Wasabi Named Best Silver Winner in Both Craft-Editing and General Business-to-Business ​in the 40th Annual Telly Awards

June 5, 2019

Boston, MA– June 5, 2019 ​ – ​Wasabi ​announced today it’s Join The Movement​ promotional video created by 7 Wonders Cinema has been named Best ​Silver Winners​ in Craft-Editing and General Business-to-Business ​in the 40th Annual Telly Awards.​ The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Vice, Vimeo, Hearst Digital Media, BuzzFeed and A&E Networks.

Wasabi is the hot cloud storage company that offers cloud storage at 1/5th the price and up to 6x the speed of Amazon S3. Its mission is to disrupt cloud storage with remarkable innovation and disruptive pricing that allows enterprises to reimagine the value of their data to fully realize their company goals. Wasabi is tier free, instantly available and infinitely scalable and makes the move to cloud storage simple, fast and affordable for enterprises of all sizes. Media & Entertainment customers were early adopters of hot cloud storage due to vast content storage and media production needs. Wasabi is a founding member of the Media Innovation Cloud Alliance.

“Wasabi is pushing the boundaries for video and television innovation and creativity at a time when the industry is rapidly changing,” said Sabrina Dridje, Managing Director of the Telly Awards. “This award is a tribute to the talent and vision of its creators and a celebration of the diversity of work being made today for all screens.”

“We are excited to be recognized for not only one, but two awards for the promotional video created by our dedicated customer, 7 Wonders Cinema. Their unique editing skills and creativity in producing the video that highlights what Wasabi has to offer is truly remarkable,” shares Michael Welts, CMO of Wasabi.

Today’s winner’s announcement caps a year-long celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Telly Awards. Throughout 2018-2019, The Telly Awards celebrated four decades of honoring the video and television industry, whether through its inaugural international screening series or its online video interviews with industry experts. This year also saw the continued expansion of new categories further to the awards’ recent initiative to rebuild the honors for the multi-screen era. New categories included serialized Branded Content and expanded Social Video categories.

Last year, The Telly Awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Condé Nast, Netflix, Refinery29, RadicalMedia, T Brand Studio and Ogilvy & Mather.

The full list of the 40th Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at www.tellyawards.com/winners​.

About Wasabi

Wasabi is the hot cloud storage company delivering disruptive storage technology that is 1/5th the price and up to 6x the speed of Amazon S3 with no fees for egress or API requests. Unlike first generation cloud vendors, Wasabi focuses solely on providing the world's best cloud storage platform. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi is on a mission to commoditize the storage industry. Wasabi is a privately held company based in Boston, MA. Follow and connect with Wasabi on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and our blog.

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The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include IFP, NAB, StudioDaily, Stash Magazine, StudioDaily, Storyhunter, ProductionHub, The Wrap Pro, the VR/AR Association and Digiday.