The renowned specialist trade magazine IT-BUSINESS honored the best distributors in Germany with the "Distri-Award 2013/2014". The winners were selected by IT-BUSINESS readers in a comprehensive online survey conducted in collaboration with IDC between July and September 2013.
Distributors were evaluated in the categories of broadliner/full-range distributor, specialty distribution and value-added distribution. Participants also voted on who offers the best product range and the best services in the areas of servers & storage, virtualization & cloud computing, security & networks, components & peripherals, software & applications, unified & mobile communications and PCs & notebooks.
And these are the winners of the IT-BUSINESS reader survey:
Broadliner/Full-range supplier category
Platinum Award "Most Preferred": ALSO Deutschland GmbH
Platinum Award "Most Important": Ingram Micro Distribution GmbH
Gold Award: Tech Data GmbH & Co. OHG
Category Special Distributors
Platinum Award: WORTMANN AG
Gold Award: Allnet GmbH
Gold Award: Siewert & Kau Computertechnik GmbH
Gold Award: Systeam GmbH
Category Value-Added-Distribution
Platinum Award: ADN Advanced Digital Network Distribution GmbH
Server and Storage category
Platinum Award: Bytec Bodry Technology GmbH
Gold Award: TIM AG
Category Virtualization & Cloud Computing
Platinum Award: acmeo cloud distribution
Gold Award: Avnet Technology Solutions GmbH
Category IT-Security & Networks
Platinum Award: Infinigate Deutschland GmbH
Gold Award: ectacom GmbH
Gold Award: Exclusive Networks Deutschland GmbH
Gold Award: Wick Hill Kommunikationstechnik GmbH
Category Components & Peripherals
Platinum Award: api Computerhandels GmbH
Gold Award: Fröhlich + Walter GmbH
Gold Award: Wave Computersysteme und Softwaredistribution GmbH
Category Unified & Mobile Communications
Platinum Award: KOMSA KOMMUNIKATION SACHSEN AG
Gold Award: Westcon Group European Operations Ltd. Germany
Category Software & Applications
Platinum Award: Arrow ECS GmbH
Category Desktop PCs & Notebooks
Platinum Award: bluechip Computer AG
Gold Award: TAROX AG
Further information on the 2013 readers' choice will soon be available at www.it-business.de/leserwahl.
Vogel IT-Medien, Augsburg, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vogel Business Media, Würzburg. Since 1991, the publishing house has been publishing specialist media for decision-makers who are professionally involved in the production, procurement or use of information technology. In addition to print and online media, it also offers a broad portfolio of events. The publisher's most important publications are IT-BUSINESS, eGovernment Computing, IP-Insider.de, Security-Insider.de, Storage-Insider.de, DataCenter-Insider.de, SearchSoftware.de and CloudComputing-Insider.de.
