Congratulations to all of the 2016 winners. Here are pictures of some of the Best Managed Canadian IT Companies receiving their award… If you would like to see the award acceptance videos please go to ecnTV. If you would like to learn everything about this award and the best business practice IT channel assessment test, please visit www.bestmanageditcompanies.com.

Companies had to complete every section in the 200-question assessment to qualify. Companies who earned this award can be very proud as they have achieved something special that required hard work over many years of building their business practice. It’s an indication that they are on the right path to a well-managed business and success. While no company got a perfect score in the 12 categories, they all demonstrated enough strength to indicate that they are leveraging significant best practices in their company every day. With the assessment report in their hands, they can easily improve. By simply retaking the assessment every year, they can benchmark their progress.

“We are humbled and honored to receive this award,” said Vincent Fung, Debian IT’s Founder & CEO. “At Debian IT, our continual investment in our culture is what puts us ahead of the pack. We are continually striving to deliver a superior client experience, pursuing ways to deliver more value to our customers, and fostering a culture of teamwork and collaboration, growth and learning, preventing the preventable, and getting things done right!”

“We are extremely proud of our team and the great company we have built together. We start with client experience and we work backward from there to ensure our service delivery and all our operations are organized and optimized around that goal. We try to get 1% better everyday; whether that means investing in new tools, refining a process, or simply returning calls from clients quicker. Being named as one of Canada’s Best Managed IT Companies is a real honour.”Ted Garner, President, IT Weapons, A Division of Konica Minolta

The main goal of this project is to help all VARs, MSPs and ITSPs to benchmark their business practices and get a road map to improve – all for free! Everyone can improve their business practices, regardless of their size. We believe that better managed MSPs, VARs and ITSPs are vital to the future growth and sustainability of the entire IT channel. A vibrant channel is also vital to our success in building the best partner ecosystems for our vendors. I invite everyone to learn more our global mission to help the IT channel to become bigger, better and stronger, as it benefits all industry stakeholders.

All applicants who did not complete their assessment in time of the 2016 year, will be able to qualify for the 2017 Awards, as soon as they complete the assessment and review. The deadline to complete the assessment for the 2017 Awards will be December 31, 2017. That said, it is more important that you take the time as soon as possible with your team to review the questions and think about the answers. When you respond honestly, you will start to see a clearer picture of your strengths and weaknesses. This information is confidential and exclusively for you to digest and decide what, if anything, that you would like to do to improve your business. Hopefully it will help you to discover some beneficial ideas that you have not yet considered!

Many companies that take this assessment tell us that just by reviewing the questions, they started to see what they missed and how they could improve. It seems like when you ask yourself the right questions, the answers become clearer. We never really expected this sort of self-help result, but it made us very excited and happy. It’s making a positive change in the channel. For all others, we do have an army of independent business coaches that we are constantly expanding to help the MSPs, VARs and ITSPs get the local professional business improvement help, if required. We also created four business development paths to help companies looking for Transition, Traction, Growth or Optimization. We also have powerful boot camps on Social Selling, Digital Marketing, Hiring The Right People, Leadership, CRM, Customer Retention, Sales Management and more! If you need help, we’ve got you covered!

We also have a comprehensive resource to help MSPs, VARs and ITSPs find the right tools to operate their business. They simply indicate what type of tool that they are looking for and we will match them up with the right choice for them to review and decide. All of the tools in the resource came from recommendations by the channel. To be a recommended vendor in this resource, several channel partners must be already using the solution successfully in their business practice. Getting off the list is much easier as we monitor the success of implementations and if the experience is consistently poor, the tool is instantly deleted until proven otherwise. This is a 100% free referral service and being listed in the resource is also free for the vendor.

If you just do not know where to start or what to do, just check out our blog at www.varcoach.com. It’s free to learn, explore and ask questions. Sign up for the free 1-minute weekly summary so you can easily digest the key information and until you see a fit for you.

Take the best business practice assessment test at www.bestmanageditcompanies.com. It’s one positive thing that you can easily do to help your company improve without costing you anything!

Next up is America’s Best Managed IT Companies Awards!