Service. The awards ceremony took place in the Evolution Hub inside the jam-packed expo hall.
Click through our gallery below to see who walked away not only with Best in Show accolades, but also Channel Influencer awards – for companies going above and beyond to get their partners to the show – and Channel Partners Choice award winners — those with influential channel-program updates, as nominated by partners.
And last but not least, see who walked away with $2,500 as our Passport Drawing winner!
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Congratulations to the team from Pax8, including Ryan Walsh (center), senior VP of partner solutions, posing with Channel Partners news editor James Anderson (far right). The cloud distributor's booth was a big hit.
Listen to Walsh talk to Channel Partners' Craig Galbraith and Kevin Morris in this podcast about some of the exciting things happening at Pax8.
Best booth honors went to TPx Communications. The company announced at the show a new Hurricane Disaster Recovery Program designed to help those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma get back up and running.
One lucky attendee walked away with a Swagtron T1 hoverboard, courtesy of ScanSource. The tech-distribution giant took home the prize for best giveaway/promotion.
Our other Best in Show winner was BroadSky Networks (not pictured). The company's FaaST Failover won for best new product/service announced at the show.
We presented Channel Influencer awards – one to a carrier or cable company, one to a master agent or distributor, and one to next-gen solution provider – for going above and beyond in bringing their partners to the conference. Winners were determined by the number of attendees who booked expo passes using dedicated codes.
AireSpring (pictured) took home the next-gen honors. AT&T and Avant were recognized in the other categories.
Channel Partners Choice Awards recognize suppliers for innovations in their channel programs. Nominations for the awards are submitted by partners.
Kudos to Intermedia, nominated by its partner, Just Call the IT Guy.
Another winner in that category was Jive Communications, nominated by BDNet Corp.
The third winner (not pictured), was Nitel, nominated by TVX Partners.
That's Priyank Parikh of Mgage, the mobile-engagement solutions provider, taking home $2,500 for winning our Passport Drawing. To be eligible, Parikh needed to collect stamps from the booths of the program's various sponsors.
