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E EAS DL ID AL I O N E L S G E R ANN CH DLE E Mutual investments by both HPE and Veeam are expected to fuel continued commitment and accelerated pipeline growth in 2019. Ÿ Ÿ As the most impactful and profitable Veeam alliance in 2018, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) achieved the highest magnitude of revenue growth YoY for joint closed deals in 2018, supported with a move to a Global Supply Chain agreement increasing, the resell capabilities for resellers and customers. Mutual investments by both HPE and Veeam are expected to fuel continued commitment and accelerated pipeline growth in 2019. Ÿ Ÿ Through participation in Cisco Solutions Plus programme, Veeam and Cisco deals grew 967% YoY, an example of how easy it is for partners to quote and configure Veeam and Cisco data centre solutions through a single ordering system. Veeam expanded its collaboration with Cisco to deliver Veeam Availability on Cisco HyperFlex, a new, highly resilient data management platform that provides seamless scalability, ease of management and support for multi- INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Issue 22 cloud environments through Cisco support services. Ÿ Ÿ Veeam expanded the success of the NetApp alliance from product integration to a full resell agreement that includes NetApp Data Fabric solutions. Veeam launched its Global Resell agreement with NetApp in Q1 2018 and followed that by enabling NetApp customers to purchase joint NetApp ONTAP and Veeam Availability solutions from joint resell partners around the globe. Ÿ Ÿ Veeam expanded and strengthened its partnership with Nutanix by launching Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV in July 2018. After just two quarters of this product being available, downloads have increased 500%. Ÿ Ÿ Veeam announced a new global partnership with Lenovo to offer customers integrated solutions combining high-performance storage with trusted data protection which is sold directly from Lenovo and its resellers in a single transaction. ˜ 25