Hilversum, 5 October 2011 – At the NEC EMEA Partner Conference 2011 held in Valencia from September 28th till September 30th, NEC awarded its top performing business partners for their excellent business performance in various categories over the past year.
At the conference, which brought together NEC’s major distributors and key business partners from over 40 countries across EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), Lex de Gier, Vice President Marketing & Sales at NEC Unified Solutions, expressed his appreciation for the strong commitment the business partners have shown and congratulated them with their significant achievements in growing market share across many territories. NEC’s growing market penetration and expanding partner community was reflected in the increased number of participants that gathered at the two-day conference in the majestic setting of hotel Las Arenas.
Awards presented included those for top distributors, resellers, system integrators and selected areas of excellent performance.
NEC is one of the top 3 players in global enterprise communications and the number one vendor in the SMB market, while in EMEA it was the fastest growing market player over the past year. The extended capacity and market reach in EMEA is crucial to NEC’s strategy for growth. “With the innovative power of a global leader and the energetic support of local organizations and highly professional channel partners, NEC is in an excellent position to respond to the most demanding needs of customers”, said Lex de Gier.
Excellent Market fit
NEC is continuously innovating and expanding its portfolio of communications and networking products with advanced solutions that include Unified Communications, Cloud Computing, IT infrastructure and services. Its UNIVERGE communications servers are based on latest technology and are an excellent fit to customer requirements across all market segments. Demonstrations of latest enhancements and expansions to the portfolio, including UC capabilities for sophisticated voice, data and video communications across virtually any type of device or client, be it desktop, mobile or tablet, were received by partners with extreme enthusiasm.
“It is immensely inspiring to experience the enthusiasm of our business partners for our brand, our portfolio and our way of working. Our new SL series communications servers for SMB markets has taken off extremely well, while our channels once again confirm that our Unified Communications and Business Mobility applications are a perfect fit for their small, medium and large enterprise markets. The awards we are presenting are recognition of our mutual commitment and business success. We look forward to a fruitful continuation of the way we are serving EMEA enterprise communications markets together”, concludes de Gier.