SAS announces winners of the 2025 Global Partner Awards

SAS, a company known for its work in data and AI, has announced the winners of the 2025 Global Partner Awards, which celebrate partners that have excelled in using the SAS Viya platform.

The awards recognise organisations that have demonstrated significant growth and dedication by leveraging SAS technologies to drive their business and provide impactful industry results.

John Carey, Vice President of Global Channels at SAS, expressed his gratitude to all participating partners and congratulated 2025's award recipients. "We're always looking for ways to improve and streamline the partner experience so SAS Partners can collaborate, innovate and deliver impactful results for customers more easily than ever," said Carey. "Congratulations to our 2025 winners on their achievements. I am beyond grateful to all our partners for their dedication over this past year and look forward to celebrating even more partners in the years to come."

Among the notable winners this year was Deloitte, which was recognised as the Global GSI Partner of the Year, and Microsoft, which took the Global Technology and Cloud Partner of the Year award. Other regional awards in the category of Global Systems Integrator Partners included EY being awarded Americas GSI Partner of the Year, and Accenture named as EME-AP GSI Partner of the Year. The 2025 GSI Business Impact Award went to KPMG.

In the Solution Provider Partners category, Katalyze Data emerged as the Global Solution Provider Partner of the Year, while region-specific awards went to Pinnacle Solutions as the North American Solution Provider Partner of the Year and T.O. Brasil, which was recognised in the Latin American region. Within Europe, OCS Consulting received the Western Europe Solution Provider Partner of the Year accolade, with Northern Europe being represented by Katalyze Data once more as the award recipient. Amplio was recognised as the Central and Eastern Europe Solution Provider Partner of the Year, and Woodpecker was honoured as the APJ Solution Provider Partner of the Year.

Linktera took the title for META Solution Provider Partner of the Year.

Zencos Australia was awarded APJ Service Provider Partner of the Year, recognising the firm's accomplishments in facilitating meaningful business outcomes through the application of analytics solutions. Ben Zenick, the Chief Technology Officer of Zencos, commented on the accolade: "Winning the APJ Service Provider of the Year Award is a testament to our team's dedication to delivering innovative analytics solutions in partnership with SAS. We are proud to help organisations across the region harness the power of data to drive meaningful business outcomes." The EMEA Service Provider Partner of the Year award went to APPC.

In the Technology and Cloud Partners category, Intel was named Global Technology Partner of the Year, while Microsoft was recognised for both the Americas region and globally. Amazon Web Services (AWS) won for the EMEA-AP region, and Red Hat was honoured with the 2025 Technology Business Impact Award.

The SAS Global Partner Awards function as a vital component in acknowledging the achievements of companies that utilise SAS's data-driven platforms to deliver strategic improvements and solutions across diverse sectors worldwide.