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Datacentrix crowned HPE South Africa Partner of the Year
Datacentrix, a leading hybrid ICT systems integrator and Digital Transformation partner, has received four awards at the recent Hewlett Packard Enterprise( HPE) South Africa Partner Awards FY25, including the highly competitive‘ FY25 Partner of the Year’ title.
Taking the highest honour of the HPE South Africa Partner Awards programme, Datacentrix was recognised as excelling across revenue, growth, certified capability and ecosystem leadership.
In addition, Datacentrix was named Services Partner of the Year, Storage Partner of the Year and Security Partner of the Year, in acknowledgement of its services leadership, deep technical expertise, market strength and the ability to execute on high- value opportunities.
During the ceremony, attention was drawn to some of Datacentrix’ s key achievements. This includes one of the largest security deals in the region for FY25, the Middle East and Africa( MEA) HPE Aruba Networking Deal of the Year and a significant headline storage win.
Dave Thomas, Enterprise Business Unit Manager, Datacentrix, said:“ HPE’ s current strategy is the strongest we’ ve ever seen and
provides clear direction for the year ahead. Its focus on hybrid cloud, networking and AI resonates with our local customers and closely aligns with Datacentrix’ s own approach.”
President Ntuli, Managing Director, HPE South Africa, said:“ Congratulations to Datacentrix on being named FY25 Partner of the Year and on three additional awards, reflecting the team’ s consistent focus on collaboration, innovation and alignment with HPE’ s strategy.”
Westcon-Comstor celebrates partner CGTech on Palo Alto Networks Partner of Excellence award
South African partner achieves Diamond status within a year, demonstrating the impact of strong channel collaboration. Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa, a global technology distributor specialising in cybersecurity, networking and hybrid cloud solutions, has announced that its partner CGTech has been recognised as Partner of Excellence at the inaugural Palo Alto Networks Partner Xchange Awards.
The recognition highlights CGTech’ s rapid growth and market impact, having achieved Palo Alto Networks Diamond Partner status on February 23 2026, less than a year after joining the programme. The milestone places the company among a select group of toptier partners in the SADC region.
CGTech’ s success reflects a combination of strong technical capability, strategic market execution and close collaboration with Westcon-Comstor’ s local team.
“ Being recognised by Palo Alto Networks as Partner of Excellence at the inaugural Partner Xchange is a significant milestone for our company,” said Gary Meyer, General Manager for Sales and Procurement at CGTech.
“ This achievement belongs to our customers, whose trust and partnership drive everything we do. It reflects the strength of our partnership, the clarity of our strategic direction, and the consistent execution delivered by our team.”
CGTech’ s journey highlights the impact of strong collaboration within the channel ecosystem. Through close engagement with the Westcon-Comstor team, the partner has accelerated its growth, expanded its technical capabilities and strengthened its go-to-market strategies around nextgeneration cybersecurity solutions.
“ At Westcon-Comstor, we partner in a real and meaningful way,” said Nickey
Nickey Mannya, Director for Cybersecurity and Next Generation Solutions at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa
Mannya, Director for Cybersecurity and Next Generation Solutions at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa.
“ Our role is to stand alongside our partners, helping them grow through skills development, market strategy and opportunity creation. Seeing CGTech rise to Diamond status in such a short time is a fantastic achievement and a reflection of what strong collaboration can accomplish.”
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