Singapore – Veritas Technologies, a leader in secure multi-cloud data resilience, has revealed the winners of its 2024 Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) Partner Awards. These awards honour partners who have exhibited exceptional dedication to driving business growth and enhancing data protection and business resiliency strategies with Veritas solutions.

Gary Sievers, VP Channel & Alliances Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) at Veritas, expressed his appreciation for the partners’ achievements, stating, “Today, we celebrate the outstanding achievements of our top performing partners in the APJ region and their notable contributions to strengthen the Veritas partner ecosystem and support for our customers. Our partners play a critical role in growing Veritas’ market reach and scale across the APJ region.”

The award winners were selected based on criteria such as revenue growth, program adoption, technical innovation, and the strategic implementation of Veritas’ solutions. The winners for FY24 include:

• FY24 APJ Partner of the Year – NCS
• FY24 APJ Distributor of the Year – Ingram Micro Asia Ltd
• FY24 APJ OEM Partner of the Year – NEC Corporation

Edwinder Singh, Director for Hybrid IT Practice at NCS Infrastructure, emphasized the importance of data resiliency in the face of cybersecurity threats. He said, “Every business faces the risk of ransomware and cybersecurity attacks. Data resiliency, availability, and security have become strategic, business-critical issues that necessitate well-defined tactical execution plans. At NCS, we are committed to addressing our users’ needs by providing industry-leading backup and data security solutions, supported by Veritas.”

Eunice Lau, Executive Managing Director of Singapore at Ingram Micro Asia Pte Ltd, highlighted the long-standing partnership with Veritas. “We have worked with Veritas for many years and appreciate their exceptional commitment to supporting us and the channel community. The geographical breadth of support and product reliability have driven our mutual success.”

Hitoshi Okawa, Professional at the Data Storage Platform Department of NEC Corporation, expressed pride in the longstanding collaboration with Veritas. “We are very proud to receive this award from Veritas Technologies. It is the result of more than a quarter of a century of hard work between Veritas and NEC. The NetBackup business has become a strong foundation solution to deliver the best value to our customers.”

Additionally, Veritas recognized local partners for their contributions:

• FY24 Top Partner New Business Growth (Korea, North Asia) – 3S SOFT CO., LTD
• FY24 Top Partner New Business Growth (Australia, Asia South & Pacific) – NTT Australia Pty Ltd
• FY24 Top Partner New Business Growth (Greater China) – CETC Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
• Top Valued Added Distributor (Korea, North Asia) – Kolon Benit CO., LTD
• Top Valued Added Distributor (Australia, Asia South & Pacific) – Dicker Data Ltd
• Top Valued Added Distributor (Hong Kong, Greater China) – ACW Distribution (HK) Ltd