[News] 2016 HP New Zealand Partner Award Winners

HP New Zealand has announced the winning partners at the second annual 2016 HP Partner Awards held at St Matthew-in-the-City last night (1 December). The HP Partner Awards recognises and celebrates excellence, growth, consistency and engagement of its top partners. This year also saw the addition of several new categories, resulting in 11 outstanding companies winning across 11 award categories.

Victoria Mahan, Commercial and Enterprise Sales Manager, HP New Zealand, says the company’s partners work tirelessly to create new, tailored solutions to suit their clients and these awards acknowledge their hard work.

“It’s been incredible to see our partners making their mark and creatively pushing the boundaries within the industry. Our commercial business is represented by an exceedingly talented network of companies, and the HP Partner community is the foundation of this.
“This is our way of thanking our incredible partners for the work they do, celebrate their achievements and recognise their hard work and contribution to customers across New Zealand,” says Mahan.

Ingram Micro had an outstanding night, picking up the highly contested Distributor of the Year Award for the team’s dedication to creating engagement not only with HP, but also throughout the wider Reseller community.

“Ingram Micro had a stellar year across both PC and print, smashing their numbers and achieving outstanding results for the business. Not only this, the team created a whole new level of engagement with HP and their customers, particularly with the Hit the Road tour through the regions, showcasing the best of our technology throughout the country,” says Mahan.

With more than 35 years’ experience in technology, Ingram Micro is the world’s largest distributor of computer and technology products, offering the largest selection of hardware and software products.

HP New Zealand Partner Award Winners:

Distributor of the Year

Winner: Ingram Micro

Finalists: Exeed and Dove

HP Channel Sales Person of the Year 2016

Winner: Neth Ky, Datacom

“In the past year Neth has excelled in converting customers from competitors to HP, while cementing the strong relationships between HP and Datacom to ensure we worked shoulder-to-shoulder in any given opportunity. This award is a fitting recognition of all the support HP has received from Neth this year,” – Oliver Hill, Printing Systems Sales Manager, HP New Zealand.

HP Direct Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Spark Digital

“A huge congratulations to the team at Spark Digital for their well-deserved win. Together with HP, we set targets to achieve more joint sales together, increase the accuracy of performance forecasts and deliver a sales performance higher than previous years, and they nailed it,” – Max Wong, Partner Business Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: Datacom Auckland and PB Technologies

HP Gold Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Noel Leeming Commercial

“Since becoming a gold partner, we’ve seen incredible growth from Noel Leeming Commercial. There has been an exceptional level of engagement from the 50 strong team, and the continued investment to upskill the team led to their well-deserved win last night,” – Antony Watts, Partner Business Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: NEOS, IT Engine, Acquire and Codeblue

HP Silver Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Manux Solutions

“Manux Solutions achieved an incredible 75 per cent growth year-on-year and exceeded their target every quarter. The team also converted a number of large New Zealand organisations to HP using very creative solutions and we’ve been blown away by their continued support,” – Oliver Hill, Printing Systems Sales Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: Command IT, Graphic Dimensions, OEM Print Solutions and Houston Computers

NZ Growth Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Datacom Auckland

“This award is truly a testament to Datacom’s tireless efforts in creating innovative, go-to-market initiatives contributing to their amazing triple-digit growth. We congratulate their entire team for all their efforts and dedication to HP this year,” – Antony Watts, Partner Business Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: CSG Print Services, Spark Digital and Noel Leeming Commercial

HP Marketing Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Acquire

“Some of the most exciting and innovative marketing campaigns in New Zealand have come out of Acquire this year, and we want to congratulate them on consistently challenging the norm. We can’t wait to see what’s to come next year,” – Antony Watts, Partner Business Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: PB Technologies, Cyclone, Lexel and Codeblue

HP Education Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Cyclone

“The Cyclone team’s incredible depth of knowledge in the education sector resulted in their win last night. The environment is extremely competitive and Cyclone managed to achieve year-on-year growth, whilst receiving positive market feedback for their work,” – Antony Watts, Partner Business Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: New Era IT, Noel Leeming Commercial, PB Technologies and Lexel

HP Retailer of the Year 2016

Winner: Warehouse Stationery

“The Warehouse Stationary team always look for new ways to reinvent themselves, and we’ve had a great partnership through the years. We look forward to another great year ahead with the team,” – Tina Tu, Retail Account Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman

HP Regional Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: Scotttronic Technologies

“We want to congratulate Scottronic Technologies for the outstanding win this year. The team delivered exceptional growth in 2016, along with some fantastic initiatives to drive the business. We look forward to another successful year with the team,” – Victoria Mahan, Commercial and Enterprise Sales Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: Bondwell, Daltron Fiji, Devine Computing and Black SANZ Technologies

HP Specialist Partner of the Year 2016

Winner: CSG Business Solutions

“CSG won the Specialist Partner of the Year award last night for the focused efforts to drive the HP Pagewide story to market. Growing at more than 150 per cent year-on-year within the category, this is a result of CGS’s ability to provide a best in class service and solution offering,” – Rob Lonie, Partner Business Manager, HP New Zealand.

Finalists: Dimension Data, SoftSource, Lexel, Spark Digital and Datacom Wellington