{"id":9824,"date":"2015-07-28T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=9824"},"modified":"2015-07-28T08:50:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T15:50:27","slug":"telstra-becomes-first-partner-in-asia-pacific-to-achieve-diamond-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/telstra-becomes-first-partner-in-asia-pacific-to-achieve-diamond-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Telstra Becomes First Partner in Asia Pacific to Achieve Diamond Status"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are excited to announce that Telstra has become the first channel partner in Asia Pacific to achieve the highest level of Diamond Partner Status in our NextWave Partner Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Telstra has been a partner of Palo Alto Networks in Australia since 2012. Over the past several years, Telstra has been instrumental in successfully bringing Palo Alto Networks offerings to market in Australia, especially with large enterprise customers.<\/p>\n

This recognition was marked with an official signing ceremony at 11 AM today at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. The event was attended by John Ieraci, Director of Security Practices and Euan Prentice,\u00a0Director of Services Business Development from Telstra, and Steve Redman, Vice President of Asia Pacific and Armando Dacal, Vice President of Australia\/New Zealand from Palo Alto Networks.<\/p>\n

To learn more, please see today\u2019s announcement<\/a>, and read this article from\u00a0ChannelLife<\/a>. While you\u2019re here, check out some photos from the event today:<\/p>\n

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(Left to right):
\nMichael Burt, General Manager Sales, Advanced Technologies, Telstra
\nArmando Dacal, ANZ Regional Vice President, Palo Alto Networks
\nEuan Prentice (with award), Services Business Development Director, Telstra
\nSteve Redman, Vice President, APAC, Palo Alto Networks
\nRob Blanco, Telstra Account Director, Palo Alto Networks (at back)
\nJohn Ieraci (at front), Director Managed Security Services Practice, Telstra
\nMichael Fisher, Head of Channels - ANZ, Palo Alto Networks<\/p>\n

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