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IT Pioneers celebrated at the Future Enterprise Awards 2021

CPI Media Group, a prestigious publishing houses located in the UAE, hosted their annual Future Enterprise Awards last night at the fabulous Ritz-Carlton Hotel DIFC.

The awards which were held on Day 1 of GITEX – had the objective of paying homage to the companies and individuals from the IT ecosystem in the Middle East that have demonstrated phenomenal excellence in the field of IT and technology.

Together we celebrated the enterprises and IT leaders that pioneered groundbreaking new solutions, leveraged disruptive technologies to transform the business operations of their customers – and helped cultivate an environment which has allowed innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship to flourish.

Kausar Syed, Group Sales Director at CPI Media Group praised the role played by IT in terms of empowering a better future for us all.

“Tonight, we celebrate the titans of the IT and technology industry, who have demonstrated no fear in their mission to leverage technology to transform how we live, work and learn. The new digital economy is fuelled by experiences and these experiences are being driven by the leaders we are celebrating tonight. It is a great honour for us to host these awards and pay homage to those responsible for creating a better society for use all”, said Syed.

The full list of winners are as follows:

Vendor and Security Partner Award Categories 

Winner 

1 

Disruptive Technology Vendor of the Year 

InfraX  

2 

Best Enterprise Security Vendor of the Year 

Micro Focus 

3 

Best DLP Vendor of the Year  

Safetica an ESET Technology Alliance Partner 

4 

Most Innovative Cloud Solution Provider of the Year  

Rackspace Technology  

5 

ICT Transformation Leader of the Year 

Huawei Middle East  

6 

Green IT Vendor of the Year 

Moro Hub  

7 

Cloud Access Management Vendor of the Year 

Thales 

8 

Experience Platform of the Year  

Avaya OneCloud 

9 

Digital Transformation Vendor of the Year 

Kissflow Workflow 

10 

Cloud Vendor of the Year 

Nutanix 

11 

Best ITOM Solution Provider of the Year  

SolarWinds 

12 

Best Complete Data Protection Provider of the Year 

Commvault 

13 

Email Security Vendor of the Year  

Barracuda Networks  

14 

Collaboration Vendor of the Year  

BARCO 

15 

Best Automation Platform of the Year  

Automation Anywhere 

16 

Innovation Vendor of the Year 

2CRSi 

17 

Outstanding Excellence in Managed Services 

Help AG 

18 

Hardware Vendor of the Year 

LENOVO Middle East  

19 

Best Enterprise Value Added Distributor of the Year 

Westcon-Comstor   

20 

Cyber Security Distributor of the Year  

Redington Gulf  

21 

Systems Integrator of the Year 

Emitac Enterprise Solutions 

22 

Fastest Growing Digital Experiences Provider of the Year  

DigitalX 

23 

Cloud Transformation Partner of the Year  

Almoayyed Computers Middle East 

24 

Best Digital Solutions Provider of the Year 

Raqmiyat 

25 

Enterprise Critical Infrastructure Security Solution Provider of the Year 

EMT Distribution 

26 

Best Implementation of IoT in Enterprise Infrastructure 

Bluewaters Island  

27 

Best Digital Customer Experience Initiative   

Ministry of State for Communications and Information Technology

28 

Best Use Of AI In Customer Experience (EMEA) 

Nuuday  

29 

Cloud Go-To-Market Initiative of the Year 

Batelco 

30 

Best use of Wi-Fi in Tourism Industry 

Al Seef  

31 

Best Video Collaboration Solution in Higher Education 

Middlesex University Dubai  

32 

Best AI Chatbot in Education  

His Highness Shk Nasser Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Centre

33 

Best Data Recovery Solution in Manufacturing  

Bin Dasmal Group  

34 

Best Innovation in Customer Experience 

Gulf Bank  

35 

Best Offensive Security Solution in Banking  

United Arab Bank  

36 

Best CRM Platform in Financial Services  

National Takaful Company (Watania) P.J.S.C. 

37 

Best Online Currency Exchange Provider of the Year 

Bahrain Financing Company  

38 

Healthcare Project of the Year (UAE) 

Mediclinic  

39 

Healthcare Project of the Year (KSA) 

Makkah Healthcare Cluster 

 

Company Name 

Category 

First Name 

40 

Avaya  

CMO of the Year  

Simon  Harrison (VP and CMO) 

41 

Huawei Middle East 

Visionary Technology Leader of the Year  

Omar Akar (VP& MD) 

42 

BARCO 

Technology Star of the Year  

Erdem Soyal (Vice President Middle East and Africa) 

43 

Help AG 

Outstanding Contribution in the Technology Industry 

Stephan Berner (CEO) 

44 

DMCC 

CIO of the Year 

Abdalla Al Ali (IT Director) 

45 

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank  

CISO of the Year 

Illyas Kooliyankal (Group Chief Information Security Officer) 

46 

Digital Barza Initiative 

Technology Personality Award 

Dr. Mohammad Khaled 

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