Schneider Electric crowns A/NZ partners for 2023

Schneider Electric has crowned its leading Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) partners for their efforts over the last year.

In all, 16 awards were handed out to 13 companies, with the accolades celebrating their accomplishments during the period, according to Joe Craparotta, Schneider Electric VP of IT business for the Pacific zone.

“The exceptional innovation and commitment to excellence demonstrated by Schneider’s channel partners over the past year has been remarkable. These awards celebrate those accomplishments, and we want to congratulate all entrants as their hard work has resulted in innovative new solutions and outstanding value to clients,” he said.

“As a global technology leader in data centre solutions, Schneider Electric is proud to be supporting its partners as part of its own mission to become the trusted partner in sustainability and digitisation.”

The full list of recipients are:

• Distributor of the Year: Dicker Data Australia
• Distributor of the Year New Zealand: Dicker Data New Zealand
• Distributor – Best in Marketing Campaigns of the Year: Dicker Data Australia
• Distributor Sales Champion of the Year: Tina Kuleski, Dicker Data
• Strategic Partner of the Year: Data#3
• Elite IT Solution Provider of the Year: BDC Services
• Premier IT Solution Provider of the Year: Blue Connections
• Select IT Solution Provider of the Year: Atturra
• Ecommerce Partner of the Year: Mwave
• Partner of the Year New Zealand: DataGuard
• Ecommerce Partner of the Year New Zealand: Acquire
• Partner Sales Champion of the Year: Ellana Yeoh – BDC Services
• Partner Technical Champion of the Year: Andrew Skeels – MyCom
• Most Sustainable Partner of the Year: Datacom
• Managed Service Partner of the Year: Treske
• Electrical Wholesaler: Branch of the Year: AWM – Port Melbourne

Last week, Schneider Electric released a report it commissioned and was conducted by Tech Research Asia that found substantial increases in AI funding during the next five years are on the cards for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB).