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CANCOM is one of the few partners in Germany to provide its customers with the entire Adobe portfolio centrally via a cloud-based platform, the CANCOM Cloud Marketplace. This is the next step in the long-standing partnership that makes CANCOM one of the leading Adobe partners in German-speaking countries. Through the CANCOM Cloud Marketplace, companies can book all Adobe applications, as well as applications and services from other leading manufacturers, with just a few clicks, which can then be used and managed immediately - regardless of location, time or device.

In October 2022, Microsoft restructured its partner program: Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) became Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP). The new program is intended to better reflect the development of digital transformation as well as partner performance. CANCOM is one of the first Microsoft partners in Germany to receive five of the six available competencies.

At the Partner Summit in Las Vegas in early November, Cisco honored the best channel partners of 2022 and their special achievements. CANCOM received the "High Growth Partner of the Year 2022" award for the strongest growth among the top 10 Cisco partners in Germany and is also one of the top five largest partners in Germany.

How can CANCOM and Microsoft successfully support their customers on their cloud journey? That was the topic of the first CANCOM Microsoft Connect 2022 (CMC) at CANCOM headquarter in Munich on October 6 and 7. The joint event was aimed at CANCOM employees with the goal of further expanding the core competencies of all Microsoft units at CANCOM, increasing the ability to innovate, and promoting exchange among each other. The focus was on the customer and his needs.

In the wake of the Corona pandemic, many companies are sticking with the home office and continuing to allow their employees to work from home. Especially with the rapid increase in cyber attacks, modern Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an important component to protect companies as well as employees. Through its new partnership with SailPoint, CANCOM is expanding its range of services in the field of identity management, thereby offering its customers solutions for secure access regardless of location.

What practical applications, solutions and end devices are available for digital teaching and how can they be optimally integrated into everyday school life? From 26 to 27 September 2022, those interested in education were able to discuss this at the mobile.schule conference at the Congress Center in Hanover. Together with its education partner Microsoft, CANCOM presented its portfolio of digital education solutions to the audience.

Red Hat, one of the world's leading providers of open source solutions, has recently appointed CANCOM GmbH as a Red Hat Premier Partner. Following CANCOM Managed Services GmbH, CANCOM GmbH has now also joined the "premier league" of Red Hat partners. The official presentation of the partner certificate took place in Cologne.

Hybrid IT service provider CANCOM has become the first IT service provider in Europe to achieve the “Zoom Phone Certified Integrator” Certification. Partner Zoom presented CANCOM with the award during the CANCOM UCC Days held at its headquarters in Munich at the end of June.

In Las Vegas, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced the winners of the HPE Partner of the Year Awards 2022 in recognition of HPE partners who exemplify commitment and success in delivering value to their customers on their digital transformation journey. The award "HPE Solution Provider of the Year 2022" for the DACH region went to the hybrid IT service provider CANCOM.

CANCOM today announced it has earned the Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) advanced specialization, a validation of a partner’s deep knowledge, extensive experience, and expertise in deploying, scaling and securing virtual desktop infrastructure on Azure.

As part of the annual IBM Ecosystem Partner Event DACH, CANCOM was honored as Storage Partner 2021. At this year's virtual event, IBM presented awards to outstanding business partners who have had the greatest impact on IBM's business in 2021. CANCOM was recognized for the greatest growth in the storage sector.

On March 31 2022, NetApp presented its Partner Awards 2022 for the German market at a virtual event with 200 invited guests. There, CANCOM was named ''Hybrid Managed Service Partner of the Year''. Presented by Maik Hoehne, Senior Director Channel Sales Germany, the ''Better Now'' studio in Hamburg served as the backdrop for this year's event. The award honors in particular the innovative strength as well as the business success of the partners.

As part of the partnership, CANCOM is further expanding its existing portfolio of object storage solutions. Besides solutions from various other well-known manufacturers, the hybrid IT service provider now also offers the highly scalable HyperStore® object storage from Cloudian for use on-premises as well as in hybrid storage environments.

Following the Channel Kick-off on March 9, 2022, CANCOM was honored by Trend Micro as ''Best Partner 2021'' for Germany. This is the fourth time in the last five years that CANCOM has received this award. The two companies have a long-standing partnership that focuses on close cooperation in the field of IT security.

Munich - CANCOM, the leading provider of digital education solutions, and Cisco, the world's leading technology company, are entering into a strategic partnership to provide schools with digital solutions sustainably, holistically, and quickly. The partnership supports educational institutions in particular with ready-made solutions in the areas of networking, security, communications, and central device and user management. In this way, the two innovative technology companies create the technical basis for secure and trouble-free teaching with digital end devices - and, if required, also take over the reliable operation of the solutions at schools.

CANCOM is entering into a new partnership with Google, with which the US technology company is expanding its channel presence for Chrome OS in the DACH region. This makes CANCOM a member of a small circle of exclusive partners in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. CANCOM will not only offer Chrome OS-based devices and the associated management licenses, but also the Google applications as well as the operation of the solutions - especially in the education and enterprise sectors.

CANCOM has gained a new partner for information security and data protection in WMC, one of the leading providers of information security systems. Thanks to the cooperation, companies can obtain WMC's GRC, ISMS and data protection software QSEC® directly from CANCOM. In addition, CANCOM advises on implementing the solution in the IT environment.

As part of Trend Micro's Channel Kick-Off 2021, CANCOM was honored as "Best Partner 2020" on March 2, 2020. This award is based on the excellent cooperation in the area of IT security, especially in the development of managed services, as well as on last year's successes in the area of public services.