Northern Micro ranked in CDN’s Top 100 Solution Providers, 2020.

Northern Micro ranked in CDN’s Top 100 Solution Providers, 2020.

April 30th 2020 – OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA

Northern Micro has been ranked 16th on the Channel Daily News (CDN) Top 100 Solution Providers list released today, the 13th consecutive year achieving a standing on the list. Each year, CDN creates a detailed snapshot of Canada’s leading IT solution providers. Again, this year, Northern Micro has been ranked among Canada’s top 20 solution providers, who make up 76% of the total annual revenue.

New this year, the Top 100 Recognition Event went digital and made additions to its awards program that reflect the evolution of the channel ecosystem. The 2020 edition of the Top 100 Solution Providers program included awards that go beyond revenue to recognize vendor value and showcase the top solution providers that have helped customers succeed.

The annual ranking is produced by Channel Daily News (CDN) with verification provided by IT business intelligence and analysis leader IDC Canada. The rankings are based on 2019 revenue submitted by Canada’s leading channel players.

"Again, this year, Northern Micro has been ranked among Canada’s top 20 solution providers, who make up 76% of the total annual revenue."

CDW Canada, a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government, education, and healthcare, topped the list. IT services giant Softchoice, took the second spot. Both companies reported revenue in excess of $1 billion. Insight Canada, on the strength of its 2019 acquisition of PCM inc., jumped into the 3rd spot from 7th position last year.

Fourth and fifth spots were claimed by Compugen and Compucom, respectively, both of whom have been prominent on the Top 100 list for years. The full ranking can be found here.

The 2020 gala was the first-ever virtual event. Using the CDN-TV platform, attendees were able to not only watch live and prerecorded gala segments but also meet with peers and event sponsors in virtual meeting rooms.

Several other companies were recognized during the gala:

Newcomer of the Year award: Benchmark Corp.

Fastest Riser award: (tie) SoftwareONE Canada, ProServeIT

Customer Sucess Award: Annex Consulting Group

Ingram Micro’s Vendor Value Award: Cisco

This year’s Top 100 gala was sponsored by Ingram Micro, Dell Technologies, HP, Jabra, Samsung, and VMware.

Steve Proctor

IT World Canada (ITWC)

(416) 578 5014