Awards Guidelines
Nomination guidelines
Please follow the below guidelines when sending in your nominations:
- All nominations must be in English
- Nomination forms should be completed in its entirety. This includes contact information for the nominee as well as the individual/company that is nominating. Incomplete forms might be disqualified
- A company can send in as many nominations as they wish across the different categories
- All nominations will have to be made in Microsoft Word formats (.doc or .docx). No other formats will be accepted
- Supporting documents for the main nomination document can be provided only in Adobe Reader formats (.pdf)
- All nominations should give precedence to fact-based information and should not hold marketing messages or branding information
- Details listed in the nominations should not be older than 18 months for purpose of consideration
Category guidelines
Vendor Categories:
- Best Partner Excellence Programme of the Year
- Networking Vendor of the Year
- Software Vendor of the Year
- Storage Vendor of the Year
- Printing Vendor of the Year
- Security Vendor of the Year
- Systems and Hardware Vendor of the Year
- Mobility Vendor of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations for the said categories must include details on the following:
- Detailed description of channel initiatives in the last 12-18 months
- Listing of solution/ product portfolio
- Description of channel programmes
- Channel expansion across the last 12-18 months (expansion and ROI)
- Details on training & certification
- Details of service and support availability (includes marketing development and credit availability)
Online Voting
- Readers’ Choice Vendor of the Year
- ONLY shortlisted nominations will be available for online voting
- Winners will be assessed based on maximum number of votes attained per nomination
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Detailed description of technology portfolio (could be a combination of different product categories as mentioned above)
- Channel growth and development initiatives over the last 12-18 months
- Service and support availability (including marketing development, credit availability, compliance assistance)
- Training & certification (specific to product categories or across entire portfolio)
Distributor Categories:
- Best Partner Excellence Programme of the Year
- Volume Distributor of the Year
- Networking Distributor of the Year
- Security Distributor of the Year
- Mobility Distributor of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations for the said categories must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Availability and distribution services
- Pre and post-sales support
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
- Market development funds and credit availability
- Channel growth (ROI, vendor listing and reseller/ retailer channel expansion in the last 12-18 months)
- Specialised Distributor of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
- Valid for distributions that focus on just one product category (for instance: peripherals or printing). Not valid for those dealing across product lines.
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Details on vendor portfolio
- Details on channel expansion and growth (ROI, vendor listing and reseller/ retailer channel expansion in the last 12-18 months)
- Availability and distribution services
- Pre and post-sales support
- Specialised training and certification initiatives (over the last 12-18 months)
- Market development funds and credit availability
- Value-Added Distributor of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Availability and distribution services
- Detailed description of value-added initiatives
- Pre and post-sales support
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
- Market development funds and credit availability
- Channel growth (ROI, vendor listing and reseller/ retailer channel expansion in the last 12-18 months)
- Emerging Distributor of the Year
- KSA Distributor of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Availability and distribution services
- Detailed description of operations and commencement date for emerging distributor category and detailed activities in KSA for KSA distributor of the year.
- Pre and post-sales support
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
- Market development funds and credit availability
- Channel growth in KSA (ROI, vendor listing and reseller/ retailer channel expansion in the last 12-18 months)
Online Voting
- Reader’s Choice Distributor of the Year
- ONLY shortlisted nominations will be available for online voting
- Winners will be assessed based on maximum number of votes attained per nomination
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Availability and distribution services
- Pre and post-sales support
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
- Market development funds and credit availability
- Channel growth (ROI, vendor listing and reseller/ retailer channel expansion in the last 12-18 months)
Reseller Categories:
- Super Retailer of the Year
- System Integrator of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations for the said categories must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Ability to deliver real benefits to the end user/ customer (present business cases, client testimonials)
- Ability to meet client objectives in terms of ROI and investment protection (client testimonials)
- Details on end user support & services (technical assistance, maintenance, delivery etc)
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
- Geographical reach and coverage (expansion over the last 12-18 months, current area of operations)
- Enterprise Reseller of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
- Open to those Resellers that cater to large enterprises with over 500 IT users.
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Ability to deliver real benefits to the end user/ customer (present business cases, client testimonials)
- Ability to meet client objectives in terms of ROI and investment protection (client testimonials)
- Details on end user support & services (technical assistance, maintenance, delivery etc)
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
- SMB/Consumer Reseller of the Year
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
- Open to those Resellers that cater to individuals or organisations with up to 500 IT users
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Details on product focus / vendor portfolio
- Ability to deliver real benefits to the end user/ customer (present business cases, client testimonials)
- Ability to meet client objectives in terms of ROI and investment protection (client testimonials)
- Details on end user support & services (technical assistance, maintenance, delivery etc)
- Training & certification initiatives (across product categories or entire portfolio over the last 12-18 months)
Editor’s Choice:
- Best Growth Initiative by a Vendor
- All nominations will evaluated by RME’s editors.
- Editors may verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Detailed description of channel initiatives in last 12-18 months
- Listing of solution/ product portfolio
- Description of channel width and breadth
- Channel growth across the last 12-18 months (expansion and ROI)
- Details on training & certification
- Details of service and support availability (includes marketing development and credit availability)
- Woman Executive of the year
- All nominations will be evaluated by RME’s editors.
- Editors may verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has been nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
- The category is open to channel-facing female representatives across vendors, distributors, SIs and resellers
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Detailed description of role within current organisation
- Details on career climb years in current organisation and roles at previous organisation
- Description of innovation or leadership initiatives for channel development and organisational growth
- Details of core competencies and acquired skills
- Partner champion of the year
- All nominations will evaluated by RME’s editors.
- Editors may verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
- Nominations are open to channel-facing representatives dealing with day-to-day operations of the channel across vendors, distributors, SIs and resellers (for instance, channel managers, channel development managers etc)
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Detailed description of role within current organisation
- Roles at previous organisations
- Description of innovation or leadership initiatives for channel development and organisational growth
- Details of core competencies and acquired skills
Personality Category:
- Outstanding Executive of the Year- IT channel
- All nominations will be sent to the judging panel.
- RME and/or the judges might verify the information provided in the nomination form by calling the nominee or the individual/company that has nominated
- In case of any disputes, the decision taken by RME’s Editors will be considered final
- Nominations are open to senior executives across distributors, SIs and resellers
Nominations must include details on the following:
- Detailed description of role within current organisation
- Details on career climb years in current organisation and roles at previous organisation (years in the channel and experience acquired)
- Description of innovation or leadership initiatives for channel development and organisational growth
- Details of core competencies and acquired skills