Red Hat awards ANZ partners

Red Hat awarded several Australian and New Zealand partners at its ANZ partner day last week.

Partners were awarded from 10 different categories, with over 50 partner organisations present at the event.

Red Hat ANZ senior director and head of ecosystems Garry Gray said the partner day was held to "celebrate and recognise the innovative work our partners are doing in the region and the impact they are making across businesses and industries."

Click through to see which partners snagged awards.

ANZ Partner of the Year: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

L to R: Dean Janjic (HPE), Chris Weber (HPE) and Garry Gray (Red Hat).

Advanced Partner of the Year: Logicalis

L to R: Michael Lennox (Logicalis) and Derek Wilson (Red Hat).

Innovation Partner of the Year: Advent One

L to R: John Twine (Advent One), Fytos Charalambides (Red Hat), Talor Holloway (Advent One) and Mark Weinstein (Advent One).

Commercial Partner of the Year: Logicalis

L to R: Michael Lennox (Logicalis) and Martin Zierer (Red Hat).

Distribution Partner of the Year: Ingram Micro New Zealand

L to R: Terry Sheehy (Ingram Micro New Zealand) and Garry Gray (Red Hat).

ISV Partner of the Year: Softel Systems

L to R: Adrian Gigante (Red Hat) and Scott Watson (Softel Systems).

New Partner of the Year: Systemethix

L to R: Marcus Keonig (Systemethix), John Nelson (Red Hat) and Richard Lightfoot (Systemethix).

OpenShift Partner of the Year: Integral 

L to R: Ben Scown (Integral), Amy Ward (Integral), Fytos Charalambides (Red Hat) and Michael Stone (Integral).

Cloud Partner of the Year: Amazon Web Services

L to R: Prasad Mucheria (AWS) and Andrew McLaughlin (Red Hat).

Telco Partner of the Year: Nokia

L to R: Trent Pearce (Red Hat), Adrian Haley (Nokia), Wilson Maria (Nokia) and Jonathan Ang (Red Hat).