EMC Southern Africa has announced the local winners of the annual EMC Business Partner Update held at Montecasino in Johannesburg.

Award winners were selected based on their relationship and commitment to EMC, as well as their ability to extend EMC’s reach into the marketplace and add value to its information infrastructure solution offerings.

Southern Africa award winners for 2013 include:

* First Distribution, EMC Distributor of the Year

* Storage Technology Services, EMC Partner of the Year

* First Technology, EMC Highest Growth Partner of the Year

* Puleng Technologies, EMC BRS Partner of the Year

* Technology Corporate Management, EMC Highest Incremental Growth Partner of the Year

* Jannie van der Westhuizen and Clarence Beukes of Puleng Technologies, EMC Channel Sales Persons of the Year

* Gerhard Horn of First Technology, EMC Pre-Sales Person of the Year.

Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, says: “These awards celebrate the performance of our partners across Southern Africa. The channel has never been as vital as it is now and these awards recognise the great achievements by all over the last year – with some of those recognised for achieving their highest growth to date during this time. We truly value each relationship that we have and recognise the contribution our partners make to EMC’s business.”