NetApp, a global cloud-led, data-centric software company, has announced the 2021 winners of its North America Partner Awards.
Presented during this year’s virtual NetApp Partner Summit, these awards recognize North American partners who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to customer success and revenue growth.
These partners have excelled in selling NetApp® solutions in categories such as cloud, flash, the FlexPod® platform, and the NetApp Keystone™ portfolio over the past fiscal year – building differentiated specializations in key focus areas of the NetApp Unified Partner Program.
The award-winning, recently updated NetApp Unified Partner Program enables partners to gain a competitive advantage, to grow their business, to increase margin opportunity, and to get an optimal return on the relationship. With NetApp’s industry-leading portfolio of hybrid cloud data services and data management solutions, partners are positioned for profitability, helping enterprises accelerate their digital transformation initiatives and unlock the power of data wherever it resides: on-premises, in multiple clouds, or anywhere in between.
“For all that can be said about this past year, we are especially proud to highlight our partners’ successes in helping customers navigate possibly the most challenging period we’ve ever seen,” said Jim Elder, NetApp Channel Chief, North America. “NetApp’s partners are critical to the growth and success of our business. We’re committed to a long-term investment strategy with our Unified Partner Program so that our strategic partners have profitable growth opportunities to keep them doing what they do best – helping customers get the most value out of their data to achieve amazing business results.”
North America Partner Award Winners for NetApp fiscal year 2021 (FY’21)
Partner of the Year: Recognizing overall NetApp FY’21 revenue, services capabilities, net-new account wins, and top rankings across product categories.
Winner: World Wide Technology (WWT)
U.S. Public Sector Partner of the Year: Recognizing overall NetApp FY’21 revenue and year-over-year (YoY) growth in the U.S. Public Sector market.
Winner: FCN Inc.
Growth Partner of the Year: Recognizing the ability to generate significant YoY growth in NetApp revenue across the portfolio.
Winner: AHEAD
Flash Partner of the Year: Recognizing overall FY’21 flash revenue, positive YoY growth, and strategic account wins.
Winner: Computacenter
New Account Acquisition Partner of the Year: Recognizing the highest number of net-new accounts to NetApp, with focused sales efforts on helping customers achieve digital transformation with NetApp solutions.
Winner: CDW
Cloud Partner of the Year: Recognizing overall FY’21 cloud data services revenue and deployment of a focused cloud digital transformation strategy that aligns with the NetApp cloud vision.
Winner: CDW
FlexPod Innovation Award: Recognizing a strategic approach and commitment in generating FlexPod sales and net-new account acquisition.
Winner: Presidio
Keystone Partner of the Year: Recognizing a strategic sales and marketing approach to drive significant growth in NetApp Keystone adoption.
Winner: Insight Enterprises
Global Systems Integrator (GSI) Partner of the Year: Recognizing overall NetApp FY’21 revenue, strategic account wins, and the ability to drive innovative solutions in North America.
Winner: IBM
Regional Partner Award Winners for FY’21
These awards recognize overall FY’21 revenue, YoY growth, strategic account wins, a significant focus on NetApp solutions, and participation in regional partnership activities.
North Most Valuable Partner:
Winner: F3 Technology Partners
South Most Valuable Partner:
Winner: N4MATIVE
West Most Valuable Partner:
Winner: Trace3
Canada Most Valuable Partner:
Winner: Decisive Technologies
