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Tech Data scoops distie award at HPE Global Partner Summit
Thu, 20th Jun 2019
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The HPE Global Partner Summit in Las Vegas this week brought together some of the biggest names in the channel -and global heavyweight Tech Data walked away with the 2019 Global Distributor of the Year Award.

Winning channel partners were recognised from across the channel ecosystem for outstanding performance, collaboration and accomplishments that raise the standard for business excellence and customer satisfaction.

“It's an honour to award partners who have excelled in developing their partnerships with HPE and grown mutual business opportunities with collaborative solutions for our joint customers,” says HPE senior vice president of worldwide partner sales, Paul Hunter.

“HPE is committed to innovating new solutions and enabling mutual growth together with our partners, and our awards recognise the partnerships, collaborations and successes of our top-performing partners.

Tech Data was recognised for its “high level of performance in overall growth; outstanding Silver, Business and Proximity partner growth; a strong focus on the value of HPE products; and a robust services attach rate. Tech Data has been a leading advocate of scalable digital transformation for its HPE customers, providing new opportunities to become more engaged in the businesses of their end-user clientele.

According to Tech Data global executive lead of HPE Solutions, Steve Cant, Tech Data is committed to supporting digital transformation success throughout the channel, as part of its alliance with HPE.

“This award demonstrates that our partnership and strategic objectives are resulting in favourable outcomes for our customers.

The partnership between Tech Data and HPE has been described as ‘long and successful. Tech Data states that the two companies work closely to support growth through excellence in execution, and innovative enablement and marketing programs.

Additionally, Tech Data's HPE team is driven by the tenets of ownership, passion for winning and innovation.

Tech Data is a premier HPE solution aggregator and supports HPE in 28 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Throughout the relationship, Tech Data brings HPE innovative solutions to market with an approach that focuses on helping partners excel through specialisation while capitalising on the high-growth, next-generation technologies that are redefining the future.