The event featured interactive sessions, topics including 5G networks and e-commerce acceleration, and awards for highest performing partners
Bogotá, Colombia [July 9, 2021] – Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced the successful conclusion of the LATAM Digital Partner Summit 2021, an event that brought together Vertiv’s partners in Latin America to offer a holistic vision of the industry, present product updates and provide sales orientation.
The event, themed “Velocity: Innovation Redefined,” was held virtually and featured five hours packed with innovation and live content. This year, attendees were able to participate in six different Think Tank Sessions, plus interactive sessions that dealt with subjects such as 5G networks, network edge computing, critical infrastructure, e-commerce acceleration and the Vertiv channel program. The sessions were held with top Vertiv executives, including John Hewitt, Vertiv’s President of Americas; Fernando Garcia, Vice President of Global Channels; Rafael Garrido, Vice President of Vertiv Latin America; and the special participation of Marcus Dantus, CEO of Startup México.
“The theme of the event is surrounding the concept of velocity, meaning having a direction and a goal, which is exactly what we want our partners to be thinking about,” said Saida Ortiz, Channel Director for Vertiv Latin America. “The velocity of digital transformation has been exponential in this past year and we want to help them by preparing them to serve their clients more effectively.”
The Velocity Partner Summit also provided an opportunity to recognize the highest performing partners during 2020. Winning companies were selected based on their resilience, innovation and support, as well as their commitment to Vertiv’s growth throughout 2020.
Here are the winners of the 2021 edition:
Business Growth Award: Union Sistemas e Energia (Brazil)
Rising Star Award: ByF Power S.A (Peru)
Strategic Project Award: Technical Distributors, Inc (Puerto Rico)
Innovation Award: GTS Global Technology Services (Colombia)
Best EDGE Solution Award: iTelogic (Chile)
Social Community Environmental Impact Solution Award: Milestone Technologies CIA LTDA (Colombia and Ecuador)
Best Smart Solution: Specom Standby Power Engineering Company (Guyana)
Digital Mastery Award: ELPA SPA (Chile).
Electrical Distributor Award: MELEXA (Colombia)
IT Distributor Award: Ingram Micro Inc. (Chile & Peru)
Partner of the Year Award: Integración de Servicios Arquitectónicos y de Ingeniería GAMA SA CV (Mexico)
The LATAM Digital Partner Summit 2021 was supported by Honeywell, Dell and Vertiv distributors MPS, Proveedora de Climas, Osrami, Agis and Data Tech Inc.
For more information about the event speakers and sessions, visit: http://www.vertiv.com/velocity.
To learn more about the company visit Vertiv’s web site and social media profiles: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
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