- Megaport PartnerVantage (MPV) will empower value-added distributors, managed 
services providers, systems integrators, data centre operators, agents, and 
other partners to accelerate and capture cloud connectivity opportunities. 

Megaport Limited (ASX: MP1) ("Megaport"), the leading global Network as a 
Service (NaaS) provider, today announces the development of Megaport 
PartnerVantage – a new partner program designed to help data centre operators, 
managed service providers, value added resellers, systems integrators, agents, 
and other technology providers easily deliver Network as a Service (NaaS) 
connectivity to accelerate the digital transformation of their customers. 

Megaport PartnerVantage will make it easy for partners to add NaaS solutions 
such as cloud connectivity, virtual routing, and edge networking to their 
portfolio of offerings so they can increase revenue and drive customer success. 
The program will provide a comprehensive suite of tools and resources that will 
enable Megaport's valued partners to manage all of their customer engagements, 
from quotation to provisioning and invoicing, from a single pane of glass. 
Megaport PartnerVantage is designed to reduce friction in the partner sales 
process, freeing them to focus on delivering strategic value to their 
customers. 

Megaport PartnerVantage will include the following partner resources:

- VantageHub: a Partner Relationship Management (PRM) platform that acts as a 
single, integrated portal that will provide all the resources partners need to 
drive and manage their Megaport customer engagements. 
-VantageTransact: a partner transactional portal that will enable on-demand 
self-provisioning and management of Megaport services for customers. 
- VantageFunds: financial incentives that will help partners view and manage 
the rewards they're earning, including front-end discounts, commissions, and 
marketing development funds (MDF). 
- VantageSelling: dedicated sales support with assigned Partner Account 
Managers and Partner Solutions Architects. 
- VantageLearn: on-demand training modules that will provide flexible learning 
courses to increase partner sales, technical, and support capabilities. 
- VantageMarketing: partner marketing support including co-branded toolkits, 
campaigns, battlecards, and other marketing materials that will help partners 
drive demand. 

Megaport PartnerVantage will offer two tiers, Prestige and Preferred, with 
different levels of financial, training, and marketing requirements that will 
drive increasing levels of financial incentives and additional selling and 
marketing resources. The program is designed to help partners deliver long-term 
customer success in their digital transformation and cloud initiatives.

"We value our relationship with Megaport and look forward to continuing our 
work together in providing best-in-class connectivity solutions to address the 
complex digital transformation challenges of our customers," said Paul Comito, 
CEO, Securiton Technologies. "With our participation in Megaport 
PartnerVantage, we're empowering customers to innovate with modernized, agile 
networking at its foundation."

"We have partnered closely with Megaport since delivering Service Exchange 
together in 2016 and look forward to continuing our collaboration in providing 
flexible, open connectivity solutions to address the complex digital 
transformation challenges of our enterprise customers," said Digital Realty 
Chief Technology Officer Chris Sharp. "We share a common vision of the power of 
open interconnection for unlocking trapped value in digital business, as we 
partner to build the industry's largest open fabric of fabrics. Our 
participation in Megaport PartnerVantage will further enable connected data 
communities around the world to innovate upon a foundation of modernized, agile 
interconnection."

"Our partners are vital to our business, our customers' success, and our 
long-term growth goals," said Rodney Foreman, Chief Revenue Officer, Megaport. 
"Megaport PartnerVantage represents a significant milestone in delivering on 
our promise to our partners to help drive their long-term growth. Reducing the 
time and complexity of connecting to cloud and service endpoints accelerates 
digital transformation initiatives and increases revenue opportunities for both 
our partners and our customers. We worked closely with our partners on the 
development of this program to ensure PartnerVantage will help them achieve 
their goals while making it simple to work with Megaport. We look forward to 
continuing our collaboration with them to help drive their success."

For more information about Megaport PartnerVantage, please visit 
megaport.com/partners. 

About Megaport

Megaport is a leading provider of Network as a Service (NaaS) solutions. The 
company's global Software Defined Network (SDN) helps businesses rapidly 
connect their network to services via an easy-to-use portal or our open API. 
Megaport offers agile networking capabilities that reduce operating costs and 
increase speed to market compared to traditional networking solutions. Megaport 
partners with the world's top cloud service providers, including AWS, Microsoft 
Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as the largest data centre operators, systems 
integrators and managed service providers in the world. Megaport is an ISO/IEC 
27001-certified company. 

SOURCE  Megaport