Google Cloud honours A/NZ channel at global partner awards

Google Cloud has honoured the success of its Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) partners at its ‘Next 25 conference with its Partner of the Year awards for 2025.

In total, eight awards were given to businesses in Asia Pacific (APAC) that are based in A/NZ or have an A/NZ presence.

Taking out the top regional level A/NZ Partner of the Year award was Mantel Group.

“Our Partner Awards recognise Google Cloud partners who deliver exceptional value to customers with innovative solutions and deep expertise,” said Gary Denman, Google Cloud A/NZ head of partnerships and alliances.

“We’re proud to name Mantel Group a 2025 Google Cloud Partner award winner and celebrate their success in helping customers achieve great results over the past year.”

Additionally, several multinational partners with an A/NZ location also received awards. ARN understands that these partners won their accolades due to their global efforts, which includes their work in A/NZ.

At the Asia Pacific (APAC) level, this included Tata Consultancy Services with wins across the AI, Data and Analytics and Talent Development Partner of the Year categories.

Additionally, NTT Data subsidiary Niveus, which has an office in Sydney, won Databases Partner of the Year; Persistent Systems, which has Sydney and Melbourne locations, scored Infrastructure Modernisation Partner of the Year; and PwC took the gong for Security Partner of the Year.

Accenture also received the APAC and global awards for Public Sector Partner of the Year, as well as the global AI – Innovation and Solutions and Solutions Partner of the Year accolades.