ESET has been creating a secure digital world for its users since 1987. Every year, we honour our top-performing partners through our Partner Awards. 2021 saw our second-ever virtual awards recognising leadership, commitment, innovation and meaningful contributions to our mission of nurturing digital safety in South Africa. “ESET Southern Africa has always focused on providing the best possible products through our amazing partner network, leveraging our easy-to-use transactional systems and authentic South Africa support,” explained CEO, Carey van Vlaanderen. “That is why annually we love to treat our partners to an awards event – to share our experiences, to connect and to show our gratitude.”
The ESET Partner Awards introduce new partners in the new partner programme and recognise the achievements of existing partners through the awards. “The FY21 partner awards is an opportunity for us to recognise our amazing resellers,” explained Sales and Marketing Director of ESET Southern Africa, Stephen Flynn. “This year we host our second virtual awards and, looking back on a challenging and dramatic year for all of us, it’s just incredible to witness the resilience and character of our resellers throughout this journey,” he went on. “With working from home and requirement for mobility being the primary means of managing through lockdown, our resellers have embraced the dynamic and changing market conditions with aplomb.”
Van Vlaanderen agreed, saying: “We are so proud of our partners fighting to keep their clients safe online while all adjusted to the difficult changes and challenges in the last 18 months.”
The awards are divided into sales, revenue and service categories, highlighting partners that excelled in those areas. “This year, we have introduced two new award categories, these being technical certification and cloud bundle sales awards,” said Flynn.
On the future of ESET Southern Africa, Van Vlaanderen said: “We’ll continue to leverage technology to support the trends we see in our business and partners, moving towards supporting cloud-based clients and businesses as they balance the new hybrid working environment.” The coming focus is also allowing users and partners to consume how they want, whether it be in the cloud on a monthly basis, or on-premises in using a more traditional annual licensing approach, as well as ensuring availability of our transactional systems for all users in our partner network, allowing them to use ESET products in as many consumption methods as possible.
Flynn added that the changed market demand has led to significant sell through of on-premises and cloud bundle products, where mobility, enhanced product features and endpoint ease of management are key components in the purchasing decision. “The result, an outstanding year of growth and record sales,” he said.
After a successful year of sales and prioritising customer needs throughout difficult times, and with a promising year on the horizon, ESET Southern Africa is thrilled to take the opportunity of the Annual Partner Awards to celebrate success in the face of adversity, and tenacity in the face of turbulence.
Award winners
The awards this year were divided into two categories – regional and national.
The winners of the 2021 ESET Partner Awards are listed below.
Regional
1 Up Tech
3rd, Newcomer Sales Champion, (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
ABIT SOLUTIONS
1st, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Western Cape and Namibia)
2nd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Western Cape and Namibia)
Adept Internet
3rd, Renewal Rate Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Acumen Technologies
2nd, Sales Growth Champion (Gauteng)
Afrihost SP
1st, Consumer Sales Champion (Gauteng)
AVeS Cyber Security
2nd, Highest Revenue Champion (Gauteng)
2nd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Gauteng)
2nd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Gauteng)
3rd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1000+ seats (Gauteng)
Axon Business Systems
3rd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Western Cape and Namibia)
Bidvest Namibia Information Technology
2nd, MSP Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Brainwave Projects
1st, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1 000+ seats (Western Cape and Namibia)
BVI Network Security Services
1st, Highest Revenue Champion (Gauteng)
1st, Top new Sales (Gauteng)
3rd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Gauteng)
1st, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1000+ seats (Gauteng)
1st, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1000+ seats (National)
3rd, Cloud Sales Champion (Gauteng)
BWare CC
1st, Sales Growth Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
1st, Renewal Rate Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
CA Computer Solutions International
2nd, Renewal Rate Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Camsec E L
1st, Newcomer Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Complete Office Solutions
3rd, Highest Revenue Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
2nd, Top New Sales (Western Cape and Namibia)
1st, Consumer Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
3rd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Western Cape and Namibia)
Computer World
2nd, Consumer Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Cornerstone IT Systems
3rd, Newcomer Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Cyberlogic Stellenbosch
1st, Highest Revenue Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
1st, MSP Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
More Real Information Technology
3rd, Newcomer Sales Champion (Gauteng)
DataTegra
1st, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Gauteng)
Dekatshe Consulting
1st, Newcomer Sales Champion (Gauteng)
DelTeQ Information Systems
1st, Sales Growth Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Dial a Nerd
2nd, Consumer Sales Champion (Gauteng)
Easy Computers
3rd, Consumer Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
EKhwesi Business Solutions
3rd, Cloud Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
eXITe Computers and Designing
3rd, Consumer Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
First Technology Western Cape
2nd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1 000+ seats (Western Cape and Namibia)
First Technology KwaZulu-Natal
1st, Highest Revenue Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
1st, Top new Sales (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
1st, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
1st, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
1st, Cloud Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
First Technology National
2nd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1 000+ seats (Gauteng)
Gravit8 IT
2nd, Highest Revenue Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
3rd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1 000+ seats (Western Cape and Namibia)
3rd, MSP Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
3rd, Cloud Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Green Enterprise Solutions
1st, Newcomer Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
1st, Top New Sales (Western Cape and Namibia)
1st, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Western Cape and Namibia)
Hambisana Support
3rd, Top New Sales (Gauteng)
1st, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Gauteng)
2nd, Cloud Sales Champion (Gauteng)
High Point Trading Holdings
1st, Cloud Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Icon Information Systems
2nd, MSP Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
IT World SA
2nd, Newcomer Sales Chamion (Gauteng)
Khanya Africa Networks
2nd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1000+ seats (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
LAN Logix
3rd, MSP Sales Champion (Gauteng)
Lantek Computers
3rd, Top New Sales (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
2nd, Cloud Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Lardus Consult
2nd, Renewal Rate Champion (Gauteng)
Massador Computers
3rd, Sales Growth Champion (Gauteng)
Megtron
1st, Consumer Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Overberg Technology
2nd, Sales Growth Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Paradigm Information Technologies
2nd, Cloud Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Pilot Software Holdings
3rd, Highest Revenue Champion (Gauteng)
1st, MSP Sales Champion (Gauteng)
Privilege IT Solutions Pty ltd
2nd, Renewal Rate Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
ProSysCom
3rd, Highest Revenue Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
3rd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
PursuIT Solutions
1st, Sales Growth Champion (Gauteng)
2nd, Top New Sales (Gauteng)
1st, Renewal Rate Champion (Gauteng)
1st, Cloud Sales Champion (Gauteng)
Reflex Solutions
2nd, MSP Sales Champion (Gauteng)
Resilient Servers and Networks
1st, Renewal Rate Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Rocarm
2nd, Top new Sales (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
1st, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1 000+ seats (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
SACS TRADING
3rd, Top New Sales (Western Cape and Namibia)
ScottNET
1st, MSP Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Sec Data Sol
3rd, Sales Growth Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
SIGMA IT
2nd, Newcomer Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
SMS ICT Choice
2nd, Sales Growth Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
SpecCom
3rd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
3rd, Renewal Rate Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
SPT Computers
3rd, Consumer Sales Champion (Gauteng)
Supertron Technologies
3rd, Renewal Rate Champion (Gauteng)
Synapse Business Solutions
2nd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Western Cape and Namibia)
Technology Solution House
2nd, Newcomer Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
Universal Networks
2nd, Highest Revenue Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
2nd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
3rd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (National)
2nd, Samll Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Velocity Professional Services Pty Ltd
3rd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (Gauteng)
Voraltex
3rd, Sales Growth Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
WaRCoM Business Solutions
3rd, MSP Sales Champion (Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal)
Web Africa Networks Pty Ltd
2nd, Consumer Sales Champion (Western Cape and Namibia)
National
Afrihost SP
1st, Consumer Sales Champion (National)
AVeS Cyber Security Pty Ltd
3rd, Highest Revenue Champion (National)
3rd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (National)
1st, Best in the Biz Award (most employees trained)
Brainwave Projects
2nd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1000+ seats (National)
BVI Network Security Services
1st, Highest Revenue Champion (National)
1st, Top New Sales (National)
3rd, Best in the Biz Award (most employees trained)
BWare
2nd, Renewal Rate Champion (National)
C H M Vuwani Computer Solutions
3rd, Sales Growth Champion (National)
Complete Office Solutions
2nd, Consumer Sales Champion (National)
Cyberlogic Stellenbosch
1st, MSP Sales Champion (National)
DataTegra
2nd, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (National)
Dekatshe Consulting
3rd, Newcomer Sales Champion (National)
DelTeQ Information Systems
1st, Sales Growth Champion (National)
ET Information Technology
3rd, Renewal Rate Champion (National)
First Technology KwaZulu-Natal
2nd, Highest Revenue Champion (National)
3rd, Top new Sales (National)
1st, SMB Sales Champion5-200 (National)
1st, Small Enterprise Sales Champion 200+ seats (National)
3rd, Cloud Sales Champion (National)
2nd, Best in the Biz Award (most employees trained)
Green Enterprise Solutions
1st, Newcomer Sales Champion (National)
Hambisana Support
2nd, SMB Sales Champion 5-200 (National)
2nd, Cloud Sales Champion (National)
Navobyte
2nd, Newcomer Sales Champion (National)
NC Toner Solutions
2nd, Sales Growth Champion (National)
Network & Computing Consultants
2nd, Top New Sales (National)
3rd, Large Enterprise Sales Champion 1000+ seats (National)
Pilot Software Holdings
2nd, MSP Sales Champion (National)
PursuIT Solutions
1st, Cloud Sales Champion (National)
Reflex Solutions
3rd, MSP Sales Champion (National)
Resilient Servers and Networks
1st, Renewal Rate Champion (National)
Web Africa Networks
3rd, Consumer Sales Champion (National)
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