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TechTrade | 30 Apr 2012 :  NetApp reveals UK & Ireland partner award winners
ANS Group, Kelway UK, recognised


More than 200 guests from NetApp and its UK and Ireland partners, gathered in London's One Marylebone last week to celebrate the sixth annual NetApp Partner Awards dinner. Top honours on the night went to Kelway for Outstanding Achievement, Enterprise Partner; PlanNet21 Communications for Best New Partner; and CSC for Outstanding Achievement, SI Partner.

Entries were judged by senior management across all areas of the NetApp business including sales, channel, professional services, technical and marketing. The judging process evaluated factors within each award category including outstanding achievement in new business activity, quality of NetApp deployments, exceptional customer experience and innovation.

Pete Rawden, partner sales director, UK and Ireland, NetApp, said: "The NetApp Partner Awards are our way of rewarding our partners for their contribution to the growth of our business. We know that all of our partners are committed to the pursuit of excellence, innovation and quality and we wanted to give them an opportunity to showcase thier achievements and achieve recognition. Just as with previous years, we received a vast amount of exceptional entries which further illustrates the on-going commitment, skills and knowledge of our partners."

Full list of winners:
Outstanding Achievement - Enterprise Partner: Kelway UK Ltd
Outstanding Achievement - SI Partner: CSC UK Ltd
Outstanding Achievement - Service Provider Partner: NTT Europe Ltd
Best New Partner: PlanNet21 Communications Ltd
Marketing Excellence: ANS Group PLC
Outstanding Achievement - Sales Individual: Chris Greenhaigh - Q Associates Ltd
Outstanding Achievement - Technical Individual: Chris Kranz - Kelway UK Ltd
Outstanding Achievement - Professional Services Partner: Proact UK Ltd
Outstanding Achievement - IBM N Series Partner: IT Professional Services
Outstanding Achievement - FlexPod Partner: ANS Group PLC
Outstanding Achievement - MSE Partner: Insight Direct (UK) Ltd

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