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Access4 , the Unified Communicationas-a-Service , UCaaS provider , has announced the winners of its 2023 ANZ Partner Awards during a gala dinner staged as part of the company ’ s inaugural Annual Conference in Port Douglas , Queensland .

This year ’ s Access4 Annual Conference was sponsored by Kaseya , Poly , Dicker Data , Commsplus Distribution , Crexendo , Macquarie Business Bank , Grandstream Networks and TechTent .
More than 70 Access4 partners from around Australia and New Zealand attended the conference which included presentations with exclusive updates regarding Access4 products , as well as thought leadership regarding mergers and acquisitions , the modern data stack , sales innovation , finance and marketing .
The Access4 Partner of the Year Awards recognise the organisation ’ s top performing partners for their contributions in driving revenue growth , signing new customers and supporting customer deployments which delivered exceptional results .
Among the awards were those honouring the top performers in each tier of Access4 ’ s Advantage Partner Programme . These awards recognised partners achieving a combination of the highest growth rate and net new monthly recurring revenue .
Help Desk Computers was awarded Best Gold Tier Partner . Both Adelaideheadquartered Comunet and Newcastlebased NewVo Communications took home the Best Platinum Tier Partner award . Melbourne-headquartered Dealer scooped the Best Diamond Tier Partner award IT . Auckland-headquartered Baycom
ICT , a provider of ICT products and services , was named as Best Diamond +, or higher Tier Partner .
Unite Networx , based in Wagga Wagga , was awarded Most Innovative Partner on account of their remarkable problem-solving skills , limitless creativity , and unparalleled expertise in integrating and optimising a wide range of products for a single customer with unique needs , including a hybrid of Teams , Webex , and SIP Trunks .
The Deal of the Year Award was given to New Zealand-based Plan B for a significant deal that unfolded when one of their customers faced the consequences of a ransomware attack . In this critical moment , Plan B demonstrated extraordinary agility and dedication by seamlessly transitioning the customer to an Access4 hosted system within the span of a single day , ensuring uninterrupted uptime and safeguarding their client ’ s vital operations .
Melbourne-headquartered blueAPACHE was honoured as Best New Partner due to their tremendous growth and surpassing all key milestones since signing with Access4 in the first half of FY23 .
Baycom ICT was named as the New Zealand Partner of the Year and efex , one of Australia ’ s largest IT services companies , was named as Australian Partner of the Year . These awards recognised Baycom ICT and efex as the top performing Access4 partner in New Zealand and Australia respectively , not only by monthly recurring revenue , but also by year-on-year growth . •

ACCESS4 ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2023 ANZ PARTNER AWARDS AT INAUGURAL CONFERENCE IN PORT DOUGLAS

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