VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced the winners of the 2014 VMware Partner Network awards. Each year, VMware recognises its partner community for their demonstrated excellence and achievements.

“We’re very proud to acknowledge and recognise all of the winners of regional and global VMware Partner Network awards,” said Dave O’Callaghan, senior vice president, Global Partner Organisation, VMware. “VMware and our partners will continue to collaborate closely to master the new reality of the software-defined enterprise in 2014.”

Global partner award recipients from around the world in 18 categories received awards for their excellent performance and notable achievements in 2013:
* Application ISV Partner of the Year – global winner: Amdocs;

* Consulting and Integration Partner of the Year – global winner: Capgemini;

* Distributor Partner of the Year – global winner: Arrow ECS;

* regional winners: Ingram Micro (Americas), Zero One (Asia Pacific), Arrow ECS (EMEA);

* End-user Computing Partner of the Year – global winner: Presidio; regional winners: Presidio (Americas), Net One Systems (Asia Pacific), Phoenix Software (EMEA);

* Emerging Markets Distributor Partner of the Year – global winner: Zero One Technology; regional winners: Ação Informática Brasil (Americas), PT Virtus and Zero One Technology (Asia Pacific), Afina (EMEA);

* Emerging Markets Solution Provider Partner of the Year – global winner: Shaanxi Ruijin Electron Technology; regional winners: S2IT Solutions Consultoria a (Americas), Shaanxi Ruijin Electron Technology (Asia Pacific), Softline (EMEA);

* Enterprise Solution Provider Partner of the Year – global winner: VADS Berhad; regional winners: InterVision (Americas), VADS Berhad (Asia Pacific), Filippetti (EMEA);

* Mid-Market Partner of the Year – regional winner: PC Connection (Americas);

* OEM Global Partner of the Year – global winner: Dell;

* OEM Regional Partner of the Year – global winner: Fujitsu;

* Partner Executive of the Year – global winner: Chris Ashby, Atea;

* Renewals Partner of the Year – global winner: COMPAREX Group; regional winners: CDW (Americas), Datacom Australia (Asia Pacific), COMPAREX Group (EMEA);

* Rising Star Partner of the Year – global winner: The Innov8 Partnership; regional winners: Optio Data (Americas), SISL Infotech (Asia Pacific), The Innov8 Partnership (EMEA);

* Service Provider Partner of the Year – global winner: Colt Technology Services; regional winners: Logicworks (Americas), Fujitsu Australia (Asia Pacific), Colt Technology Services (EMEA)

* Software-defined Data Centre – global winner: AdvizeX Technologies; regional winners: AdvizeX Technologies (Americas), CTC (Asia Pacific), Computacenter EMEA (EMEA);

* Solution Provider Partner of the Year – global winner: Bechtle GmbH & Co. KG; regional winners: SHI (Americas), Data #3 (Asia Pacific), Bechtle GmbH & Co. KG (EMEA);

* Technology Alliance Partner of the Year – global winner: Palo Alto Networks;

* Training Partner of the Year – global winner: Global Knowledge US; regional winners: Global Knowledge US (Americas), Koening (Asia Pacific), Global Knowledge UK (EMEA);

* vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS) Partner of the Year – global winner: CDW.Additional Resources.