“With an impressive list of Fortune 10 and Fortune 500 customers, a 98% customer retention rate, 60% YOY revenue growth, high customer satisfaction and equally importantly, a high employee satisfaction rate, AuditBoard wins the SaaS category of the Cloud Awards this year. The design principles of API first, security by default and standards compliance make AuditBoard stand out among competitors as a clear winner. Congratulations, AuditBoard!”

Neha Patel, Judge

“We at the Cloud Awards really enjoyed LEAP’s application which was thorough, insightful and focused on an area of business that we don’t often see much from. LEAP offer an all-round legal practice productivity solution. The software is thoughtfully designed to be accessible and approachable for end users, regardless of their technical ability. We particularly liked the look of LEAP’s CRM web portal. Well done, LEAP!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“With the continued global explosion in delivery volumes and the growing problem of climate change, The Cloud Awards are well aware of the huge benefits the efficient last-mile route optimization such as BringgGreen can bring. From educating ecosystem partners to encouraging green practices from its own employees, Bringg’s focus on sustainability makes it an all-round worthy winner of this award.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“At the Cloud Awards, we were particularly impressed with Ricoh USA’s many layers of protection, security and monitoring for their cloud infrastructure. It is also telling that Ricoh not only offer cloud services to their customers but use them extensively themselves to enhance their own operational efficiency. Well done, Ricoh!”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“SnapLogic is an impressive self-service integration platform. At the Cloud Awards we were amazed with the Iris AI engine, which has the ability to make any busy developer look like a hero, massively increasing the speed and quality of integrations.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“At SingleStore it is all about speed. The speed that comes with having one single database handling all of your data, both transactional and analytical. And, at the same time. SingleStore’s technology presents a better way of handling modern data and we at the Cloud Awards were impressed with their streamlined approached. A very well done to SingleStore for this win!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“At the Cloud Awards, we see that Talend are a global leader in Data Integration and Management, and with good reason. Talend have market leading integration options, across a huge range of platforms, combined with the effective use of visual flows. These features allow users to perform adaptations with minimal (or no) code solutions, meaning it is intuitive, even to novice users. And yet Talend is powerful and configurable enough for data integration specialists alike. Talend’s overall scalability, real time data insights, data cleansing and collaboration functionality are really impressive and market leading. And Talend continue to innovate; delivering leading edge innovation without any of the “bleeding edge” pain you might expect. The Cloud Awards expect Talend to remain a market leader for many years to come.”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“Can payroll really be as easy as sending a text? It seems that with Roll by ADP, it can! The perfect solution for small businesses that need to handle payroll on the go. This mobile app is innovative and approachable. We at the Cloud Awards are really impressed. Great work, Roll!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“MinIO’s lightning-fast hybrid cloud object store is the worthy winner of this category. The Cloud Awards were impressed with the global take-up of the open-source product, which has over half a million AWS hosts, and is used by 71% of the Global 500 companies.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“Klaviyo consistently achieves what every customer wants — significant and measurable RoI. It connects entrepreneurs and business owners directly with their customers, reducing reliance on familiar “big tech” platforms. Its rapid growth and diverse user base impressed us at the Cloud Awards and Klaviyo is a worthy winner in a tough category.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“We at the Cloud Awards were very impressed by HiringSolved. HiringSolved’s deceptively simple design means the software is approachable and elegant. This software will revolutionize recruitment AI. Well done, HiringSolved.”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards recognize that CloudPay is an impressive end-to-end payroll solution, and we are delighted to give them this award. We were so impressed with the new CloudPay NOW functionality, which we think is a gamer-changer and the first we have seen of its kind at a global level. Even employees can use CloudPay NOW which is a next-generation solution for any business that has staff. Empowering employees to withdraw earned pay on-demand, and to effectively set their own pay days is remarkable and could add real value for many businesses and their staff. Employees feel more valued when they have this flexibility, and here at the Cloud Awards we love to see innovation that improves employee satisfaction!”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“At the Cloud Awards, we were impressed with CoreStack’s AI-powered cloud governance solution, which offers a well-integrated solution across FinOps, SecOps and CloudOps in a single pane of glass. That CoreStack has developed this offering in just a few short years is remarkable.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“We at the Cloud Awards were impressed not only by Veeam’s features, but its simplicity of deployments, without requiring deep expertise or complex calculations to architect infrastructure or set up features. Its value in combating ransomware in the pandemic has been significant.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“At the Cloud Awards, we were very impressed with Striim’s delivery of real time enterprise data integration into the cloud. We particularly loved that their customers experience no downtime as historic or non-cloud data is concurrently uploaded into the cloud through the use of wizards and intuitive AI. Striim’s flexible deployment models support a wide range of customers which stood out in this highly competitive category. Well done, Striim!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“As hybrid cloud deployments increase in complexity, enforcing policy across the wildly varying patchwork of cloud systems become a huge headache for organizations. At the Cloud Awards, we were very impressed with Open Policy Agent’s (OPA) ability to unify policy authorization using its own declarative language, Rego, and wish to recognize its new status as a graduated product in the  Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) landscape.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“Moogsoft impressed us at the Cloud Awards this year with their intuitive AI based solution to incident detection and downtime reduction. We felt it was their single system engagement and true root cause identification that really set them apart in this highly competitive category. Congratulations, Moogsoft!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards would like to recognize the hard work, dedication and successful collaboration between Amido, Scotland’s National Health Service-24 and Cancer Central with this award. Developed in just 24 hours and free of charge, this PoC for a chatbot reduced call volume pressure by 50% during the Covid-19 pandemic and serves as a perfect example of how cloud native technologies can improve our world. Congratulations Amido, you should be very proud of what you have achieved.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“B2B is such a competitive category but we at the Cloud Awards were delighted to become acquainted with Demandbase and their fantastic group of B2B centered products. Their comprehensive GTM suite really empowers B2B companies to drive revenue and increase retention. We were particularly excited to hear all about the launch of Demandbase One in 2020 and to see how Demandbase have continued to grow, even during the difficulties of the pandemic. Well done, Demandbase!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards are delighted to give the award for Enterprise Security Innovation of the Year to Cado Security. We think that the cloud based forensics tool from Cado Security is such an innovative idea, and we’re amazed it hasn’t been done before. Congratulations on your win, Cado Security!”

Jason Ford, Lead Judge

“We at the Cloud Awards recognize that video surveillance has been a core part of organizational security for decades. It is fantastic to see Cloudastructure using the cloud to bring video surveillance into the 21^st Century. Well done, Cloudastructure!”

Jason Ford, Lead Judge

“A one-size-fits-all approach is not part of All Covered’s ethos and this particularly impressed us this year at the Cloud Awards. All Covered take the time to assess their clients’ needs and pre-existing environment, in order to build a solution that is scalable and optimized. No easy feat when your customer base in thronging with thousands of clients. Congratulations on your win, All Covered!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards are pleased to recognize BioCatch for their impressive dedication to tackling issues of fraud prevention in banking transactions. BioCatch’s unique look at user typing speed, swipe patterns and tapping pressure takes fraud detection to the next level. BioCatch has fantastic USP and industry leading fraud detection capabilities. Companies and customers alike would see a benefit from implementing BioCatch. When fraudulent activity is reduced, businesses save time and money, and their customers remain safe and feel assured that their data is secure. Keep up the good work, BioCatch!”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“At the Cloud Awards, we think Qlik Sense has as real USP in advanced analytics. With its PMML functionality & KNIME Analytics Platform, Qlik are delivering the best kind of advanced analytics experience, from day one. We were particularly impressed with their out-of-the-box trending and predictive analytics which are based on historical data. Qlik’s Visualizations are also exceptionally good, and the interactivity and overall aesthetics of Qlik Sense wowed us. Overall Qlik sense is a real powerhouse in the world of BI and Analytics; a powerful and complete BI & Analytics solution that every business should consider.”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“Millions in investments, two acquisitions and several new products… You’d be forgiven for thinking that Lockstep are a decades-old company. But, they are not. Founded in 2020, Lockstep are moving so quickly that even we can’t keep up. We at the Clouds are particularly impressed by your fantastic customer testimonials and we think this is a really well deserved win. Welcome to cloud computing, Lockstep. We’re so excited to see what you do next and congratulations on your win!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“Talkdesk’s astounding growth in the last decade is founded on an insatiable appetite for investment in innovation, a laser-sharp focus on customer satisfaction, and its visionary approach to realizing the effectiveness of the contact center. Their ‘enterprise-class capabilities with consumer app simplicity’ approach, combined with 100% uptime SLA and much-lauded customer service, demonstrates a refreshing respect for their users which highly impressed us here at the Cloud Awards. In a hotly-contested category, Talkdesk stood out as a continuing success story over the last decade and is a truly deserving winner.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“When it comes to business continuity, it has to be about more than just data recovery. This is a highly competitive industry and Qumulo have demonstrated intuitiveness and ingenuity which gives them their edge. Qumulo offer a wide service that does more than just recover data and ensure you can get back to “normal” after a ransomware attack. Businesses using Qumulo will also benefit from monitoring and detection as part of their defense against data thieves. At the Cloud Awards, we are impressed and pleased to offer Qumulo this award. Nice work, Qumulo!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards are delighted to present Booz Allen Hamilton with the award for Cloud Development Innovation of the Year. Booz Allen’s open-source approach with their Solutions Delivery Platform has clearly fueled adaptable, ongoing innovation and collaboration, with strong market adoption that looks set to continue. An impressive entry in a heavyweight category.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“The Cloud Awards are honored to award Cloud Project of the Year to Core BTS Inc for their outstanding work in assisting Kroger Health to roll out Covid-19 vaccines to vulnerable groups throughout the USA. Because of Core BTS Inc’s highly successful scheduling app, Kroger Health were able to administer up to 300,000 daily doses of the essential vaccine, under the White House Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. A heartfelt thank you to everyone at Core BTS Inc and Kroger Health for your relentless hard work when challenged with such a grueling project schedule. Together, you have saved lives. We are delighted to recognize you with this award, well done Core BTS Inc!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“When it comes to unified communications reliability is key. Avaya offer that reliability in spades, and we at the Cloud Awards were particularly impressed by the outstanding customer testimonials for Avaya Cloud Office. Congratulations on your win, Avaya Cloud Office!”

Jason Ford, Lead Judge

“The Cloud Awards are passionate about preserving our beautiful Earth and we are always delighted to see our entrants making advances in these areas too. Bringg have correctly identified that increases in eCommerce use and home delivery services are placing an additional strain upon our planet .Bringg aim to help retailers meet net-zero pledges. Bringg wants to enable consumers to communicate their “green preferences” at check-out and, in turn, for businesses to communicate the carbon emissions saved per delivery. We really love this feature and we think this is a well-deserved win. Well done, Bringg!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“Managing IoT data is notoriously difficult due to its variety and volume but, Influx DB have cracked it! InfluxDB visually monitors sensor and application data, such as battery performance and turbine production. When analyzing data, InfluxDB uses historical data from sensors to gain insights that can be applied to the devices, allowing them to continue adapting and evolving. InfluxDB allows businesses to act on data in real time with no human interaction. We at the Cloud Awards were impressed by the scope of InfluxDB’s ability to manage IoT data and think this is a well-deserved win. Congratulations, InfluxDB.”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“Sibros’ Deep Connected Platform is the answer to the problematic software spaghetti inside every vehicle on today’s highways. The Internet of Things brings a life-or-death level of complexity to vehicular operations, and Sibros’s all-in-one approach impressed us at the Cloud Awards, with its cloud technologies that bring deep data collection and remote commands not merely to infotainment systems, but to critical vehicle safety components. Sibros is a true disruptor at a time of seismic industry change.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“The Cloud Awards are impressed to see how Geosite handle large volumes of data, taken from a growing number of satellites, drones and IoT devices. Geosite uses its impressive suite of tools to combine this data into visualization and collaboration tools for rapid and accurate decision making which benefits a wide variety of industries from search and rescue, right through to insurance underwriting. Geospatial made a thorough and impressive entry into a growing field. We are excited to see what is ahead for Geosite. Congratulations on your award!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“CoreStack is the kind of place we all want to work. Staff at CoreStack love the culture, the opportunities for growth and the flexible working practices. Happy employees are productive employees and it shows in CoreStack’s impressive product offerings. which offer a seamless learning experience with an exceptionally user-friendly interface. Well done, CoreStack, from all of us at the Cloud Awards.”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO