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Veeam Announces ProPartner Award Winners for 2022 in Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa – 15 March 2023: Veeam Software, the leader Modern Data Protection, has announced the winners of the Veeam ProPartner Awards for 2022 in South Africa, Johannesburg. The awards are held annually to reward the outstanding success and the commitment of Veeam ProPartner Value-Added Resellers (VAR) and Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners. As a partner-centric organization, Veeam recognizes partners that leveraged customer support and Veeam expertise to deliver Modern Data Protection in increasingly complex IT environments so that the most diverse workload types, data, and applications are protected.

Lisa Strydom, Senior Manager: Channel and Alliances for Africa at Veeam Africa, explained: “2022 added to the challenges businesses were already facing as they emerged from the global pandemic. Chief among them was the ever-present and rising incidence of ransomware attacks, that left only 14% of Middle East & Africa (MEA) organisations unaffected. With secure, immutable backups the last line of defence against ransomware, protecting enterprise IT across all ecosystems is essential to keep businesses running.” 

“Satisfying the myriad demands modern business processes and exposures place upon our customers needs a multi-faceted network of ProPartners with a rich variety of competencies, and Veeam has the best in the business. Their skills, underpinned by the Veeam Data Platform - a single solution to protect Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes applications - gives customers the resilience, availability and business outcomes they need. I am proud of our fantastic local ProPartner network, without whom we would not enjoy the success that we do. As a 100% channel-focused organization, our Africa ProPartner Award winners have delivered exceptional results through close collaboration in 2022. It is my pleasure to thank them for their loyalty, excellence and  trust in Veeam.”

The following Veeam partners received honors for the 2022 Veeam ProPartner Awards:

  • The Value Added Reseller of the Year, South Africa: Datacentrix www.datacentrix.co.za
    For partners (VARs) who have demonstrated the highest growth in Veeam sales during 2022.
  • The Best Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Reselling Partner, South Africa: First Technology KZN www.firsttech.co.za
    For partners (VARs) who closed the most successful Veeam Backup for M365 deals in 2022
  • The Best Kasten Reselling Partner of the Year, South Africa: Datacentrix www.datacentrix.co.za   
    For partners (VARs) who closed the most successful Kasten deals in 2022.
  • The Best SMB Reselling Partner of the Year, South Africa: Datacentrix www.datacentrix.co.za   
    For partners (VARs) who close the greatest number of SMB deals in 2022
  • The Best VCSP Partner of the Year, South Africa: Saicom www.saicom.io
    For partners who made a great contribution to the popularization of cloud technologies in 2022 and are meeting the following requirements - biggest points consumption growth, certifications, product diversity.
  • The Best Veeam Backup for M365 VCSP Partner, South Africa: Silicon Sky www.siliconsky.com
    Partners (VCPSs) who closed the most successful Veeam Backup for M365 deals in 2022
  • The Best Kasten VCSP Partner of the Year, South Africa: Cyberlogic www.cyberlogic.co.za
    For partners (VCPs) who closed the most successful Kasten deals in 2022
  • The Aggregator of the Year Award, South Africa: First Distribution www.firstdistribution.com
    For the aggregator who achieved the most growth and drove the most effective cloud business during 2022. 
  • The Distributor of the Year Award, South Africa: Axiz www.axiz.com
    For the distributor who achieved the most growth & drove the most effective distribution support and business during 2022.
  • The Value Added Reseller of the Year, Rest of Africa: Blanche Birger www.birger.technology
    For partners (VARs) who have demonstrated the highest growth in Veeam sales during 2022.
  • The Best Veeam Backup for M365 VCSP Partner, Rest of Africa: Evail
    Partners (VCPSs) who closed the most successful Veeam Backup for M365 deals in 2022
  • The Best Kasten Reselling Partner of the Year, Rest of Africa: Business Connexion Namibia www.bcx.co.za
    For partners (VARs) who closed the most successful Kasten deals in 2022.
  • The Best SMB Reselling Partner of the Year, Rest of Africa: Blanche Birger www.birger.technology
    For partners (VARs) who close the greatest number of SMB deals in 2022
  • The Best VCSP Partner of the Year, Rest of Africa: Layer3 www.layer3.ng
    For partners who made a great contribution to the popularization of cloud technologies in 2022 and are meeting the following requirements - biggest points consumption growth, certifications, product diversity.
  • The Best Veeam Backup for M365 VCSP Partner, Rest of Africa: Complete Enterprise Solutions www.cesict.com  
    Partners (VCPSs) who closed the most successful Veeam Backup for M365 deals in 2022

The Veeam ProPartner Network is a global ecosystem of partners that work directly and indirectly with one another to build, market, and sell Veeam-powered services and solutions. Veeam is dedicated to helping its partners succeed. ProPartner VAR and VCSP partners have access to customizable programs, tools and resources designed to enable them to become more profitable and drive business growth, customer trust and competitive advantage according to their business models and objectives. To learn more about the ProPartner Network, please visit https://www.veeam.com/partner-with-veeam. Existing ProPartners can explore further here: https://propartner.veeam.com.

Veeam will recognize its partners as part of VeeamON 2023, the community event for data recovery experts, which will take place May 22 – 24 in Miami, FL and online. Designed by and built for the backup and recovery professional, attendees will expand their skills, celebrate with the community, and share industry knowledge with exclusive content from AWS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and more. Registration for the in-person event is now open.

For more information, visit www.veeam.com.

About Veeam Software
Veeam provides organizations with resiliency through data security, data recovery and data freedom for their hybrid cloud. The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments that give businesses peace of mind their apps and data are protected and always available so that they can keep their businesses running. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 72% of the Global 2,000. Veeam’s global ecosystem includes 35,000+ technology partners, resellers, service providers, and alliance partners. To learn more, visit www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and Twitter @veeam