Cloudflare Names 2021 Channel and Alliance Partner Award Winners
Cloudflare has announced the winners of its annual Channel and Alliance Partner Awards, recognizing partners who delivered standout business outcomes for customers throughout 2021. Against a backdrop of continued remote-work transitions and an evolving threat landscape, the company's partners expanded their services capabilities and accelerated growth on the Cloudflare platform.
The awards span the Americas, APJC, and EMEA regions, honoring partners across categories including global system integrators (GSIs), managed service providers (MSPs), distributors, and individual solution engineers. Cloudflare notes that demand for modern Zero Trust security approaches drove much of the partner activity, and points to a new partner services program for SASE and Zero Trust launched at the start of 2022 as continued support for partner-led growth.
Americas
- GSI Partner of the Year: Accenture Federal Services — recognized for wide-ranging go-to-market collaboration with Cloudflare, significant customer outcomes, and partnership revenue growth.
- MSP Partner of the Year: Rackspace Technology — the top performing MSP partner in the Americas.
- Channel Partner of the Year: Optiv — honored for sales achievement and growth in 2021.
- Distributor Partner of the Year: AVANT — recognized for representing Cloudflare and enabling reseller partners to secure customer sales and revenue streams.
- Rising Star Partner of the Year: GuidePoint Security — acknowledged for investments in the shared business, achieving full certification compliance and exceeding revenue targets.
APJC
- Partners of the Year: Union Victory Technologies Development Limited (China), 上海云曾科技有限公司 (CengCloud) (China), INFORMATION SECURITY SERVICE DIGITAL UNITED INC. (ISSDU) (Taiwan), and Accelia, Inc. (Japan) — top performing partners in their respective territories.
- Distributor Partner of the Year: Softdebut Co., Ltd. — recognized for representing Cloudflare and enabling partner sales and revenue growth.
- Partner Win of the Year: Union Victory Technologies Development Limited — for the largest, most strategic deal, deploying a comprehensive end-to-end security, performance, and reliability solution.
- Technical Excellence Award: Kingsoft Cloud and NetQ — honored for SEs who demonstrated expertise in leading customer presales and proof-of-concept experiences.
- Partner SE Champions of the Year: Ricky Wong (NC Services Limited), Hongkyu Kim (Megazone Cloud), Pradeep Mandloi (Blazeclan Technologies), Andrianus Franky Octavianto Eko (PT. Helios Informatika Nusantara), David Stewen (Exclusive Networks), Kumagai Atsufumi (Tokyo Electron Device Limited), Zhu Tao (Hangzhou Youpai Cloud Technology Co., Ltd), and Ajeet Kumar (Valuepoint Techsol Private Limited) — recognized for earned certifications and delivering the Cloudflare experience for customers.
- Partner Marketing Champions: Softdebut Co., Ltd. and NC Services Limited — for collaboration and business outcomes in marketing Cloudflare solutions.
EMEA
- Partner of the Year: e92plus — for sales achievement and growth in 2021.
- Distributor of the Year: V-Valley — the top performing distributor representing Cloudflare and enabling partner revenue growth.
- MSP Partner of the Year: Rackspace Technology — top performing MSP across EMEA.
- New Partner of the Year: Dept Agency — new to the Cloudflare Partner Network in 2021 yet already achieving full certification compliance and exceeding revenue targets.
- Most Valuable Player (MVP) Partner: Softline — for service to joint customers and engagement in certifications and registered deals.
- Cloudflare Certification Champions of the Year: Concat AG and DC Communication — partner companies whose teams earned the highest total number of Cloudflare certifications.
- Partner SEs Champions of the Year: Dimitri Katsiashvili (42 Digital), Vahid Madi (Synopsis), and Erez Zarum (Nanosek) — recognized for depth of knowledge and expertise demonstrated through certifications.
More information about the Cloudflare Partner Network and its programs is available through the Partner Portal.
