GDT Named NetApp North America Growth Partner of the Year for FY26

DALLAS, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global technology solutions provider GDT announced today that it has been named the NetApp North America Growth Partner of the Year for NetApp fiscal year 2026, recognizing GDT's ability to generate significant YoY growth in NetApp revenue across the portfolio. The North America Partner Awards winners have exemplified NetApp's goal of being customer-centric and understanding and selling NetApp solutions across its cloud, flash and NetApp Keystone^® portfolios.

The recognition marks GDT's third NetApp Partner of the Year award in three years, following NetApp Growth Partner of the Year for FY24 and Flash Partner of the Year for FY25. GDT has partnered with NetApp since 2004, holds more than 60 NetApp certifications and serves over 150 NetApp customers.

"With deep expertise in enterprise data storage, management, and protection, we're helping customers build the data foundation they need as they move into the next phase of AI adoption," said Shawn O'Grady, Chair and CEO of GDT. "NetApp plays a critical role in our AI factory reference architecture, built for the speed and scale that enterprise AI workloads require."

"Now more than ever, we must empower customers with AI-ready data that is secure by default and built for hybrid environments so they can achieve their business outcomes," said Alvaro Celis, Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial, Partner and Ecosystem Officer at NetApp. "I want to congratulate GDT on being named North America Growth Partner of the Year. Their use of the NetApp Platform to help customers simplify data ecosystems and solve complex problems exemplifies what it means to drive innovation in the AI era."

For the full list of NetApp North America Partner Awards for FY26, read the NetApp press release. 

About GDT
GDT is a global technology solutions provider specializing in hybrid data center, networking and AI infrastructure, delivering secure AI-ready, carrier-grade platforms and services to customers in more than 100 countries. In addition to its U.S. presence, the company has a Bangalore Global Operations Center in India that provides strategic engineering and delivery services to clients ranging from global financial institutions and manufacturers to large healthcare systems, telecom operators and enterprise organizations. GDT has been helping organizations modernize and scale their IT environments to support innovation, resilience and growth for over 30 years. https://gdt.com

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