Atos Hosts Power Up Partner Conference with Top Global Channel Partners

Paris, June 12, 2019

250 partners join Atos in Budapest to collaborate and identify new opportunities for growth

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, held its annual channel partner conference in Budapest, bringing together 250 of its top partners from around the globe for updates on Atos’ channel strategy and program, and key solution enhancements. Formerly the Unify Partner Conference, the Atos Power Up Partner Conference 2019 emphasized the many opportunities in today’s market and outlined how Atos is poised to collaborate with partners to drive new business growth.

This year’s conference featured speakers from Atos discussing the advantages to channel partners of Atos’ breadth of technology expertise, alliances, global presence and strong channel program. In both main plenary sessions and breakouts, partners were able to learn about Atos’ Advance 2021 initiative, its unified channel vision, and the latest updates to its Unified Communication and Collaboration portfolio and cybersecurity innovations.

Significant updates included an overview of the Atos Orchestration Platform, which reaches across verticals and integrates customer business applications, data and users. Atos also highlighted Siemens’ use of Circuit Meeting Room in over 1000 conference rooms globally, improving team collaboration while reducing travel costs.

Key partners including Google, Ingram Micro, Logitech, and NUSO, shared how they are working with Atos today and strategies for growth and innovation moving forward. Additionally, at the heart of the event was the Community Hub, which offered an opportunity for hands on demonstrations and information from technology partners.

At the event, Atos presented its annual awards to top partners. This year’s award winners included:

• Partner of the Year, sponsored by Media 5/Mediatrix – GROSC
• Distributor of the Year, sponsored by Sennheiser – Itancia
• Above & Beyond, sponsored by ASC, for the partner that demonstrates exceptional dedication to customers and is a strong Atos advocate – A1
• Cloud Partner of the Year, sponsored by Logitech, recognizing exceptional creativity in selling OpenScape Cloud and superior sales results – Paritel
• Contact Center Excellence, sponsored by Jabra, for creativity in selling Contact Center and achievement of superior sales results – SPIE COMNET
• Innovation, sponsored by Horst Platz GMBH, recognizing the partner who has shown great creativity and ingenuity to create a unique proposition for promotion and sales of the broader Atos Unified Communications and Collaboration portfolio – Guangdong Nangfang Communication Construction, Ltd.
• Rising Star, sponsored by PTM Akademie, recognizing the partner who has demonstrated their commitment to the Atos Partner Program by progressing through accreditation levels, engaging with Atos and achieving beyond expectations – IP Communications

Partner Comments:

“The partner conference in Budapest provided a lot of insight into the value Atos brings to its global customers and its partners” said Mike Carney, executive vice president of Black Box. “I believe the integration of Unify within Atos, combined with their partners’ capabilities, creates a broader and deeper set of technology offerings to accelerate our customers’ businesses.”

“This year’s event was filled with great information and updates on both strategy and portfolio,” said Juergen Tiedemann, executive director at SPIE Comnet. “The partner and customer success stories shared were also highly valuable as we look to continue expanding our collaboration with Atos in the years ahead.”