Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today announced the winners of its 2016 partner of the year awards. Fortinet's 2016 Partner of the Year awards recognize outstanding cybersecurity sales, customer experience, collaboration, and marketing achievements from the company's distributors and resellers around the world. 

FortiHero - Global Partner of the Year - Santa Monica Networks Oy, Finland

Partner of the Year
US / Canada - r - CDW, US / INSA, Canada
LATAM - GTLink
EMEA - Orange Cyberdefence, France
APAC - Syscom Computer Engineering, Taiwan
Japan - Otsuka Corporation

Distribution Partner of the Year
US / Canada - Ingram Micro
LATAM - Westcon Groups
EMEA - Exclusive Network Group
APAC - Innovix Distribution Limited Hong Kong
Japan - SCSK Corporation

Enhanced Technology Partner of the Year
US / Canada - SHI
LATAM - Gamma Ingenieros SAS
EMEA - Innovative Solutions (KSA), Saudi Arabia
APAC - O2 Networks Pty Ltd., Australia
Japan - Hitachi Systems, Ltd.

Growth Partner of the Year
US / Canada - VLCM
LATAM - DANRESA
EMEA - Business Connexion Pty Ltd., South Africa
APAC - MEC, Philippines
Japan - SoftBank Commerce & Service Corp

Ken Xie, founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer at Fortinet

'I would like to congratulate this year’s winners for their significant achievements in 2016. These partners demonstrated a commitment to deliver the very best cybersecurity solutions and defend their customers against today’s increasingly advanced threat landscape. I would also like to extend my gratitude to all of our partners for their dedication and achievements in 2016. Working together, we have all greatly contributed to a more secure digital future.'

This year's award winners were announced at the Fortinet Accelerate 2017 global partner conference, being held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Accelerate 2017 is host to more than 1,300 attendees representing 696 different partner organizations who have travelled from over 90 countries. Accelerate 2017 offers a unique opportunity for partners and customers to gain insights about Fortinet’s Security Fabric vision, provide direct feedback to Fortinet leadership, learn to maximize Fortinet’s enablement programs, and gain and share best practices with the cybersecurity industry’s best and brightest.