The awards , also sponsored by Fortinet , AmiViz , HP , Proofpoint and HPE Aruba Networking , featured six categories that celebrated the achievements of organisations across industry verticals . Around 150 nominations were submitted for the awards and were reviewed and scored by an independent jury panel to ultimately select the winners .

In this month ’ s cover feature we present the $ 4 billion , global value-added distributor , Westcon-Comstor . The organic growth of value-added distributors is usually single digit and sometimes sluggish . Alternatively , IT distributors have relied on inorganic reetings to the global readers of Intelligent growth and acquisitions , high degree of Tech Channels . innovation , superlative loyalty programme The achievements of Middle Eastern or solution stack specialisation . organisations and individuals who are

Against a challenging macroeconomic digitally innovating were recognised during backdrop , Westcon-Comstor has the Intelligent ICT Awards in October . consistently achieved strong organic Regional innovators were celebrated and growth in recent years . This includes yearon-year increases in total revenue of 18 % in honoured at the event . The event , held in collaboration with FY23 and 8 % in FY24 . headline sponsor Ooredoo Business , Westcon-Comstor had , and continues took place at Lock , Stock & Barrell , to have , a very clear focus and vision for Renaissance by Marriott Business Bay , the business and where we want to be in and showcased IT success stories from one year , two years and five years , explains across the region , recognising CIOs , CISOs , Callum McGregor at Westcon-Comstor . This

shared vision gives everyone in the business a sense of collective purpose and has helped to avoid distractions and diversions .

Turn these pages to read more about the opportunities and challenges for channel partners in global and regional markets .

The role of channel partners and service providers in securing OT environments will increase as the environments become more complex and the lines between IT and OT increasingly blurred . Companies in OT-heavy industries often need outside help in tackling security challenges . The crosscompany collaboration required to achieve this can help to address long standing disagreements . Executives from Fortinet , Check Point Software , Barracuda share their perspectives .

As we move out of the summer months into the season of business and technology events , we wish you the best of success in months ahead .

Arun Shankar Managing Editor arun @ lynchpinmedia . com

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