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Smartsheet expands ANZ channel presence with new solution partner
Mon, 7th Sep 2020
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Enterprise platform specialist Smartsheet has announced the expansion of its channel presence in Australia and New Zealand with the signing of a new solution partner, ANATAS, an FTS Group company.

ANATAS joined Smartsheet Aligned, the company's growing channel program which recently launched in the Asia Pacific region, as a Platinum Solution Partner.

"We're excited to be a part of the Smartsheet Aligned program and the possibilities this partnership will deliver," says Iain Elliott, chief architect at ANATAS.

"Smartsheet is a clear leader in their industry and combined with our market experience, we are committed to enabling organisations across Australia and New Zealand to unlock the value of their data, create efficiencies and increase the return on investment of their solution," he explains.

ANATAS has been a provider of data integration services across Australia and New Zealand for more than 20 years. Demonstrating the highest commitment to sales, product, and professional services certification as a Smartsheet Aligned Platinum partner, this partnership will extend the reach of the Smartsheet platform through a team of product experts that assist customers throughout their evaluation, adoption and implementation journey.

Nigel Mendonca, vice president, Asia Pacific at Smartsheet, says ANATAS' ability to pull data from a customers existing applications to provide two-way synchronisation with Smartsheet through custom integrations will ensure organisations are able to develop unique solutions that tap into critical data insights that will drive business impact.

"ANATAS' deep expertise in data integration and workflow automation design and management make them a valuable addition to our Asia Pacific partner community as many organisations look to reimagine the way they work and unlock new opportunities," Mendonca says/

"Along with growing our channel ecosystem through strategic partners like ANATAS, we are continuing to grow the Smartsheet team in Sydney to allow us to help more customers in the Asia Pacific region looking for enterprise-grade collaborative work management solutions," he explains.

The Smartsheet Aligned program is built on value-based requirements that ensure channel partners are fully equipped to drive growth and customer satisfaction.

Smartsheet is a software as a service offering for collaboration and work management, developed and marketed by Smartsheet Inc. It is used to assign tasks, track project progress, manage calendars, share documents, and manage other work, using a tabular user interface.

Smartsheet was developed in 2005 and introduced to the public in 2006. Integration with Office 365 and Microsoft Azure were added in 2014.  In August 2014, version 2.0 of the Smartsheet iOS app was introduced.