Melbourne-based managed services provider Global Solutions has been awarded by storage vendor NetApp with an Asia-Pacific partner award.
The company took home the solution innovation partner award for backup-as-a-service at the NetApp APAC Partner Excellence Awards, alongside three other winners for their respective categories.
Global Solutions was honoured for driving new workloads for new and existing customers, specifically for backup-as-a-service. The other winners were South Korea’s SoftFusion for AI, Indonesia’s PT. Mastersystem Infotama for FlexPod and India’s Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic for Data Protection Alliance.
Speaking to CRN, Global Solutions sales and marketing director Gavin Hoffman said the award was in recognition of the company’s work with major utilities providers in Melbourne, specifically with NetApp data delivery and protection services.
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