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# Congratulations to Our 2021 Partners of the Year

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The Palo Alto Networks global ecosystem team is proud to announce our 2021 Partners of the Year. These awards celebrate our impressive group of partners, who demonstrate excellence in delivering, integrating and building solutions enabled by Palo Alto Networks. Their expertise and commitment to our mission act as a catalyst, helping Palo Alto Networks make each day safer and more secure than the one before.

We announced our winners on November 15 at the Palo Alto Networks Ignite '21 Partner Summit, where we virtually welcomed partners from around the world. Our partners serve as trusted advisors to more than 80,000 customers in every vertical, expanding our scale to help our customers become secure today for a better tomorrow.

Congratulations to this year's winners, who have shown exceptional expertise and dedication to our customers.

#### 2021 Global Partners of the Year Winners:

* Global NextWave Partner of the Year: CDW
* Global Distribution Partner of the Year: Westcon International
* Global Systems Integrator Partner of the Year: IBM
* Global NetSec Partner of the Year: CDW
* Global Service Provider Partner of the Year: BT
* Global Technology Partner of the Year: Okta
* Global Cortex Partner of the Year: Orange Cyberdefense
* Global Prisma Cloud Partner of the Year: AWS
* Global SASE Partner of the Year: Presidio
* Global Social Impact Award: Accenture

***Watch our*** [***Global 2021 Partners of the Year video***](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paloaltonetworks-nextwave-channel-partners_congratulations-to-our-global-partner-award-activity-6866965177405857792-y3fN)***.***

#### 2021 AMERICAS Partners of the Year Winners:

* AMS Cortex Partner of the Year: SHI
* AMS Distribution Partner of the Year: Ingram Micro (Cloud Harmonics)
* AMS NetSec Partner of the Year: Compuquip Cybersecurity
* AMS NextWave Partner of the Year: CDW
* AMS Prisma Cloud Partner of the Year: WWT
* AMS SASE Partner of The Year: Presidio
* AMS SI Partner of the Year: Deloitte
* AMS SP Partner of the Year: Verizon
* LATAM Partner of the Year: Neosecure

#### 2021 EMEA Partners of the Year Winners:

* EMEA NextWave Partner of the Year: Orange Cyberdefense
* EMEA Distribution Partner of the Year: Exclusive Networks EMEA
* EMEA SI Partner of the Year: Wipro
* EMEA SP Partner of the Year: Telefonica
* EMEA Cortex Partner of the Year: OCD France
* EMEA Prisma Cloud Partner of the Year: Computacenter Group
* EMEA SASE Partner of the Year: Verizon
* EMEA NetSec Partner of the Year: NTT Ltd

#### 2021 JAPAC Partners of the Year Winners:

* JAPAC NextWave Partner of the Year: NTT Ltd (APAC and ANZ)
* JAPAC Distribution Partner of the Year: Westcon International
* JAPAC SI Partner of the Year: NTT Ltd (APAC and ANZ)
* JAPAC SP Partner of the Year: Telstra (Australia)
* JAPAC Cortex Partner of the Year: JBCC Holdings Inc.
* JAPAC Prisma Cloud Partner of the Year: eSec Forte Technologies
* JAPAC SASE Partner of the Year: StarHub Limited
* JAPAC NetSec Partner of the Year: Eccom Network System Co., Ltd.
* JAPAC CDSS Partner of the Year: Net One Systems Co., Ltd.
* JAPAC MSSP Partner of the Year: Internet Initiative Japan, Inc.

Catch up on anything you missed at Partner Summit. Watch [Partner Summit sessions on demand.](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/partners/nextwave-partner-portal)

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