Hitachi Vantara honours ANZ Partner of the Year Award winners

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, honoured a number of its ANZ partners for their contributions in FY2025.

ANZ Rising Star Partner of the Year 2025 went to Cordant, who was a new addition to the Hitachi Vantara partner program, with the company demonstrating "significant growth" in revenue and new pipeline in digital infrastructure solutions.

ANZ Acquisition Partner of the Year 2025 was given to The Missing Link who joined the Hitachi Vantara channel ecosystem in 2025.

The company generated the highest number of net new customer logos of any partner during the year.

ANZ Growth Partner of the Year 2025 was awarded to AGFA, a 25-year Hitachi Vantara ANZ partner.

With a platform underpinned by Hitachi Vantara, AGFA demonstrated "exceptional engagement and collaboration" while delivering its strongest year-on-year growth.

The Brocade Storage Networking Division of Broadcom took out the Technology Alliances Partner of the Year for 2025.

Customers across ANZ use the Hitachi Vantara and Broadcom joint modern SAN fabric solutions for performance, security and simplicity at scale and the partnership recently marked a milestone with the joint launch of Brocade Gen 8 and VSP One Block High End solutions into the market.

Elite Partner of the Year 2025 was bestowed upon Ethan Global, who joined the Hitachi Vantara partner program in 2023.

In 2025, the company delivered 160% year on year growth while also being promoted to Elite partner status.

Steven Lee, ANZ partner director at Hitachi Vantara, said the company's partner ecosystem continues to grow and positively contribute to the overall success of the ANZ business.

"In the past year, we have increased our investment in the channel with local sales incentive programs like Run to Win, a program designed to accelerate new customer acquisition, and doubled down on funded headcount and partner MDF to help drive customer awareness and consideration of Hitachi Vantara, and help partners build, compete and win profitably in the market with Hitachi Vantara," he said.

"This has translated into significant year-on-year growth in net new logos for Hitachi Vantara and our partners."