Johannesburg, 25 Nov 2011
Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, has been named 2011 Security Vendor of the Year at the prestigious CRN Channel Awards, held in the UK this week.
The CRN Security Vendor of the Year award recognises the overall contribution that Mimecast is making to business development in the channel, in terms of its security product range and development, channel and marketing programmes, and service and support.
Nessa Lynchehaun, UK Channel Director at Mimecast, said: “To be named Security Vendor of the Year is a fantastic achievement for the whole Mimecast team and great recognition of the progress we have made in the past 12-18 months. At Mimecast, we have never shied away from taking on the big players. We have always known that our technology is good enough to compete with anyone, but our image as the 'new kid on the block' has taken a little while to shift.”
Grant Hodgkinson, director of business at Mimecast South Africa, adds: “We are delighted to receive this accolade as it reaffirms Mimecast's commitment to delivering an effective, secure and always-on e-mail management service to our clients and partner network.”
A number of Mimecast partners also took home an award on what was a great night for the Mimecast channel. Bytes was named Enterprise Reseller of the Year, Trustmarque won Services Provider of the Year, Microsoft was named Software Vendor of the Year, and Softcat took home both the Channel Personality of the Year and Reseller of the Year awards.
Mimecast's win continues a successful 2011 for the cloud vendor, with the company ranked 16th in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, seventh in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, shortlisted for three KnowList Awards (Service Excellence, Account Manager of the Year, and Microsoft-based Solution of the Year), nominated in the Digital Innovator category at the Growing Business Award and for Supplier of the Year at the British Legal Awards, as well as being given an MSExchange Gold Award for Unified Email Management.
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