Channel Innovation Awards

Event Details

The Channel Innovation Awards (CIA) are an opportunity for everyone to come together to celebrate the achievements of IT solution providers in the channel — for their creation of inspired products and services that help their customers thrive.

Computer Dealer News (CDN) invites channel players from across Canada to submit nominations for 15 awards in five categories: B2B, B2C, B2Government, B2Employee and Channel Leadership.

Built on the foundation of the hugely popular Channel Elite Awards program retired in 2017, the CIA showcases the amazing work done by a broader cross-section of new technology leaders serving the channel, including MSPs, ISVs, VARs, professional services, consulting partners, born-in-the-cloud firms and a vast range of secondary sellers.

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EVENT DETAILS

When: Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Where: Universal Eventspace | 6250 Highway 7, Vaughan, ON L4H 4G3

Agenda:

Time	Item
4:00pm to 4:30pm	Workshop registration
4:30pm to 5:45pm	Workshop
5:30pm to 6:15pm	Gala registration & networking
6:15pm to 7:30pm	Awards presentation
7:30pm to 9:00pm	Networking reception & dinner

Award Categories

Some of the award categories are familiar, while others are new, focusing on emerging and evolving areas of the Channel. There will be a maximum of three nominations per company.

The deadline for nominations is July 27

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Business to Business

Best FinTech Solution
Best Security Solution
Top Data Management Solution
Best Digital Display Solution

Top Enterprise Solution (+500 employees)
Top SMB Enterprise Solution
Top Solution Supporting Business Agility

Business to Enterprise

Business to Government

Best Healthcare Solution
Best Education Solution
Top (Federal/Provincial/Municipal) Government Solution

Best /HR Solution (recruitment, retention, productivity, payroll)

Business to Employee

Business Leadership

Top Channel Marketing initiative
Solution Provider of the Year (judges choice from winning submission)
Next Generation Channel Innovator (under 3 years in business)
Disruptor of the Year
C4 Award (open exclusively to C4 Members) Top C4 submission as determined by judges)

Judging

David MacDonald, Retired President & CEO, Softchoice

All award nominations are evaluated by an independent panel of experts from within the Canadian technology scene. The selection of winning solutions is based on a variety of considerations, including innovation, design and user experience, and customer service as well as the overall technological advancement for their respective categories.

The C4 Award will be selected by judges based on the top submission in any category that is submitted by any corporate or associate member of the Canadian Channel Chiefs Council in good standing at the time of the submission.

Note: Judges reserve the right to not designate a winner in a given category if none of the submissions are seen as innovative.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Category winners will be chosen based on the following criteria:

Innovation: How original is the application of the IT solution to solving the business problem?
Improved sales or revenue: Is there evidence that the solution benefited the customer by growing sales, improving revenue, or cost reductions?
Improved efficiency: Is there evidence that the solution brought about greater efficiency?
Customer service: Is there evidence that the solution benefited the client by improving internal and/or external customer service?

Put your company in the national spotlight

CIA winners and all finalists will be recognized at CDN’s Channel Innovation Gala. Submitting solution providers will be invited to a VIP pre-event partner workshop featuring a noted industry expert. All qualified nominations will be posted on the CDN website. Winning solutions will be profiled in CDN Magazine and Direction Informatique, ITWC’s a French language publication devoted to the Quebec marketplace. Winners will also receive a digital badge for use on their websites and in social media to help gain industry-wide recognition and end-user exposure.

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