NetApp Announces 2009 UK Partner Award Winners
Success for Alpha, Anix, b2net, Computerland, IBM Global Services, ISC, LETN and SCC
London, 30 April 2009 - NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) celebrated
the success of its UK partners at its third annual NetApp
Partner Awards Dinner. The event, which took place in London's
Bloombury Ballroom, brought together more than 200 guests for the
awards ceremony and saw winners in eight categories recognised for
outstanding achievements over the last twelve months. NetApp
rewarded the success and commitment of both individuals and
organisations as part of its ongoing commitment to its
relationships with its partners and to the channel.
NetApp's senior sales and channel executives;
Nick Thurlow, VP Sales, EMEA and Pete Rawden, Regional Director -
Channels and General Business UK & Ireland were part of the
panel that judged the awards. The entry and nomination process
evaluated factors within each award category including new business
activity, quality of NetApp deployments, exceptional customer
experience and innovation.
Winners:
Outstanding Achievement - Professional Services Partner: ISC
Outstanding Achievement - SI Partner: IBM Global
Services
Outstanding Achievement - Virtualisation Partner: Anix
Marketing Excellence: SCC
Outstanding Achievement - VIP Partner: b2net
Best New Partner: LETN
Outstanding Achievement - Sales Individual: Simon
Birney, Alpha
Outstanding Achievement - Technical Individual: David Waters,
Computerland
Pete Rawden, Regional Director, Channels and
General Business UK & Ireland, NetApp said: "Congratulations to
all of those businesses and individuals who were nominated and who
won on the night. The standard of entries was particularly high
this year and it was, at times, very difficult selecting the final
winners. These companies and individuals most strongly demonstrated
commitment to helping customers transform and accelerate their
business; offered end users increased flexibility and efficiency
for lower cost and demonstrated a relationship built on insight and
trust. We were delighted with the quality and quantity of the
entries received and the depth and breadth of the fantastic work
our partners have delivered over the last year. We look forward to
building on the relationships with our partners in the future."
NetApp Partner Award winners are able to
display the NetApp Partner Award logo across their company's
communications and receive additional marketing support. Sponsors
of this year's awards include Bell Micro, DNS and Fastlane.
Nick Thurlow, NetApp's VP Sales, EMEA said:
"NetApp's partners in the UK are a vital part of our business
success and enable end-users of NetApp's technology to get a
tailored and bespoke solution that meets their business
requirements. It is very encouraging to see such commitment to the
pursuit of excellence, innovation, and quality from our partners
and I would like to offer my sincere thanks and congratulations to
all."
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