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Learning, partnerships key to tech success


Johannesburg, 28 Feb 2019
James Hickman, Managing Director at South Africa Qlik Master Reseller (SAQMR).
James Hickman, Managing Director at South Africa Qlik Master Reseller (SAQMR).

In a field where limits are only imposed by the imagination, businesses must continue to learn, evolve and partner to create ongoing success. Technology today is as simple as it will ever be. It is advancing exponentially, daily, and the real challenge is not only to keep up, but to get ahead, delivering solutions before the world even knows it needs them.

According to James Hickman, Managing Director at South Africa Qlik Master Reseller (SAQMR), an EOH company, fostering deeper relationships, sharing knowledge and learning are three key elements to achieving continued growth in the industry. "Modern technology businesses must shift from a tactical and competitive approach to focus on driving value to partners and customers. When this is at the cornerstone of the strategy, the rest will follow."

Eloise Bowen, Executive Marketing & New Business Development at SA Qlik.
Eloise Bowen, Executive Marketing & New Business Development at SA Qlik.

This month, SAQMR celebrated the development of true partnerships at the SA Qlik Partner Awards 2018, held at Emperor's Palace. At an illustrious dinner, featuring live music and entertainment from mentalist Larry Soffer, partners were handed their awards with great thanks, a request to keep SAQMR accountable, and encouragement to continue achieving success.

Eloise Bowen, Executive: Marketing & New Business Development at SAQMR, announced the winners and listed the criteria which needed to be met in order to win. In the OEM division, Metrix Software Solutions was crowned OEM Partner 2018, largely for its enterprise risk management solution, IsoMetrix. The New (Rookie) OEM Partner 2018 Award went to Owl Africa, providing a cloud-based data integration solution for the manufacturing industry. Pragma Africa proudly left the awards dinner with the Consistent Revenue Performance Over Past 3 Years 2018 Award.

Authorised Reseller of the Year 2018 C2BC.
Authorised Reseller of the Year 2018 C2BC.

In the broader division, the Authorised Reseller 2018 Award went to C2BC for achieving growth of 103% and offering exemplary enablement in sales. IntelQt scooped the Innovation Partner of the Year 2018 Award, for driving the Qlik brand forward by looking ahead and developing solutions today, to solve tomorrow's challenges. In a new award category, Charlene Smith from Insight Business Consulting won the Sales Person of the Year 2018 Award. She closed 44 deals, significantly driving growth.

Innovation Partner of the Year 2018 InteleQt.
Innovation Partner of the Year 2018 InteleQt.

The SA Qlik Partner of the Year 2018 Award recognises the partner's commitment, growth and success within the Qlik environment and is awarded to the best overall performing reseller. For 2018, the winner is Insight Business Consulting. The SAQMR partner showed a great commitment to communication, collaboration, predictions and customer satisfaction, leading to a 125% sales achievement growth.

OEM Partner of the Year 2018 Metrix Software Solutions.
OEM Partner of the Year 2018 Metrix Software Solutions.

"Congratulations to all of our partners who achieved excellent growth. We are proud to be associated with your brands and your people. In 2019, continue to strive for excellence as we commit to strengthening our relationships for even greater growth," concluded Hickman. "Let us satisfy and delight customers, build your businesses, and grow together."

Partner of the Year 2018 Insight Consulting.
Partner of the Year 2018 Insight Consulting.

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Qlik delivers intuitive platform solutions for self-service data visualisation, guided analytics applications, embedded analytics and reporting to approximately 40 000 customers worldwide. Companies of all sizes, across all industries and geographies, use Qlik solutions to visualise and explore information, generate insight and make better decisions. Qlik optimises business intelligence (BI) by harnessing the collective intelligence of people across an organisation. It focuses on empowering people, by enabling everyone in an organisation to see the whole story that lives within their data.

South Africa Qlik Master Reseller

South Africa Qlik Master Reseller (previously known as QlikView SA) has been a member of the EOH group of companies since 1 July 2014, facilitating a great partnership that aims to accelerate growth for Qlik in southern Africa directly or through its specialised partner channel. SA Qlik MR's portfolio of products meets customers' growing needs from reporting and self-service visual analysis to guided, embedded and custom analytics. Over 1 800 customers rely on Qlik solutions to gain meaning out of information from varied sources, exploring the hidden relationships within data that lead to insights that ignite good ideas.

These solutions bridge the gap between traditional BI solutions and inadequate spreadsheet applications. The in-memory associative search technology that Qlik pioneered, pioneered the self-service BI category, allowing users to explore information freely rather than being confined to a predefined path of questions. Appropriate from SME to the largest global enterprise, Qlik's self-service analysis can be deployed with data governance in days or weeks. The platform's app-driven model works with existing BI solutions, offering an immersive mobile and social, collaborative experience. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, Qlik does business in more than 100 countries with over 40 000 customers globally. For more information, please visit www.saqlik.com.

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