Storage Innovation of the Year
Winner: SuperMicro — A+ Servers – AMD EPYC
Runner up: Infinidat - Infinibox SSA
One to Watch – Vendor
Winner: SoftIron
Runner up: Hitachi Vantara
One to Watch – Channel
Winner: Virtual Effect
Runner up: Spinnakar
Storage Marketing team of the Year
Winner: SuperMicro
Runner up: IBM
Contribution to the Storage Industry
Winner: Nexstor — Rob Townsend
Runner up: Phil Dick, Epaton
Channel Excellence Award
Winner: Datacore — John Lucey
Runner up: Pam Napier, Veeam
Ransomware Protection Company of the Year
Winner: Veritas
Runner up: Veeam
Cloud Backup Company of the Year
Winner: Altaro
Runner up: Arcserve
Data Protection Company of the Year
Winner: Barracuda
Runner up: Veritas
Enterprise Backup Hardware Vendor of the Year
Winner: Exagrid
Runner up: StorageCraft
Storage Innovators of the Year
Winner: Arcserve
Runner up: IBM
Data Management & Monitoring Vendor of the Year
Winner: Park Place Technologies
Runner up: IBM
Object Storage Vendor of the Year
Winner: DataCore
Runner up: Object Matrix
Hyper-convergence Vendor of the Year
Winner: StorMagic
Runner up: Boston
Hybrid Storage Vendor of the Year
Winner: Boston
Runner up: Seagate
"As a Service" Platform of the Year
Winner: StorageCraft by Arcserve DRaas (Disaster Recovery as a service)
Runner up: Nexstor
Flash/SSD Storage Vendor of the Year
Winner: Pure Storage
Runner up: IBM
Performance Storage Vendor of the Year
Winner: Accelstor
Runner up: Pure Storage
Cloud Enabler of the Year
Winner: Barracuda
Runner up: IBM
Software Defined Storage (SDS) Vendor of the Year
Winner: Object Matrix
Runner up: Veritas
Storage Optimisation Company of the Year
Winner: Pure Storage
Runner up: Exagrid
Capacity Storage Vendor of the Year
Winner: IBM
Runner up: Supermicro
Immutable Storage Company of the Year
Winner: Exagrid
Runner up: Wasabi
Channel Partner Program of the Year
Winner: Seagate — Insider
Runner up: Stormagic — Channel Program
Multi-Vendor Service Provider of the Year
Winner: CDS
Runner up: Park Place Technologies
Security Storage Reseller of the Year
Winner: NGS
Runner up: Qual
Specialist Storage Reseller of the Year
Winner: Epaton
Runner up: Q Associates
Corporate Storage Reseller of the Year
Winner: Q Associates
Runner up: Insight
Storage Distributor of the Year
Winner: Titan Data Solutions
Runner up: CMS Distribution
Editor's Choice – Product
Winner: Veritas — Backup Exec
Runner up: DataCore — Swarm
Editor's Choice – Company
Winner: Boston
Runner up: DataCore
Cloud Product of the Year
Winner: IBM — Cloud Backup
Runner up: Veeam
Storage Product of the Year
Winner: Seagate — Nytro X 2U24
Runner up: Exagrid — EX Series
Cloud Company of the Year
Winner: IBM
Runner up: Veeam
Storage Company of the Year
Winner: Veeam
Runner up: IBM & Pure Storage
Recognition of Service to the Storage Industry Award
Winner:Posthumously Awarded to Russell Nolan