Intelisys, Avant Recognized as Masergy’s Top Achievers

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Masergy Communications on Wednesday named its top channel partners for 2017 as its Global Partner Program continues earning the company double-digit, year-over-year growth.

Based on sales performance for fiscal year 2017, the following partners have been recognized as top achievers:

• Top overall partner sales – Intelisys
• Top UCaaS partner sales – Intelisys
• Top unified enterprise security sales — Avant

“It’s an honor to be named both top overall partner and top UCaaS partner by Masergy,” said Carol Beering, Intelisys’ senior vice president of sales operations. “We accept these awards on behalf of our sales partners, who look to Masergy for innovative and fully-managed networking, communications and security solutions as they strive to provide the best possible solutions for their customers’ unique needs. We value our partnership and have the highest regard for the Masergy team. And we’re excited about reaching new levels of success with Masergy in the coming year and beyond,”

“Security is one of the fastest-growing segments in the market today, with the frequency of business impacting security incidents on the rise,” said Ian Kieninger, Avant’s CEO. “We only work with the most trusted names in the business. With Masergy, we know we are offering our channel of trusted advisers a solution they can stand behind to serve their customers while participating in a significantly new revenue stream.”

Masergy’s Fiscal Year 2017 Platinum Partners include:

• Advantage Communications Group
• Alliance Partners
• Avant
• Bridgepointe Technologies
• Business Communications Management (BCM)
• CarrierSales
• Converged Network Services Group (CNSG)
• Intelisys
• PlanetOne Communications
• Profit Enhancement Systems
• Sandler Partners
• Simplify
• Telarus
• TBI

“Creating revenue for our channel partners is predicated on Masergy’s ability to deliver innovative solutions, backed by the industry’s best customer support,”said Chuck Ward, Masergy’s global channel vice president. “With award-winning innovations … our partners are positioned to gain continuous revenue streams backed by unparalleled customer support.”

In May, Masergy rolled out its new SD-WAN Go service.