We are thrilled to announce Cloudflare’s worldwide 2022 Channel Partner Award winners. Each of these partner companies and individuals went above and beyond, demonstrating outstanding commitment to working closely with Cloudflare to build technical competencies and to deliver compelling, integrated security and performance solutions for customers around the globe.

This past year was another milestone year, with record-setting growth for Cloudflare and our partners. The Cloudflare Channel and Alliances Partner Program received the highest, 5-star rating in CRN’s Partner Program Guide. New customer bookings acquired through partners jumped over 28% year over year.

In June, we announced the Cloudflare One Partner Specialization, with tailored enablement and new partner go-to-market resources for Cloudflare One, our SASE solution which includes the industry’s first, 100% Cloud-native Zero Trust platform. More than 1,600 partner sellers and technical sellers have completed Cloudflare Zero Trust training courses, enabling them to deliver the most comprehensive security needed in today’s connect-from-anywhere economy.The Cloudflare Channel Partner Network contributed to the significant market traction we’ve seen for Cloudflare One, including partner-sourced pipeline for Cloudflare One growing 240% from Q1 through Q4 of 2022.

As organizations across industries and the public sector require a fast and secure path to Zero Trust architectures, going forward Cloudflare partners will play an even more strategic role in Cloudflare’s growth.  We look to our partners to deliver not only Cloudflare solutions but the managed or professional services customers need to help them. For instance, to conduct Zero Trust assessments, migrate from legacy products, integrate with existing technology stacks, and provide ongoing services and support. As notable a year as 2022 was, we are even more excited about what we’ll achieve together with our partners in 2023!

Congratulations to our Partner Award winners, and thank you to all our partners for your dedication and commitment to delivering a faster, more secure, and more reliable Internet for customers and their users globally.

Master Agent of the Year:  AVANTHonors the top performing Master Agent that has best represented Cloudflare and enabled partners to secure sales and growth revenue streams.

Partner of the Year:  OptivHonors the top performing partner that has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement in 2022.

Growth Partner of the Year:  VerinextHonors the partner who made substantial investments to grow our shared business, achieving not only full certification compliance but also exceeding revenue targets.

Technical Excellence Award:  SyntaxHonors the partner company whose Solutions Engineers (SEs) demonstrated great knowledge and expertise in leading the customer’s Cloudflare presales and POC experience.

Partner Solutions Engineers Champions of the Year: Niko O’Hara and Stephen Semmelroth (AVANT)Honors the individual partner SEs who have demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in Cloudflare solutions and went above and beyond in delivering the Cloudflare experience for our joint customers.

Distributor of the Year: Softdebut Co., Ltd.Honors the top performing Distributor that has best represented Cloudflare and enabled partners to secure sales and growth revenue streams.

Partner of the Year: Kingsoft CloudHonors the top performing partner that has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement in 2022.

New Partner of the Year: Anchor Systems Pty LtdHonors the partner who, although new to the Cloudflare Partner Network in 2022, has already made substantial investments to grow our shared business achieving not only full certification compliance but also exceeding revenue targets.

Partner Win of the Year: Union Victory Technologies Development LimitedHonors the partner who has brought in the largest, most strategic deal and deployed a comprehensive end-to-end security, performance, and reliability solution to a customer.

Technical Excellence Award: Omni Intelligent ServicesHonors the partner company whose SEs demonstrated great knowledge and expertise in leading the customer’s Cloudflare presales and POC experience.

Certification Champion of the Year: Tokyo Electron Device LtdHonors partner companies whose teams earned the highest total number of Cloudflare certifications.

Partner SE Champion of the Year: Leo Liu and Mia Chen (Shanghai Yunceng Technology Ltd)

Honors the individual partner SEs who have demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in Cloudflare solutions and went above and beyond in delivering the Cloudflare experience for our joint customers.

Marketing Partner of the Year: PT. Helios Informatika NusantaraHonors the partner company who demonstrated outstanding collaboration and business outcomes in marketing Cloudflare solutions.

Services Partner of the Year: Megazone Cloud CorporationHonors the top performing services solution provider.

Most Valuable Player of the Year by Country or Market:Australia/New Zealand: Anchor Systems Pty LtdASEAN: Softdebut Co., Ltd.India: Valuepoint Techsol Private LimitedKorea: Megazone Cloud CorporationJapan: Classmethod, Inc.Taiwan:  Omni Intelligent ServicesGreater China: Shanghai Yunceng Technology LtdSingapore (iGaming): Kingsoft Cloud

Honors top partner achievers who not only provided stellar service to our joint customers, but also built new business value by tapping into the power of network, relationships, and ecosystems.

Distributor of the Year: V-ValleyHonors the top performing Distributor that has best represented Cloudflare and enabled partners to secure sales and growth revenue streams.

Partner of the Year: Datacentrix PTY LTDHonors the top performing partner that has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement in 2022.

New Partners of the Year: KAEMI GmbH and Liquid C2Honors the partners who, although new to the Cloudflare Partner Network in 2022, have already made substantial investments to grow our shared business achieving not only full certification compliance but also exceeding revenue targets.

Rising Star Award: David Sanchez (V-Valley)Honors individual partner representatives who, although new to our collaboration, have already made a significant, positive contribution both to our partnership and to driving outcomes for our customers.

Partner Win of the Year: Rackspace TechnologyHonors the partner who has brought in the largest, most strategic deal and deployed a comprehensive end-to-end security, performance and reliability solution to a customer.

Technical Excellence Award: Shawn Gradwell (Datacentrix PTY LTD), Yogesh Padharia (IBM Security Services Netherlands) and Sven Launspach (KAEMI GmbH)Honors the partner company whose SEs demonstrated great knowledge and expertise in leading the customer’s Cloudflare presales and POC experience.

Partner SE Champion of the Year: Lee Kazaz (Nanosek)Honors the individual partner SE who demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in Cloudflare solutions and went above and beyond in delivering the Cloudflare experience for our joint customers.

Certification Champion of the Year: Liquid C2This award honors the Partner whose teams earned the highest total number of Cloudflare certifications during 2022.

Marketing Champion of the Year: V-Valley and Concat AGHonors partner companies who have demonstrated outstanding collaboration and business outcomes in marketing Cloudflare solutions.

Most Valuable Player of the Year: NanosekHonors the top partner achiever who not only provided stellar service to our joint customers, but also built new business value by tapping into the power of network, relationships, and ecosystems.

MSP of the Year: CastelisHonors the top performing managed services solutions provider.

GSI of the Year: Wipro LimitedHonors the top performing SI partner.

For more information on Cloudflare’s Channel and Alliances Partner Program, go here. Apply to become a Cloudflare Partner on our Partner Portal.

With the ongoing shift in 2021 to remote, flexible work forces and the evolving cyber threat landscape, more than ever organizations across every industry and the public sector were looking to Cloudflare, and to work hand in hand with partners who can deliver a modern, Zero Trust approach to security. Seeing this consistent need, we are continuing to build and support new levels of partner-led growth in the year ahead such as with a new partner services program for SASE and Zero Trust which we launched at the start of 2022.

Please join us in congratulating the impressive achievements of our partner award winners over this past year! They enable the further delivery of Internet security, performance, and reliability for organizations of all sizes and types — and we are thrilled to be recognizing their impact.

GSI Partner of the Year: Accenture Federal Services

Honors the GSI partner who has demonstrated outstanding, wide-ranging go-to-market collaboration with Cloudflare resulting in significant customer outcomes and partnership revenue growth.

MSP Partner of the Year: Rackspace TechnologyHonors the top performing MSP partner in the Americas.

Channel Partner of the Year:  OptivHonors the top performing channel partner who has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement and growth in 2021.

Distributor Partner of the Year:  AVANTHonors the top performing distributor who has best represented Cloudflare, enabling their reseller partners to secure customer sales and growth revenue streams.

Rising Star Partner of the Year:  GuidePoint SecurityHonors the partner who made substantial investments to grow our shared business, achieving not only full certification compliance but also exceeding revenue targets.

Partners of the Year:Honors the top performing partners in their respective business territories who have demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement and growth in 2021.

• Union Victory Technologies Development Limited (China)

• 上海云曾科技有限公司 (CengCloud) (China)

• INFORMATION SECURITY SERVICE DIGITAL UNITED INC. (ISSDU) (Taiwan)

• Accelia, Inc. (Japan)

Distributor Partner of the Year:Honors the top performing distributor who has best represented Cloudflare and enabled partners to secure customer sales and grow revenue streams.

• Softdebut Co., Ltd.

Partner Win of the Year:Honors the partner who has brought in the largest, most strategic deal and deployed a comprehensive end-to-end security, performance and reliability solution to its customer.

• Union Victory Technologies Development Limited

Technical Excellence Award:Honors the partner companies whose SEs demonstrated great knowledge and expertise in leading the customer’s Cloudflare (presales & POC) experience.

• Kingsoft Cloud

• NetQ

Partner SE Champions of the Year:Honors the partner Solution Engineers (SEs) who have demonstrated depth of knowledge & expertise in Cloudflare solutions through earned certifications and went above & beyond in delivering the Cloudflare experience for customers.

• Ricky Wong - NC Services Limited

• Hongkyu Kim - Megazone Cloud

• Pradeep Mandloi - Blazeclan Technologies

• Andrianus Franky Octavianto Eko - PT. Helios Informatika Nusantara

• David Stewen - Exclusive Networks

• Kumagai Atsufumi - Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED)

• Zhu Tao- Hangzhou Youpai Cloud Technology Co., Ltd / 杭州又拍云科技有限公司

• Ajeet Kumar- Valuepoint Techsol Private Limited

Partner Marketing Champions:Honors the partners who have demonstrated outstanding collaboration and business outcomes in marketing Cloudflare solutions.

• Softdebut Co., Ltd.

• NC Services Limited

Partner of the Year: e92plusHonors the top performing partner who has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement and growth in 2021.

Distributor of the Year: V-ValleyHonors the top performing distributor who has best represented Cloudflare and enabled partners to secure customer sales and grow revenue streams.

MSP Partner of the Year: Rackspace TechnologyHonors the top performing MSP partner across the EMEA region.

New Partner of the Year: Dept AgencyHonors the partner who, although new to the Cloudflare Partner Network in 2021, has already made substantial investments to grow our shared business achieving not only full certification compliance but also exceeding revenue targets.

Most Valuable Player (MVP) Partner:  SoftlineHonors the partner who has delivered stellar service to our joint customers, and also engaged in certifications and registered deals.

Cloudflare Certification Champions of the Year: Concat AG, and DC CommunicationHonors partner companies whose teams earned the highest total number of Cloudflare certifications.

Partner SEs Champions of the Year:Honors the partner SEs who have demonstrated depth of knowledge & expertise in Cloudflare solutions through earned certifications and went above and beyond in delivering the Cloudflare experience for customers.

• Dimitri Katsiashvili - 42 Digital

• Vahid Madi - Synopsis

• Erez Zarum - Nanosek

For more information on the Cloudflare Partner Network and its  programs, check out this short video overview or visit our Partner Portal.

The unprecedented challenges in 2020 have reinforced how critical it is to have a secure, performant, and reliable Internet. Throughout these turbulent times, our partners have been busy innovating and helping organizations of all sizes and in various industries. By protecting and accelerating websites, applications, and teams with Cloudflare, our partners have helped these organizations adjust, seize new opportunities, and thrive.

Congratulations to each of our award winners.  Cloudflare’s mission of helping build a better Internet is more important than ever.  And our partners are more critical than ever to achieving our mission. Testifying to Cloudflare’s global reach, our honorees represent companies headquartered in 16 countries.

Worldwide MSP Partner of the Year: Rackspace TechnologyHonors the top performing managed services provider (MSP) partner across Cloudflare's three sales geographies: Americas, APAC, and EMEA.

Partner of the Year: Optiv SecurityHonors the top performing partner that has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement in 2020.

Joint Solutions Partner of the Year: Sumo LogicHonors the solutions partner that has delivered stellar business outcomes and demonstrated continued commitment to our joint customers.

New Partner of the Year: GuidePoint SecurityHonors the partner who, although new to the Cloudflare Partner Network in 2020, has already made substantial investments to grow our shared business.

Partner Systems Engineers (SEs) of the Year:Honors the partner SEs who have demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in Cloudflare solutions through earned certifications and also outstanding delivery of customer service in the practical application of Cloudflare technology solutions to customers' technical and business challenges.

• Stephen Semmelroth, Stratacore

• Bill Franklin, AVANT

• Kyle Rohan, GuidePoint Security

• Ryan Nieva, Optiv Security

Most Valuable Players  of the Year:Honors top achievers who not only provided stellar service to our joint customers, but also built new business value by tapping into the power of network, relationships, and ecosystems.

• Manooch Hosseini and Isaac Liu, Optiv

• Leo Perez, RKON

• Bill Milone, GuidePoint Security

• Kati Graff, Adapture

Distributor of the Year: Softdebut Co., LtdHonors the top performing distributor that has best represented Cloudflare and positioned partners to secure customer sales and growth revenue streams.

Services Partner of the Year: Pacific Tech Pte LtdHonors the services partner that has delivered stellar business outcomes and demonstrated continued commitment to our joint customers.

Partner Systems Engineers (SEs) of the Year:Honors the first three individuals who have achieved four key certifications and have demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in those fields.

• Shim Chin Leong, Excer Global Sdn Bhd

• Alex Yang, Omni Intelligent Services, Inc.

• Eric Tung, Primary Guard Sdn Bhd

Most Valuable Players of the Year:Honors top achievers who not only provided stellar service to our joint customers, but also built new business value by tapping into the power of network, relationships, and ecosystems.

• Eric Cheng, NC Services Limited

• Shripad Dhole, Wipro Limited

Partner of the Year: SafenamesHonors the top performing partner that has demonstrated phenomenal sales achievement in 2020.

Distributor of the Year: V-ValleyHonors the top performing distributor that has best represented Cloudflare and positioned partners to secure customer sales and growth revenue streams.

New Partner of the Year: SynopsisHonors a new partner to the Cloudflare Partner Network this year that has already made substantial investments to grow our shared business.

Cloudflare Certification Champions: KUWAITNET, Origo, WideOpsHonors partner companies whose teams earned the highest total number of Cloudflare certifications.

Partner Systems Engineers (SEs) of the Year:Honors the partner SEs who have demonstrated depth of knowledge and expertise in Cloudflare solutions through earned certifications and also outstanding delivery of customer service in the practical application of Cloudflare technology solutions to customers' technical and business challenges.

• Mika Peltonen, Ambientia

• Illia Melnikov, BAKOTECH

• Jobin Joseph and Varghese George, KUWAITNET

• Guðlaugur Garðar Eyþórsson, Origo

• Maik Ellerbrock, Rackspace

• Vahid Madi, Synopsis

• Roberto López Sánchez, V-Valley

Are you a services or solutions provider interested in joining the Cloudflare Partner Network?  Check out the short video below on our program and visit our partner portal for more information.