Lancaster – 3/5/2016
On 2nd May 2016 Lancaster digital agency Nublue was named as a finalist in the Internet Service Providers’ Association Awards 2016, in the highly competitive Best Shared Hosting category.
The nomination recognises Nublue’s commitment to providing high-performance, high-value shared web hosting and technical support for its clients, with management services included with their shared hosting as standard.
All ISPA Awards entries were judged by an independent panel of industry experts, involving over 2 million tests carried out by Thinkbroadband and Malden Electronics to narrow down the applications they received. The final shortlist is comprised of 50 leading internet companies across 15 award categories. This year’s awards also include several new categories focussed on rewarding the internet service provider supply chain, including Best Tech Law Firm, Best CPE Hardware, Best Marketing and Best Cloud Product.
“The companies shortlisted at this year’s ISPAs play a vital role in connecting the UK and this year has an incredible range of companies nominated,’ says ISPA Secretary General Nick Lansman. “We are proud to say that this is the 18th ISPAs and I look forward to finding out the winners at the gala black tie ceremony on 7 July.”
Created by the Internet Service Providers’ Association, the UK’s trade association for internet service providers, the ISPA Awards celebrate the UK’s best providers of broadband, hosting, cloud and VoIP services, resellers, CPE providers and those committed to making the internet safer and more secure.
This year’s ISPA Awards judges are Andrew Ferguson, Editor at Thinkbroadband.com; Richard Sharpe, Chairman at Amatis Networks; Professor Michael Rotert, President of the Association of the German Internet Industry; Alex Cruz Farmer, VP of Cloud Services at NSFOCUS; Helen Anderson, Legal Counsel at Accenture; Annelise Berendt, Senior Analyst at Point Topic; Brian Fitzsimons, Technology Consultant; Dan Howdle, Editor in Chief at Cable.co.uk; and Mark Gracey, Digital Marketing Consultant, social media expert and owner of Flavourfy.
Among the finalists across this year’s awards categories are BT, Plusnet and Vodafone in the Best Consumer Fixed Broadband category; Voipfone and DrayTel in the best VoIP category; and Nublue, Exa Networks and Heart Internet in the Best Shared Hosting category.
The winners of the 18th annual ISPA Awards will be announced during a ceremony on Thursday 7th July at The Brewery in the City of London, sponsored by Arista Networks, DrayTek, Magrathea, Ruckus and AVSystem.
