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Veeam Software, the leader in backup, recovery and data management solutions that deliver Modern Data Protection, has announced the winners of the Veeam ProPartner Awards for 2021. 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, who took their customer support with their know-how and experience to the next level to establish Modern Data Protection in increasingly complex IT environments, so that the most diverse workload types, data, and applications are protected cost-effectively while keeping them available for all business purposes at all times.

Lisa Strydom, Senior Manager of Channel & Alliances: Africa at Veeam, explained: “For the past two years, we have been navigating through the pandemic and its challenges and I am proud that, together with our local ProPartner network, we continued building a solid foundation for future success. We have supported our customers and end-users with a combination of technology innovations and individualized services that enabled and optimized local business continuity and information availability plans while also improving the overall IT performance in terms of SLAs, RTOs and RPOs. Many organizations deployed Modern Data Protection strategies and best practices like the 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule that protect all business-critical data, whether it resides in physical, virtual, cloud, SaaS, or Kubernetes environments. Our South Africa ProPartner Award winners have delivered exceptional results in 2021, and I sincerely thank them for their loyalty and the greatly valued, trusting collaboration.”

The following Veeam ProPartners and VCSPs were awarded:

● The Fastest Growth of the Year: Datacentrix

For partners (VARs/VCSPs) who have demonstrated the highest growth in Veeam sales during 2021.

● The Most Significant Project of the Year: Sithabile

For a partner (VAR/VCSP) who identified, managed, and successfully closed the largest project in 2021.

● The Best SMB Partner of the Year: First Technology Western Cape (FT WC)

For the SMB partner who demonstrated outstanding revenue in the SMME market.

● The Best VBO Reselling Partner of the Year: First Technology Western Cape (FT WC)

For the partner who was most successful in closing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 as a Service deals.

● The Best VCSP Partner of the Year: Silicon Sky

For partners who made a great contribution to the popularization of cloud technologies in 2021 and are meeting the following requirements - biggest points consumption growth, certifications, product diversity.

● The Best Subscription Reselling Partner of the Year: Datacentrix

For partners who closed the greatest number of subscription deals in 2021.

● The Best Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Reselling Partner of the Year: SevenC

For partners who closed the most successful Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 deals in 2021.

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. ProPartner VAR and VCSP partners have access to customized programs, tools and resources designed to enable them to become more profitable and drive growth according to their business models and objectives. To learn more about the ProPartner Network, please visit https://propartner.veeam.com.