“The Cloud Awards are delighted to recognize Stack Overflow for Teams, in this highly competitive category. Scores of companies have integrated Stack Overflow for Teams with their communication and chat ops tools to make finding information easier. We were impressed to see how Stack Overflow for Teams solves the pain point of searching for and preserving specific knowledge. Congratulations, Stack Overflow for Teams!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“We are delighted to award Pipedrive best Software as a Service in recognition of their outstanding all-purpose CRM. With Pipedrive, you get access to the features you need and don’t need an IT degree to figure them out. Congratulations from everyone at The Cloud Awards.”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“At the Cloud Awards, we recognize that Uberflip is different from other CEPs because it truly supports the entire buyer journey with depth and breadth. We were particularly impressed with how Uberflip unify sales and marketing, facilitating the quick sharing and consistent use of content that is relevant to buyers. Congratulations on your award, Uberflip!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“We were impressed to see something different in Bare Metal Servers for VPC. We liked to see how, unlike with traditional SaaS offerings, Bare Metal Servers for VPC is tightly bound to the underlying hardware it is delivered on, and IBM has strong, established processes that offer the latest solutions from all hardware partners. Over 8 months since the initial release Bare Metal Servers for VPC have introduced 8 new hardware configurations, support for 5 major operating systems, and have operationalized 1000 servers across the 8 global data centers! Remarkable and a well-deserved win. Congratulations from everyone at The Cloud Awards.”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“At The Cloud Awards, we recognize that modern businesses run on a complex web of processes that can be impossibly hard to understand. Celonis’ cloud-based approach of using data, intelligence, and automated actions to find and fix inefficiencies in these processes really wowed the judges. Well done, Celonis!”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“The Cloud Awards are impressed to see how Egnyte has grown into much more than simply a cloud-based file sharing and content management platform. The team at Egnyte acknowledged the shift in growing concerns around data privacy, security, and compliance. Businesses are turning their attention to how they keep their content secure. Egnyte have been responsive to this and evolved into a unified cloud content security and governance platform that helps companies to manage and secure their content all in one solution. Congratulations, Egnyte!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The buzz around Qumulo is growing with every passing year. We see Qumulo repeatedly challenging the major competitors in the Cloud Data Management Solution sector here at The Cloud Awards we are always so impressed with their offering. In particular, we loved the ease and simplicity of the installation and the great customer service feedback. The overall cost vs performance of the product makes Qumulo an ideal solution for any business, of any size. Qumulo is a comprehensive Cloud Data Management Solution that is modern, simple to use, and scalable. Well done, Qumulo!”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“ITC Infotech wowed The Cloud Awards judges with the initial results of its mobile app for agriculture. Its ‘ITCMAARS’ app (that stands for ‘Meta market for Advanced Agriculture and Rural Services’) promises to be a Sonic Screwdriver for farmers in India. The judges were impressed with ITC Infotech’s robust consideration of client limitations, from legacy hardware to poor network coverage. It’s achieving real-world results, with significant reported gains in farmers’ productivity and income. Well done ITC Infotech!”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“The Cloud Award judges would like to commend Ellucian for their flexible and step-by-step approach to helping higher education establishments on their cloud journey, as they migrate, at their own pace, from on-prem to hybrid cloud or even to fully SaaS.”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“The Cloud Awards judges were impressed to see that Databook understand that buying behavior is changing. Buyers are looking for value and substantial immediate business impact. Databook enables its users to change and adapt their sales approach accordingly with minimal effort through its relevant business information feeds. We were really impressed by your submission, Databook. Congratulations on your award.”

Matthew Gregory, Lead Judge

“BambooHR’s cloud-based platform serves over 30,000 customers and is an intuitive, affordable way for companies to track and manage essential employee information in a personalized Human Resources Information System (HRIS). BambooHR was designed to provide an automated, streamlined experience for its users, and the judges at The Cloud Awards were delighted to see Bamboo HR realize this concept. We were particularly impressed with the outstanding feedback Bamboo HR have received from their partner, Okta. Well done, Bamboo HR!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“CloudPay is a leading next-generation payroll system that is simple, efficient, and scalable. For adopters of the service, CloudPay, unlike other, more antiquated pay-day solutions, provides real-time access to earnings, which can increase employee satisfaction and reduce staff turnover. The judges at The Cloud Awards couldn’t find anything not to love about CloudPay! Keep up the good work and congratulations from The Cloud Awards!”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“BigPanda is a truly cloud-native product which really impressed us here at The Cloud Awards with its thoughtful streamlined incident management. With so many great features such as automatic triage, ticketing, and notifications as well as connections to reliable workflow automations, for a whole-lifecycle solution. BigPanda drives faster solutions; it gives time back which was once spent on manual tasks. Well done, to the team at BigPanda. A well-deserved win!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards Judges were most impressed to see that Apptio Cloudability eliminates the need for manual cost management. Cloudability ingests cloud bill data and intelligently organizes it, automatically tagging costs by business unit, product, or application for simplified allocation. It produces easy-to-use dashboards that can be shared and monitored across the business. We loved to see Cloudability Leveraging machine learning to make automated recommendations which mitigate waste. Well done, Cloudability!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“We are delighted to give this award to Techwave in recognition of their outstanding and demonstrable achievements in Cloud Migration and Systems Integration. We were impressed to learn, from the examples given, how Techwave takes challenges posed by their customer and explores possible solutions from all perspectives. Techwave acknowledge the impact that any solution may have on existing business processes and aim to consistently deliver solutions which do not impact operations. We were particularly interested in how Techwave ensure minimal downtime without interruptions to their customer’s business processes. Well done, Techwave from everyone at The Cloud Awards!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“As energy management solutions go, Landis+Gyr is something of a global leader, with 125 years experience and thousands of satisfied customers. Some impressive credentials! Workspot is the only Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that delivers Cloud PCs and cloud workstations across multiple clouds and cloud regions. The superb IT team at Workspot can monitor and manage the global, multi-cloud Cloud PC implementation from a single administrator console – an industry innovation that wowed our judges here at The Cloud Awards. Congratulations, Workspot from Landis+Gyr!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“Speed is critical when it comes to technology and Imply Polaris lets you start building analytics applications in as little as five minutes. Users get all the benefits of best-in-class speed, scale, and agility on a fully managed cloud database as a service, designed by the open-source project’s original creators. Imply Polaris is an exciting Open-Source solution in a highly competitive field. Well done, Imply Polaris, from everyone at The Cloud Awards.”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards judges were very impressed to see that AI Studio differs from similar solutions in that it is able to communicate in natural language, and doesn’t require users to formulate their questions in a specific way, use certain keywords, or choose from a set of options. AI Studio’s low code/no code conversation designer also differs from similar solutions in that it empowers developers and non-developers alike to design, create and deploy virtual agents that operate in natural language. Congratulations on your win, Vonage AI Studio!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“Cloudastructure’s security monitoring system is a fantastic example of what a cloud-native project can achieve. The ability to live-monitor video feeds, alerting the perpetrator and achieving a 93% deterrence rate and 95% apprehension rate for that remaining 7%, using cloud-based AI, is a phenomenal result. Cloudastructure have really impressed the judges at The Cloud Awards this year. Congratulations on your win!”

Richard Geary, Lead Judge

“MasterControl’s submission showed The Cloud Awards Judges an impressive ability to scale their approach to customer strategy irrespective of business size. All the while, MasterControl are listening and responding sensitively to their customer’s preferences. We most loved learning about the migration from their on-premises system to their cloud-based SaaS solution and how MasterControl identified and managed risk. Their customer retention rate of 93% during this shift demonstrates that MasterControl’s approach to customer strategy has paid off, and cemented long-term benefits for their customers. Great work, MasterControl!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“At The Cloud Awards, we think an average mean-time-to-detection (MTTD) of under a minute is impressive on one application, but across multiple SaaS products… it’s a game changer! Big congratulations to the whole team at Dig Security for their Dig Data Security Platform.”

Jason Ford, Lead Judge

“The Cloud Awards judging team is always impressed with the use of the cloud to improve physical security. The all-in-one functionality of Cloudastructure is a must-have solution for any small business managing commercial property. Congratulations to the Cloudastructure team for a fantastic win in such a competitive category!”

Jason Ford, Lead Judge

“From early-stage start-ups to large enterprises, healthcare organizations have turned to ClearDATA for guidance at every stage of their cloud journeys. Whether planning a new application, balancing a complex multi-cloud strategy, or scaling a mature cloud operation, the company has helped them efficiently drive secure, compliant innovation to transform healthcare. The Cloud Awards were very impressed with the scope of ClearDATA and the superb customer satisfaction that their application demonstrated. Well done, ClearDATA!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“Recurly are a well-established Cloud Payment, Finance, and Billing Solution… and they are very good at what they do! What they do is deliver industry-leading recurrent billing solutions, suitable for a business of any size. The solution is simple to use, very reliable, and packs a punch with great analytics! At The Cloud Awards, we think any business with a need for a subscription-based billing model should consider Recurly. Congratulations, Recurly!”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“Domo Data Apps deliver an impressive and comprehensive solution to business that requires multi-source data drive solutions. The range of connectors and use of low-to-no code solutions in providing smart insights and analytics really impressed the judging team at The Cloud Awards. Not to mention the fantastic in-service storage offering included within the service. Domo Data Apps is a serious contender in this highly competitive field. A huge congratulations on your prestigious Cloud Award!”

Christopher Southall, Lead Judge

“The judging team at The Cloud Awards were really impressed with the way Logik.io have tackled a very complex area of CQP and created a product that is seamlessly powerful, elegant in style, and still surprisingly simple to use. Logik.io have demonstrated through careful design that they are incredibly responsive to their market and customer base. And did we mention customizable? A superb feature which we really loved. Well done to the entire team at Logik.io!”

David Newton, Judge

“The Cloud Awards judges were incredibly impressed with Shlomit’s leadership and expertise. Shlomit and her team have successfully applied complex learnings in cognitive and behavioral analysis to innovate in the field of potentially harmful workplace communications. Since this leads to safer office and home-working environments, there is nothing not to like about her ground-breaking work!”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“Traditional data protection offerings from backup vendors that rely on a centralized approach to file scanning cannot respond quickly enough to ransomware with their second copy architecture. With Nasuni’s Rapid Ransomware Recovery, the time needed to recover from a ransomware attack is drastically reduced, and the new Ransomware Protection service enables organisations to speed up their cyber-attack response further. We at The Cloud Awards loved Nasuni’s submission and we are so delighted to give them this prestigious award!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“PavedCloud by DBS is unique in integrating cloud security enforcement, infrastructure automation, compliance detection, and guardrails to provide end-to-end coverage from threat prevention all the way through to detection. Their application really impressed The Cloud Awards judges. Congratulations to the entire team at Evolve PavedCloud at DBS!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“ClearScale’s work with PBS, from their approach to smart content recommendations to their clear attention to customer requirements, demonstrates the importance of the human touch with at times ‘far-removed’ cloud technologies. The Cloud Awards team was impressed with ClearScale’s results, and we hope they can continue to build on this success: congratulations on a well-deserved win.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“At The Cloud Awards, we were particularly impressed by LineLeader’s seamless integration of voicemail into a CRM system. It is a unique functionality and an excellent, thoughtful, and much-needed innovation in childcare management. Congratulations on your win, LineLeader by Childcare CRM.”

Jason Ford, Lead Judge

“At The Cloud Awards, we think “green talk” is cheap and that what our planet needs is action. We are delighted to recognize Stormforge for their advancements in the environmental use of the cloud. Most remarkable about StormForge is the development of a machine learning algorithm that can effectively find the optimal configuration for cloud-native applications, ensuring cloud waste is minimized while still ensuring performance at levels that meet user expectations. This was a competitive category with some really impressive solutions and StormForge have a very well-deserved win. Great work, Stormforge!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“The Cloud Awards judges were impressed with WANdisco’s expertise in shifting literally exabytes of data, leveraging their decades of experience for seamless edge-to-cloud data transfer. Only with such masterful handling of data can IoT environments be harnessed: WANdisco is taking the lead. Congratulations on a deserved win.”

James Williams, The Cloud Awards CEO

“Here at The Cloud Awards, we love that HyperCloud from SoftIron is so scalable and so simple to implement. HyperCloud removes the need for complex system integration and thus the need for diverse (and scarce) specialists across a range of technology disciplines. HyperCloud can be designed and deployed by IT generalists, starting in as little as half a day and half a rack. Congratulations, HyperCloud!”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO

“We at The Cloud Awards know that Tackle.io is a great place to work. They put their employees at the heart of everything they do. With regular “pulse meetings” and superb managerial feedback loops in place, employees report that they genuinely feel looked after. And the proof is in the pudding; high staff retentions and fantastic employee satisfaction mean that Tackle.io have the kind of engaged workforce that give them an operational advantage. Congratulations, Tackle.io! (We’d love an invite to your office holiday party!)”

Annabelle Whittall, The Cloud Awards COO