Veeam North America Impact Partner Award Winners

Veeam Software, Inc. announced the winners of its sixth annual Impact Partner Awards for North America.

With a 100% channel ecosystem, it recognizes 10 North American ProPartners and Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners who have demonstrated success providing Veeam solutions to their customers, and also have also surpassed expectations in providing  support, expert knowledge, and continued product education.

“2020 brought many obstacles, but it also solidified the importance of backup and protection for organizations of all sizes,” said Kevin Rooney, VP of Americas channel. “We’ve worked closer with our Veeam partners than ever before to support customers as they pivoted to remote working and ensure data was protected across multiple environments. I commend our partners for their collaboration in making this a top priority, and in turn, our mutual success in 2020. We just launched Veeam Backup & Replication v11, our biggest product release to date, and are looking forward to working with our partners to deliver the most advanced data protection solutions for cloud, virtual, physical and enterprise workloads. I congratulate the 2020 Veeam Impact Partner Award winners for their hard work and commitment to success, and am excited for all of the great work we will do together in the year ahead.“

Partners that received honors for the 2020 Veeam Impact Partner Awards: 

• Impact Partner of the Year, North America: SHI International Corp.
• Impact Partner of the Year, Canada: OnX Canada
• Distributor of the Year, North America: Arrow Electronics, Inc.
• Rising Star Partner of the Year, North America: BlueAlly Technology Solutions , LLC
• Impact Federal Partner of the Year: CDW Government LLC
• Growth Partner of the Year, North America: Logicalis Group Ltd
• Value-Added Service Provider Partner of the Year: The Lillis Technology Group, LLC

“As we accelerate through Act II, innovating hybrid cloud offerings and container-based solutions, we must be able to collaborate with our partners to educate and communicate the scalability, portability and reliability of these offerings, as well as the technical and financial benefits they bring,” said Matt Kalmenson, VP of Americas cloud. “As we continue to invest in new innovative technologies and solutions, we are also investing in our VCSP program to ensure our partners have access to the latest tools, first-class support, and the most valuable training and education to ensure their profitability and mutual success. I congratulate our entire partner ecosystem and most notably our award-winning VCSP partners for their hard work and dedication in delivering the best experience for our joint customers as we modernize our customers’ data protection practices.“

VCSP partners that received honors for the 2020 Veeam Impact Partner Awards:

• Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, North America: iland Internet Solutions Corporation.
• Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Growth Partner of the Year, North America: Storagepipe Solutions Inc.
• Veeam Rising Star Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, North America: Recovery Point Systems, Inc.

“IT partners have always been an important link in connecting leading vendors with their customers,” said Kevin Rhone, practice director, channel acceleration, ESG. “The value of a strong ecosystem is even more important today with backup and recovery acting as the backbone for comprehensive cloud data management. We believe partners will play a critical role supporting the acceleration of generational changes in the way customers now must look to leverage data and consume IT. We also see the top IT vendors like Veeam doubling down on commitment to their partners, and breaking away from the pack.“