SAS names Deloitte, Microsoft & Intel as partner winners
SAS has named the winners of its 2026 Global Partner Awards, which span consulting, solution providers, service providers, technology, cloud and distribution partners.
The annual awards recognise partners for growth and for their work with SAS products and services across industries and regions.
In consulting, Deloitte won Global Consulting Partner of the Year and the Americas and APJ categories. KPMG was named EMEA Consulting Partner of the Year.
The largest group of winners came from the solution provider category, covering markets across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East. Amplio was named Global Solution Provider Partner of the Year and also won the Central and Eastern Europe award.
Regional solution provider winners included Pinnacle Solutions in North America, Dataloop in Latin America and We Can in Western Europe. Demarq won Northern Europe, while Jingqiang Technology took the Greater China Region category.
Comture was named Japan Solution Provider Partner of the Year, PBT Group won in Australia and New Zealand, IDX Partners took the ASEAN award, Tomodomo won in South Korea and DataScience Middle East was named META Solution Provider of the Year.
Service providers
In the service provider awards, Veristat was named both Global Service Provider Partner of the Year and North America Service Provider of the Year. Cruxo won the EMEA category and The Sax Institute was named APJ Service Provider of the Year.
Technology awards
Among technology and cloud partners, Intel was named Global Technology Partner of the Year. Microsoft won Global Cloud Partner of the Year, while Amazon Web Services took the Cloud Marketplace Partner of the Year award.
Red Hat was named Business Impact Partner of the Year. In distribution, TD SYNNEX won Global Distributor Partner of the Year.
SAS linked the awards to its broader partner network and the use of SAS Viya, its cloud-based data and AI platform, in customer projects.
"Strong partnerships are at the core of how we help customers achieve faster, more reliable results," said John Carey, Senior Vice President of Global Channels at SAS. "Our 2026 Global Partner Award winners exemplify what's possible when we combine expertise, innovation and a shared commitment to success. Congratulations to our winners on this well-deserved achievement."
The awards reflect SAS's go-to-market model, which relies on consulting firms, software and services resellers, cloud companies and distributors to sell and implement its software in local markets.
Deloitte's performance in the consulting categories stood out because it secured the global title as well as two regional awards. Amplio and Veristat also appeared more than once in their respective categories, suggesting a broader footprint within the SAS partner ecosystem.
The regional spread of the winners points to SAS's continued reliance on channel partners beyond its direct sales operations. The list includes partners from North America, Latin America, Europe, Greater China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, ASEAN, South Korea and the Middle East.
That breadth reflects how software suppliers increasingly rely on partner networks to reach customers that need industry expertise, local support or specialist implementation work. For SAS, those relationships span both long-established advisory firms and cloud providers that offer routes to market through marketplaces and infrastructure agreements.
The cloud and technology categories also underline the role of large platform vendors in SAS's commercial strategy. Microsoft and Amazon Web Services were recognised in cloud-related categories, while Intel and Red Hat were named in technology-focused awards.
At the distribution level, TD SYNNEX's award highlights the continued role of broadline distributors in software sales, especially where vendors want wider reach across resellers and regional markets.
The awards are intended to recognise strong growth and commitment from partners working with SAS's data and AI offerings around the world.