Annual Awards Recognize Partners’ and Distributors’ Commitment to Successfully Meeting the Cyber Security Requirements of Customers Worldwide
A global leader in high-performance cyber 
security solutions, today announced the winners of its 2014 Partner and Distributor awards. This year’s award ceremony was held at the company’s Global Partner Conference, aboard the Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas cruise ship. Fortinet’s Global Partner Conference awards recognize the outstanding achievements of the company’s distributor and reseller partners from around the world. The attendance at this year’s conference was Fortinet’s largest, with representation from over 600 partner organizations and 91 countries.
This year, there are 19 awards that celebrate each of the core Fortinet partner competencies. The award winners were selected from a group of nominations based on their commitment to meeting customers’ cyber security requirements, their market impact and exemplary use of Fortinet solutions.
“These prestigious award winners represent the best technology professionals our partner ecosystem has to offer,” said Patrice Perche, senior vice president sales and support for International region at Fortinet. “The 2014 Partner of the Year Awards honor our top partners’ ability to solve critical business challenges for our mutual customers, through a commitment to innovation and excellence. Congratulations to each winner on this incredible achievement.”
The 2014 Fortinet Top Partner Award Winners
- USA
Top Comeback Partner – High Point Solutions
Top Distributor – Finetec
Top Advanced Technology – Xiologix
Top Partner – CDW
- CANADA
Co-Partner of the Year – Secure Sense Solutions Co-Partner of the Year – Precicom
- LATAM
Rookie of the Year – Columbus Business Solutions New Technology Partner – Grupo Pegaso Top Reseller – Claro/Telmex Top Distributor – Westcon
- EMEA
Top Rookie of the Year – Emircom (ME) New Technology Partner – Antares (Austria) Top Reseller – Telefonica (Spain) Top Distributor – Exclusive Networks (UK)
- APAC
Rookie of the Year – KBSL Information Technology Limited (Sri Lanka) New Technology Partner – Networld (Japan) Top Reseller – Fujitsu (New Zealand) Top Distributor – Spectrum Edge (Malaysia)
- The FortiHero Top Global Partner Award – NTT Communications/NTT Com Security (Japan)/Dimension Data
