Announced during the Palo Alto Networks Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Partner Summit, these awards are presented to an elite group of Palo Alto Networks partners that over the past 12 months have excelled in the following areas:

• Performance: Bookings that partners initiate, the pipeline they build, innovative new services launched, and net new customers added.
• Enablement: Number of Palo Alto Networks technical, pre-sales, sales and post-sales training and certifications completed
• Engagement: Nominated by the Palo Alto Networks team for exceptional engagement with Palo Alto Networks and our customers.

Vodafone NZ (soon to become One NZ) entered a strategic partnership with Palo Alto Networks in 2022 and achieved incredible success in their first transactional year together. The company built huge momentum within the first few months and has a strong joint pipeline of New Zealand businesses engaging with Vodafone products powered by Palo Alto. Vodafone NZ also embarked on an enablement journey with PANW that saw over 30 staff accredited and certified across NGFW, Cortex and SASE technologies. One of the keystones of the partnership included the launch of Vodafone Secure Access powered by Palo Alto Networks to the NZ market in September 2021.

Chief Enterprise Officer Lindsay Zwart believes engaging working with partners like Palo Alto Networks will helps usher in a more efficient safer and more technologically enabled Aotearoa. “The technology required to do business and do it well, is evolving at such a rapid rate that New Zealand businesses owners need to trust their providers to source them the best products. Vodafone is committed to partnering with the best, like Palo Alto Networks, so our business customers can focus on delivering amazing outcomes for everyday New Zealanders. Other companies we work with include DEFEND, one of New Zealand’s leading cybersecurity architects, with a majority shareholding purchase by Vodafone NZ earlier this year. Through the magic of technology, we can create a more awesome Aotearoa for the generations to come.”

“At Palo Alto Networks, our partners play a critical role in securing the tech-enabled future of the enterprise, and never has that been more apparent against a backdrop of challenges in 2022,” said Bryan Stibbard at Palo Alto Networks. “Enterprises rely on Palo Alto Networks technology and our trusted partners to bring the services and solutions that offer choice, flexibility, and simplicity. That adds up to better customer deployments and faster time to value. We’re proud to recognize [Vodafone New Zealand on their ANZ Service Provider of the Year award for delivering valuable business outcomes and helping our mutual customers protect their digital way of life.”

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