Ingram, IBM, HPE, CDW Among VMware Innovation Award Winners
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VMware has announced the honorees of its annual Partner Innovation Awards, which recognize its partners for achievements accomplished during the previous year.
The awards were handed out during VMware’s inaugural Partner Leadership Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“We are very proud to recognize all of the VMware Partner Innovation Award winners,” said Ross Brown, VMware’s senior vice president of worldwide partners and alliances. “The performance and dedication our partners consistently bring forward is valued, as together, we provide robust software-defined technologies to a diverse set of companies worldwide.”{ad}
Honorees from around the world in 20 categories received awards for their excellent performance and notable achievements in 2015:
Distributor Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: Ingram Micro
- Geo Winners: Ingram Micro (Americas), REDINGTON India (APJ), Tech Data Denmark ApS (EMEA)
Education Partner of the Year Award
- Global Winner: Global Knowledge
- Geo Winners: Global Knowledge U.S. (Americas), Global Knowledge Network (M) SDN BHD (APJ), Global Knowledge (EMEA)
Emerging Markets Distributor Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: Redington Gulf FZE MENA
- Geo Winners: Licencias OnLine Argentina (Americas), Ingram Micro Malaysia Sdn. Bh (APJ), Redington Gulf FZE MENA (EMEA)
Enterprise Solution Provider Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: GCS
- Geo Winners: GCS (Americas), 1aopen (APJ), REDES System Consulting SL (EMEA)
Federation SI/SO Partner of the Year Award
- Global Winner: Atos
Global System Integrator of the Year
- Global Winner: IBM Services
Global System Outsourcer of the Year
- Global Winner: Atos
Innovation OEM Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Geo Winners: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Americas), Sugon (APJ), VCE Technology Solutions (EMEA)
Marketing Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: Comparex
- Geo Winners: Arrow Enterprise Computing (Americas), Uniadex (APJ), Comparex (EMEA)
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Mobility Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: SHI International
- Geo Winners: SHI International (Americas), CTC/ITOCHU Techno-Solutions (APJ), Raido (EMEA)
NSX Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: IBM Services
- Geo Winners: IBM Services (Americas), NetOne Systems (APJ), ON2IT B.V. (EMEA)
Partner Professional Service Program (PPSP) Partner of the Year
- Geo Winners: Kovarus (Americas), Triangle Computer Services (EMEA)
Renewals Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: ATEA ASA
- Geo Winners: PC Connection (Americas), Dell Australia (APJ), Atea ASA (EMEA)
Rising Star Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: PROACT SYSTEMS A/S
- Geo Winners: Componentes El Orbe (Americas), ST Electronics (Enterprise 1) Pte (APJ), PROACT SYSTEMS A/S (EMEA)
SDDC Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: Presidio
- Geo Winners: Presidio Networked Solutions (Americas), NCS PTE LT Singapore (APJ), Computacenter Germany (EMEA)
Service Provider Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: OVH
- Geo Winners: Rackspace (Americas), Fujitsu Australia (APJ), OVH (EMEA)
Solution Provider Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: CTC/ITOCHU Techno-Solutions
- Geo Winners: Ahead (Americas), CTC/ITOCHU Techno-Solutions (APJ), Softcat (EMEA)
Strategic Alliance Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: Fujitsu (APJ & EMEA)
- Geo Winners: Dell (Americas), Fujitsu – Japan (APJ), Fujitsu Technology Solutions (EMEA)
Technical Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: NVIDIA
- Geo Winners: Sovereign Systems (Americas), Trend Micro (APJ), NVIDIA (EMEA)
vCloud Air Partner of the Year
- Global Winner: CDW
- Geo Winners: CDW (Americas), Computacenter UK (EMEA)
