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HP partners in spotlight at 2023 HP Partner Awards in Sydney

By Staff Writer on Nov 24, 2023 8:20AM

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HP Inc announced the winners of its annual HP Partner Awards last night, celebrating its top performing and contributing partners across 2023.

The winners were announced yesterday evening in a private black-tie dinner at The Star in Sydney.

The awards acknowledge and celebrate the successes of HP partners and individuals from the past year across various categories including: HP Amplify Partner of the Year, MPS Partner of the Year, Services Partner of the Year, SMB Partner of the Year, Supply Partner of the Year, Print Distributor of the Year, PC Distributor of the Year and recognition of Sustainable Impact. Individuals are also recognised for their achievements in categories across marketing to distribution and sales.

“As an opportunity to celebrate what makes our partnerships so special, The Annual Partner Awards is without doubt one of the standout events of our year”, said Chris Hewlett, Senior Director of Commercial Channel at HP Australia.

“There are so many partners across various products, market segments and industry specialisations who are crucial to HP’s business success.”

“We wouldn’t be able to strive for our vision of becoming the world’s most sustainable and just technology company without them – a huge congratulations to every winner.”

CDM secured HP Amplify Partner of the Year, while First Focus IT took home Synergy Partner of the Year. MPS Partner of the Year went to MediaForm and CompNow accepted Enterprise Partnering.

Data#3 was acknowledged as Services Partner of the Year for the second year running. Truis won PC Specialist Partner of the Year while Astrontech scored PC Partner of the Year. Centre Com took home SMB Partner of the Year, and Education Partner of the Year was handed to Atturra Managed Services.

Datacom received the Sustainable Impact award, a distinctive recognition for a leading partner in HP’s three sustainable impact pillars; climate action, human rights, and digital equity. Sustainable impact is a core tenet of HP’s commitment to ‘go beyond for a better world’.

Notable individual recognitions included Dicker Data’s Tillie Riley taking home the Marketing Excellence award and Astrontech’s Nick Kanagias winning Partner Sales Rep of the Year.

Ingram Micro’s Ray Hsieh won Distribution Sales Rep of the Year while Data#3’s Laurence Baynham was inducted into the HP Hall of Fame.

Elite Print Solutions was awarded Supplies Partner of the Year. Synnex and Ingram Micro were recognised as Print Distributor of the Year and PC Distributor of the Year for the second year in a row respectively.

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