Qlik announces global, regional partner awards at Qonnections 2017

Issued by DUO Marketing + Communications for South Africa Qlik Master Reseller
Johannesburg, 18 May 2017

Qlik, a leader in visual analytics, today announced the winners of its annual global and regional partner awards. Presented at Qonnections 2017, the company's global customer and partner event, the awards recognise the Qlik partner community for excellence in several different categories.

"2016 was a momentous year for Qlik and our global partner network, with the tremendous adoption of Qlik Sense and our modern, platform-based approach to BI and analytics. Our partners are the most critical component of Qlik's go-to-market strategy and help us extend our leadership in delivering high-value solutions that meet customers' BI requirements from a single platform," said Toni Adams, Senior Vice-President of Global Partners and Alliances Sales, Qlik.

"We are proud to acknowledge the achievements made in 2016 by Qlik partners, and look forward to continuing our mutual success in 2017."

Global partner award recipients include:

* Rookie Partner of the Year: Technology Integration Group (TIG)
* Solution Provider of the Year: Aginic
* Master Reseller of the Year: SP Data
* Consulting and Services Partner of the Year: Accenture APAC
* OEM Partner of the Year: Precima
* Academic Partner/Education Services of the Year: Analytics8
* Corporate Social Responsibility Partner of the Year: KPMG UK
* Technology Partner of the Year: Cloudera
* Partner Innovation Award: Bardess Group

North America partner award recipients include:

* Rookie Partner of the Year: Technology Integration Group (TIG)
* Solution Provider of the Year: Axis Group
* Consulting and Services Partner of the Year: Deloitte
* Academic Partner/Education Services of the Year: Analytics8

EMEA partner award recipients include:

* Rookie Partner of the Year: GainInsights
* Solution Provider of the Year: Agilos
* Master Reseller of the Year: SP Data
* Consulting and Services Partner of the Year: Accenture EMEA
* Academic Partner/Education Services of the Year: CACI

APAC partner award recipients include:

* Rookie Partner of the Year: Microchannel Services
* Solution Provider of the Year: Aginic
* Master Reseller of the Year: K.K. Ashisuto
* Consulting and Services Partner of the Year: Accenture APAC
* Academic Partner/Education Services of the Year: Sift Analytics Group

LATAM partner award recipients include:

* Rookie Partner of the Year: Grupo Sellcom
* Solution Provider of the Year: AGS Nasoft
* Master Reseller of the Year: Inteligencia de Negocios Chile

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Qlik

Qlik is the leading visual analytics platform and the pioneer of user-driven business intelligence. Its portfolio of cloud-based and on-premises solutions meets customers' growing needs, from reporting and self-service visual analysis to guided, embedded and custom analytics, regardless of where data is located. Customers using Qlik Sense, QlikView and Qlik Cloud gain meaning out of information from multiple sources, exploring the hidden relationships within data that lead to insights that ignite good ideas. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Qlik does business in more than 100 countries with over 40 000 customers globally.

South Africa Qlik Master Reseller

South Africa Qlik Master Reseller (previously known as QlikView SA) has been a member of the EOH group of companies since 1 July 2014, facilitating a great partnership that aims to accelerate growth for Qlik in southern Africa directly or through its specialised partner channel. SA Qlik MR's portfolio of products meets customers' growing needs from reporting and self-service visual analysis to guided, embedded and custom analytics. Over 1 800 customers rely on Qlik solutions to gain meaning out of information from varied sources, exploring the hidden relationships within data that lead to insights that ignite good ideas.

These solutions bridge the gap between traditional BI solutions and inadequate spreadsheet applications. The in-memory associative search technology that Qlik pioneered, pioneered the self-service BI category, allowing users to explore information freely rather than being confined to a predefined path of questions. Appropriate from SME to the largest global enterprise, Qlik's self-service analysis can be deployed with data governance in days or weeks. The platform's app-driven model works with existing BI solutions, offering an immersive mobile and social, collaborative experience. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Qlik does business in more than 100 countries with over 40 000 customers globally. For more information, please visit www.saqlik.com.

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Qlik announces global, regional partner awards at Qonnections 2017

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