Azul Honors Partners Who Deliver Customer Excellence in Driving Java Solutions, Services and Expertise
March 28 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Joint customers achieving 70%+ cost savings
and 100% success migrating from Oracle Java to Azul’s OpenJDK-based
offerings
Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced the
recipients of its 2024 Channel Partner Awards honoring the
outstanding performance and unwavering dedication of Azul’s
top-performing channel partners. These partners have been
instrumental in enabling customers around the world to avoid costly
Oracle Java price hikes, optimize their cloud and infrastructure
Java compute spend, and boost Java security.
Marking a significant milestone, the winners were selected from
a network of more than 100 partners globally in Azul's
PartnerConnect program that have committed to accelerating their
capabilities to help customers navigate their Java challenges.
“Azul’s Partners of the Year significantly changed the way Azul
goes to market and have demonstrated exceptional performance and
dedication to Azul, as well as being a driving force behind many of
our customers’ success,” said Simon Taylor, vice president of
global channel sales at Azul. “As our PartnerConnect program grows,
we look forward to working closely with all of our partners to
reach similar exceptional levels of success.”
2024 Azul Channel Partners of the Year
Strategic Partner of the Year: Recognized for
spearheading many global opportunities and providing consulting
excellence and expert advisory services, this partner’s success is
attributed to their expertise in migrating from Oracle Java to Azul
Platform Core. Winner: OpenValue
North America Partner of the Year: Recognized for
business won and contribution to opportunity registration, their
success is attributed to the trusted advisor role they play in
assisting customers in migrating to Azul’s OpenJDK-based offerings.
Winner: Remend
Rocket Partner of the Year: Recognized for substantially
impacting Azul’s business by securing the largest and most
significant wins in their first year as a PartnerConnect referral
partner. Winner: Software Advisors
Rookie Partner of the Year: Recognized for their
exceptional collaboration in driving business growth in their first
year as a PartnerConnect partner, their success is attributed to
their expertise in advising and resolving Oracle Java licensing
issues. Winner: Universal Management Solutions (UMS)
Global Partner of the Year: Recognized for being Azul's
most strategic global business partner, driving the most annual
bookings and pipeline. Winner: SoftwareOne
“This award is a testament to our team's hard work, tireless
dedication and commitment to delivering value to our customers,”
said Trent Allgood, regional vice president of IT Portfolio
Management, North America at SoftwareOne. “We are proud of our
strong partnership with Azul and look forward to continuing our
collaboration to drive mutual success.”
Azul’s PartnerConnect ecosystem has rapidly expanded the
company’s ability to deliver unparalleled value to worldwide
enterprises. In the wake of Oracle’s Java pricing changes in
January 2023, the program quickly added 36 new partners, resulting
in a 67% YoY increase in new customers transacting through Azul’s
channel partners.
“We appreciate the invaluable contributions of our partners to
Azul’s growth and success and are thrilled to name our Channel
Partners of the Year to recognize their deep commitments to
customer success,” said Scott Sellers, co-founder and CEO of Azul.
“Together with our partners worldwide, we collectively present a
formidable combination for solving customers’ Java licensing,
security and cloud cost challenges.”
Companies interested in partnering with Azul can visit
azul.com/partners to learn more about the PartnerConnect
program.
About Azul Systems Inc.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Azul provides the Java
platform for the modern cloud enterprise. Azul is the only company
100% focused on Java. Millions of Java developers, hundreds of
millions of devices and the world’s most highly regarded businesses
trust Azul to power their applications with exceptional
capabilities, performance, security, value, and success. Azul
customers include 36% of the Fortune 100, 50% of Forbes top-10
World’s Most Valuable Brands, all 10 of the world’s top-10
financial trading companies and leading brands like Avaya,
Bazaarvoice, BMW, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Telekom, LG, Mastercard,
Mizuho, Priceline, Salesforce, Software AG, and Workday. Learn more
at azul.com and follow us @azulsystems.
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