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BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- 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