South African IT resellers have cast their votes and selected their favourite vendors in the 2023 Channelwise Awards.
Resellers cast their votes online in the Channelwise Awards survey, with about 2 200 taking the opportunity to make their voices heard.
The results are as follows:
Physical Data Centre Infrastructure
- Servers: Dell, HPE, Lenovo
- Storage: Dell, HPE, Lenovo
- Backup: Veeam, Dell, Seagate
- Racks and cabinets: APC, HPE and Lenovo
- Data centre infrastructure management: Microsoft System Centre, Lenovo XClarity, Patch Manager
Virtual Infrastructure
- Servers: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud
- Storage: Microsoft Azure, VMware, Veeam
- Software as a service: Microsoft 365, Adobe, Google Workspace
End User Devices
- Personal computers: Dell, Lenovo, HP Inc
- Workstations: Dell, Lenovo, HP Inc
- Thin clients: Dell, Lenovo, HP Inc
- Notebooks: Dell, Lenovo, HP Inc
- Gaming PCs: Alienware/Dell, ASUS, MSI
- Gaming notebooks: Alienware/Dell, ASUS, Legion/Lenovo
- Tablets: Samsung, Apple, Lenovo
Components and Accessories
- Headphones: Logitech, JBL, Jabra
- Keyboard, mouse, joystick, VR headphones: Logitech, Redragon, Dell
- CPU and GPU: Intel, Nvidia, AMD
- Memory: Crucial, Kingston, Transcend
- Disk drive: Crucial, Samsung, Seagate, Kingston
- Webcams: Logitech, Microsoft, WINX
- Cameras/surveillance: HikVision, Dahua, Xiaomi
- Bags and sleeves: Targus, Dell, Port
Printers and Peripherals
- Laser printers and MFPS: HP, Brother, Canon
- Inkjet printers and MFPs: HP, Brother, Canon
- Projectors: Epson, Acer, Dell
- Monitors: Dell, Samsung, LG
- Scanners: Canon, Epson, HP Inc
Connectivity
- Switches: TP-Link, Ubiquiti, Cisco, Microtik, D-Link
- Routers: Microtik, Ubiquiti, D-Link, Huawei
- WiFi: Ubiquiti, TP-Link
- Structured cabling: Molex, Nvidia Networking, Zone by Datanet
- Mobile data – Vodacom, MTN, Telkom
Sustainability/power solutions
- Inverters: Mecer, SunSynk, RCT
- Solar panels: Gizzu, Canadian Solar, JA Solar
- UPSs: Gizzu, Mecer, APC, Ecoflow, RCT, Eaton
- All-in-one power solutions: Gizzu, Ecoflow, Mecer
- Generators: Gizzu, Ryobi, Bosch, Ecoflow
- Batteries: Gizzu Dyness
Software and services
- Automation (including RPA): Docuware, HubSpot, Blue Prism
- Virtualisation: VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Veeam
- Data management: Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP): Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP
- Customer relationship management (CRM): Microsoft CRM, Sage, Salesforce, SAP
- Accounting: Sage, Quickbooks
- Payroll: Sage, Quickbooks
Security
- End-point security: Kaspersky, Fortinet, BitDefender, ESET
- Network security: Fortinet, VMware, Cisco
- Cloud security: Microsoft, Fortinet
- Mobile security: Kaspersky, BitDefender, Fortinet, ESET, Sophos
- IoT security: HikVision, Cisco, Axis, Xiaomi
- Application security: Mimecast, Trend Micro
- Managed security: Fortinet, Cisco, Sophos, SolarWinds