Barracuda Awards and Certifications

Barracuda is named a “Leader” in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2019. 

CRN's 2017 Tech Innovator Awards honors the vendors drawing the roadmap for the future of IT and providing cutting-edge solution providers with the tools to navigate it.

Barracuda was named Ransomware Protection Company of the Year in the 2019 Storage Awards.

CRN has named Lindsey Westbrook, Directory of Field and Channel Marketing at Barracuda, to The Power 100, an elite subset of its Women of the Channel list. The Power 100 honors women whose leadership and vision have had significant influence to move the IT channel forward.

CRN has named Karlene Simon, Field and Channel Marketing Manager at Barracuda, to its 2019 Women of the Channel list. Each leader on this annual list is recognized for her contributions to channel advocacy, channel growth and visionary leadership.

This annual guide identifies the strongest and most successful partner programs in the channel today. The 5-Star rating recognizes an elite subset of companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.

CRN recognized Barracuda in the Web, Email and Application Security category of its 2019 Security 100 list. The companies on the list have demonstrated innovation and creativity in product development as well as a strong commitment to delivering those offerings through a vibrant channel of solution providers.

CRN recognized Ezra Hookano, Vice President of Channels at Barracuda, on its 2019 Channel Chiefs list. Honorees are selected based on their professional achievements, standing in the industry, dedication to the channel partner community, and strategies for driving future growth and innovation.

Barracuda Networks was recognized for Backup Appliances and Backup Vx as the product of the year by IT Professional media publishers. The awards recognize products that, in the opinion of the editors, are the best in terms of specification, competitive advantage and value for the customer.

Barracuda’s cloud-delivered web application firewall (Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service) won the  Security – Web & Email: Technology subcategory in CRN's 2018 Products of the Year. 

Products and services named on this list represent best-in-breed technological innovation, financial opportunity for partners, and customer demand. For the third year in a row, the winners were determined through a combination of editorial selection and a survey fielded to solution providers, who are currently selling both the technology and specific vendor product, to accurately capture real-world satisfaction among partners and their customers.

Barracuda was again recognized in CRN's annual guide to cloud partner programs. CRN’s Cloud Partner Program Guide highlights companies that have evolved their partnering strategies to meet new cloud challenges.

Barracuda was recognized for Best Email Security in the 2018 Channelnomics Security Awards. Winners were selected by a panel of judges. 

Jessica Meek, Editor of Channelnomics, said “As security becomes the beginning, middle and end of everybody’s business, large or small, innovative leaders in the security space are more important now than ever before. The winners of the Channelnomics Security Awards are the leading lights in the security industry, the people who think security 24/7 so the rest of don’t have to. It is vital, therefore, that we recognize and honor their drive, passion and commitment to the industry, as without them we would all be significantly less secure”

In the ChannelPro Network 2018  Readers' Choice Awards, Barracuda was recognized as the Gold Winner for Best Email Security. Winners of the ChannelPro Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by readers of ChannelPro magazine and visitors to the magazine's website.

This year, CRN honors more than 600 women whose channel expertise and vision are deserving of recognition.

The 2018 Partner Program Guide offers the information solution providers need to evaluate IT vendors they work with or are considering working with.

CRN Channel Chiefs list is a complete look at the executives shaping today's enterprise tech channel.

CRN's annual Cloud Partner Program Guide highlighs companies with partner programs that are best positioned to boost a solution provider's business.

SC Media Reboot Leadership awards were designed and launched to showcase and acknowledge industry luminaries who are positively impacting and advancing the cybersecurity arena.

The winners of the 2017 Storage Awards, 'The Storries' XIV, were announced at a gala awards ceremony at The Grand Connaught Rooms on June 15th.

The winners of the 2017 Storage Awards, 'The Storries' XIV, were announced at a gala awards ceremony at The Grand Connaught Rooms on June 15th.

Support as well as service of products and services sold are critical components of any contract. For many organisations that seek out help from information security vendors and service providers, the assistance they get from customer service representatives is crucial to the deployment, ongoing maintenance and successful running of the technologies they’ve bought and to which they have entrusted their businesses and sensitive data.

CRN editors select the Women of the Channel honorees based on their professional accomplishments, demonstrated expertise and ongoing dedication to the IT channel.

This annual guide is the definitive listing of partner programs from technology vendors that provide products and services through the IT channel.

The companies on CRN's Security 100 list have demonstrated creativity and innovation in product development, as well as a strong commitment to delivering those offerings through a vibrant channel of solution providers.

The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organizations through channel partners.

Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named two Barracuda solutions Silver and Bronze winners at the 2017 Global Excellence Awards®:

·        Silver: Innovation in Next Generation Security for Barracuda NextGen Firewall

·        Bronze: Innovation in Cloud Security for Barracuda Essentials for Office 365

Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named four Barracuda solutions Gold winners at the 2017 Global Excellence Awards®:

·        Gold: Email Security and Management for Barracuda Essentials for Email Security

·        Gold: Social Media, Web Filtering, Content Security for Barracuda Web Security Gateway

·        Gold: Storage and Archiving for Barracuda Backup

·        Gold: Web Application Security for Barracuda Web Application Firewall

The 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors are selected by the CRN editorial team for their creativity and innovation in product development, the quality of their services and partner programs, and their demonstrated ability to help customers benefit from the ease of use, flexibility, scalability and budgetary savings that cloud computing offers.

The 2016 ChannelPro All-Stars were selected by ChannelPro-SMB’s editors based on their assessment of the year’s biggest vendor-related storylines, as well as input from a variety of outside experts and channel partners.