Amid changing work environments, an evolving threat landscape, and a continued cyber skills gap, organizations have recognized that in order to protect their expanding hybrid networks, they need all the help they can get. This is where Fortinet partners shine -demonstrating their expertise to various customers working to secure their networks against an array of sophisticated threats. By helping these organizations fortify their digital environments, our partners have actively supported Fortinet's mission to secure people, devices, and data everywhere.

2021 Partner of the Year Award Winners 

Fortinet's 2021 Partner of the Year Awards recognize exceptional achievements in business momentum, customer experience, collaboration, and more. Below are this year's winners across nine categories.

Partner of the Year

These partners show a commitment to Fortinet and consistently perform when it comes to supporting customers in the deployment and success of Fortinet solutions.

• North America:CDW, United States and CDW Canada
• EMEA:NTT Germany AG & Co. KG and Gulf Business Machines, Middle East
• LATAM:NCT Informatica, Brazil
• APAC:Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited, Hong Kong (Advanced Partner of the Year), NEC Corporation, Japan (Expert Partner of the Year), and Beijing JRunion Technology Co., Ltd., China (Select Partner of the Year) 

Regional Partner of the Year

The Regional Partners of the Year have shown consistent growth and performance when supporting their customers in the deployment and success of Fortinet solutions.

• North America:Ahead, United States and INSA, Canada
• LATAM:Grupo America Movil / Claro / TELMEX

Distributor of the Year

The Distributors of the Year have demonstrated a commitment to regular partner outreach and enablement, educating resellers on solutions and services, and helping to facilitate opportunities with Fortinet.

• North America:Ingram Micro, United States and TD Synnex Canada
• APAC:Wavelink Communications Pty Ltd, Australia
• EMEA:Arrow ECS Internet Security SL, Spain and Mantrac Distribution, Egypt
• LATAM:Grupo Dacas, Latin America

Security Fabric Partner of the Year

The Security Fabric Partners of the Year differentiate themselves from the competition by maximizing the opportunity with the Fortinet Security Fabric platform to build solution offerings across the digital attack surface -from the data center to the cloud to the home office -as customer demands or needs evolve.

• North America:WWT, United States and IMP Solutions, Canada
• APAC:DXC, Australia
• EMEA:ITI SRL Innovazione Tecnologica Italiana, Italy and KocSistem Bilgi ve Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., Turkey
• LATAM:Druidics Soluciones Inform