Amid changing work environments, organizations have recognized that in order to protect their expanding hybrid networks, they need all the help they can get. This is where Fortinet partners shine -demonstrating their expertise to various customers working to secure their networks against an array of sophisticated threats. By helping these organizations fortify their digital environments, our partners have actively supported Fortinet's mission to enhance global security, one network at a time.
2022 Partner of the Year Award Winners
Fortinet's 2022 Partner of the Year Awards recognizes exceptional cybersecurity sales and achievements in customer experience, collaboration, and marketing. Below are the 2022 winners across 11 categories.
Partner of the Year
The Partners of the Year have demonstrated record business growth thanks to their expertise on the partner business model, Fortinet solutions, and their customers' business needs.
- North America: SHI, United States and CDW Canada
- EMEA: Computacenter UK Ltd and Systems Engineering of Egypt
- LATAM: Teledata
- APAC: Expert Partner of the Year: CMT Information & Communication Co., Ltd, Korea, Advanced Partner of the Year: UNIADEX, Ltd., Japan, Select Partner of the Year: China Telecom Global Limited, Hong Kong
Regional Partner of the Year
The Regional Partners of the Year have shown consistent growth and performance when supporting their customers in the deployment, maintenance, and success of Fortinet solutions.
- North America: Trace3, United States and Precicom, Canada
- LATAM: Liberty Business
Distributor of the Year
The Distributors of the Year have demonstrated a commitment to regular partner outreach and enablement, educating resellers on solutions and services, and helping to facilitate opportunities with Fortinet.
- North America: Ingram Micro, United States and Ingram Micro, Canada
- APAC: Ingram Micro India Private Limited
- EMEA: Computer gross S.p.A., Italy and DNS a.s., Czech Republic
- LATAM: TD SYNNEX
Security Fabric Partner of the Year
The Security Fabric Partners of the Year differentiate themselves from the competition by maximizing the opportunity with the Fortinet Security Fabric platform to build solution offerings across the digital attack surface, from the data center to the cloud to the home office, as customer demands or needs evolve.
- North America: Liquid Networx, United States and INSA, Canada
- APAC: NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation
- EMEA: Simac Techniek N.V., Netherlands and GTS, Egypt/Africa
- LATAM: ECSSA El Salvador
Growth Partner of the Year
The Growth Partners of the Year have demonstrated accelerated growth over the past year, along with a strong focus on customer success using Fortinet solutions. These partners have worked to address their customers' digital acceleration requirements with a range of products and services while also growing their own businesses.
- North America: Insight, United States and Compugen, Canada
- APAC: Logix Infosecurity Pvt. Ltd., India and Datacom, Australia
- LATAM: Alestra, Mexico
- EMEA: Bouygues Telecom Entreprises, France and Help Information Technology Consultancy LLC
SD-WAN Partner of the Year
The SD-WAN Partners of the Year have fully maximized the business opportunity with Fortinet's market-leading Secure SD-WAN solution and successfully deployed SD-WAN across their customer bases, enabling the convergence of networking and security.
- North America: Hughes Network Systems, United States and TELUS, Canada
- EMEA: Telefónica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud, EMEA and EMIRCOM LLC
- LATAM: Oi S.A., Brazil
- APAC: Tata Communications Limited
MSSP Partner of the Year
The MSSP Partners of the Year exemplify a high level of innovation, growth, and strategic business alignment with Fortinet. These partners have demonstrated increased services adoption across the Fortinet Security Fabric, starting with FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) and expanding into solutions such as Secure SD-WAN, FortiSASE, zero-trust network access, FortiEDR, and Secure SD-Branch.
- North America: Comcast Business, United States and Stratejm, Canada
- EMEA: DNA Oyj, Finland and Digital Space Group Limited and T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s.
- LATAM: Claro Colombia
Service Provider Partner of the Year
The Service Provider Partner of the Year has demonstrated accelerated growth in both infrastructure and managed offerings over the past year. Based on commitments to infrastructure, managed SD-WAN, and managed services, these partners align with Fortinet's strategic business priorities and demonstrate a commitment to Fortinet and its customers.
- North America: Bell, Canada
GSI Partner of the Year
The GSI Partner of the Year has demonstrated solution innovation, agility, and scale, combined with a unique use of Fortinet Security Fabric solutions to drive customer success globally. This partner has exhibited a commitment to secure digital acceleration at scale with Fortinet for customers resulting in significant business outcomes.
- Global: Kyndryl
OT Partner of the Year
The OT Partners of the Year have fully maximized the business opportunity with Fortinet's market-leading OT solutions and successfully deployed OT across their customer bases.
- North America: HCLTech, United States and End to End Networks, Canada
- APAC: UNIADEX, Ltd., Japan
- EMEA: Computacenter AG & Co. oHG, Germany and Gulf Business Machines, Middle East
Cloud Partner of the Year
The Cloud Partner of the Year has fully maximized the business opportunity with Fortinet's Cloud Security solutions, delivering consistent policies and centralized management and visibility to customers.
- North America: Amazon Web Service (AWS), United States
Honoring Fortinet Partners' Commitment to Global Security
Day in and day out, Fortinet partners exemplify what it means to prioritize customer security and strong network performance. By establishing robust security infrastructures necessary to defend against sophisticated cyber-threats, they demonstrate their commitment to global security and helping their customers achieve success in a digital world. For this reason, we continue to recognize our partners who go above and beyond in our annual Partner of the Year Awards.
We look forward to continuing to contribute to our partners' success and business growth in 2023!
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