Partner Awards 2020
Australia & New Zealand
Innovate. Lead. Succeed.
About the Awards
We’re excited to announce that the ANZ Partner Awards are back for 2020
NetApp prides itself on forming lasting partnerships with our industry’s best reseller, application, infrastructure, consulting, and cloud service provider partners with one goal in mind: the success of our customers.
Together with our partners, we empower global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation, and optimize their operations.
To acknowledge our commitment to you, we are hosting our annual ANZ Partner Awards this year, virtually. This year, 14 awards are up for the taking: 6 rewarding channel partner entities and 8 recognising individuals within those.
WHY PARTNER AWARDS?
RECOGNITION: Get recognised for your success among your peers, NetApp and customers looking for high-value solutions
OPPORTUNITY: Create stronger ties and assert your leadership within the industry as an award-winning company
PRESTIGE: Join an elite group of awards winning organisations that have demonstrated excellence, innovation & results with NetApp technology.
BENEFITS
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Finalists Benefits
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Winner Benefits
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Timeline:
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DATE |
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10th November 2020 |
Finalists are notified
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19th November 2020 |
Winners Revealed!
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COMPANY BASED AWARDS
Converged Infrastructure/ Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Excellence
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Description |
This award honors the partner who has delivered a successful installation, campaign or solution through the selling and deployment of a best-of-breed Converged Infrastructure Solution (using NetApp as the storage platform) |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Distributor/Reseller/SP/SI/Alliance) |
New Partner of the Year
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Description |
This award honors a reseller in its first full calendar year of partnership that, after meeting minimum requirement thresholds, has delivered a sizeable revenue contribution and made significant business development investments in NetApp. |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand who has joined the NetApp Unified program in the past 12 months |
Reseller of the Year: Gold
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Description |
This award will be attributed to the NetApp Reseller Partner (Gold Level) which has shown a consistent record of achievement against KPIs and a readiness to rapidly grasp and sell new solutions and technologies. This award will recognise excellence in the delivery of NetApp solutions, service and support to end user customers. |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp Reseller Partner (Gold Level only) operating in Australia and/or New Zealand |
Reseller of the Year: Platinum
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Description |
This award will be attributed to the NetApp Reseller Partner (Platinum Level) which has shown a consistent record of achievement against KPIs and a readiness to rapidly grasp and sell new solutions and technologies. This award will recognize excellence in the delivery of NetApp solutions, service and support to end user customers |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp Reseller Partner (Platinum & Star levels only) operating in Australia and/or New Zealand |
Cloud Provider of the Year
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Description |
This award recognises the cloud services provider that has created, marketed, and sold innovative cloud-based solutions that have high-market impact and exceed customer expectations whilst demonstrating a high level of commitment to NetApp and our mutual customers. |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp partner within the Unified Partner program operating in Australia and/or New Zealand. |
Global Systems Integrator of the Year
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Description |
This award will be attributed to the Global Systems Integrator of the Year which has shown a consistent record of achievement against KPIs and a readiness to rapidly grasp and sell new solutions and technologies. This award will recognise excellence in the delivery of NetApp solutions, service and support to end user customers. |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp Global Systems Integrator operating in Australia and/or New Zealand. |
INDIVIDUAL BASED AWARDS
Alliance Partner Champion
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Description |
This award honors an individual who continuously aims to connect and build key relationships whilst strengthening alliance engagement as well as uncovering new collaboration opportunities. Working alongside sales and technical teams, this particular individual advocates NetApp technologies and value proposition to the broader market. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/ Alliance). |
Sales Excellence Award
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Description |
This award will be made to the individual who has demonstrated exceptional growth in revenue and how partner profitability is achieved, showcasing exceptional customer relationship knowledge and sales management expertise. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/ Alliance). |
Technical Excellence Award
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Description |
This award recognises an individual who has demonstrated best of breed technology leadership, a commitment to maintain high levels of skills, quality processes and consistently high customer satisfaction through investment in their technical capabilities. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/Alliance). |
Rising Star
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Description |
This award recognises an individual who is new to the NetApp partner ecosystem but who in a very short space of time has gone above and beyond to become enabled on NetApp’s value proposition and shown outstanding commitment and application to promoting NetApp solutions in their first year working with us. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/Alliance). |
Data Visionary of the Year
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Description |
This award recognises an individual who has demonstrated outstanding thought leadership, product or solution design, evangelism of the data fabric concept or genuinely driven a new and innovative initiative around the use or future of data. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/ Alliance). |
Marketing Excellence
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Description |
The award acknowledges the partner who has been implementing a marketing initiative that integrates online and offline programs and channels in order to create awareness, generate demand, and engage customers and prospects at all stages of the buying cycle. |
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Eligibility |
Be a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Distributor/Reseller/SP/SI/Alliance) |
Hall of Fame Award
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Description |
This award recognises an individual who has demonstrated best of breed leadership, a commitment to maintain high levels of skills, quality processes and consistently high customer satisfaction through investment year over year. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/Alliance). |
Deal of the Year
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Description |
Each year there are one or two stand out deals – for their size, complexity, scale, innovation or outcome in the face of unique competitive headwinds. The winner of this category will have lead a win for NetApp with one or more of these attributes to create a truly marquee customer win. |
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Eligibility |
Be an individual currently employed by a NetApp partner operating in Australia and/or New Zealand (Disti/Reseller/SP/SI/Alliance). |
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
You are eligible to submit a nomination if you meet the following requirements:
- You are a company or an individual working for a company with a registered office in Australia and/or New Zealand who is: enrolled in the NetApp Partner Unified Program; or an Alliance Partner with complimentary solutions to NetApp technology
- No member of your staff is an employee of NetApp Australia and New Zealand or any other NetApp subsidiary.
- While some of the award categories are open to all partners, many award categories include strict entry requirements. Please refer to the complete award descriptions and eligibility criteria for further details.
QUESTIONS
Should you require any further clarification or have any questions, please do contact us via email
