Wavenet Recognized with Marketing Partner of the Year at Extreme Ignite 2023

15/11/23 Wavenet
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Wavenet today announced that it was honored as Marketing Partner of the Year during Ignite 2023, Extreme Networks’ annual EMEA partner conference.

 

Wavenet is an Extreme Diamond Partner. Together we provide some of the UK's largest private and public sector organisations with dependable and essential WiFi.

"The Extreme portfolio is an innovate and essential set of networking and connectivity tools that allow us to deliver secure managed networks to our customers. With Extreme switching and WiFi we can ensure improved performance and resilience with reduced complexity. We're delighted with this latest award from Extreme, and are looking forward to building our partnership into one of the biggest across EMEA." Barry Ward, Product Director at Wavenet.

"Our dynamic partner community at Extreme plays a pivotal role in our continued growth. As we drive innovation and introduce new solutions for our customers, we depend on our distribution partners to deliver high-value services and offerings to resellers. In turn, we rely on our resellers to bring our best-in-class products and services to end users to help them strategically leverage their networks and drive better outcomes. We are proud to collaborate with these outstanding organizations and individuals and grateful for the opportunity to celebrate their achievements during Extreme Ignite 2023." said Joe Vitalone, Chief Revenue Officer at Extreme Networks.   

Extreme’s partner program, rebranded this year as the Extreme Ignite Partner Program, is built upon a foundation of collaboration, training and trust. The program drives business growth and success by providing partners with industry-leading, innovative solutions as well as the education and expertise necessary to ensure successful delivery for end customers. As the networking industry continues to evolve, the new program gives partners the tools and resources they need to grow and strengthen go-to-market initiatives in new and existing verticals and markets.

For more information about the Extreme Ignite Partner Program, visit https://www.extremenetworks.com/partners/.

About Wavenet

Formed in 2000, Wavenet has grown to become a respected, multi-award-winning provider of telecoms, cybersecurity, IT & technology solutions to thousands of businesses and organisations across the UK. Wavenet is a managed service provider and has long-standing partnerships with some of the top technology providers on the planet.

Wavenet's vision is to be the most respected provider of cyber security, cloud and technology solutions to UK organisations. Investing in the right technologies, partners and people, and maintaining strong and dependable growth.

Providing data, voice, security, and IT services to over 8,000 SME, enterprise, and public sector customers, Wavenet has offices in Solihull, London, Manchester, Cambridge, Chester, Norwich, Cardiff, Nottingham, and St Albans and employs 900 people, including over 450 trained support staff and engineers.

About Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) is a leader in cloud networking focused on delivering services that connect devices, applications, and people in new ways. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website at https://www.extremenetworks.com/ or follow us on LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

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