Commercial and Public Sector partners honored for outstanding
performance and delivery of innovative open source solutions
RALEIGH, N.C. & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the winners of its annual Red Hat North
America Partner Awards. The partners were honored at an event held
during Red Hat's 2013 North America Partner Conference in San Diego.
Red Hat recognized its top commercial and public sector channel, system
integrator, alliance and distributor partners in North America for their
outstanding performance in 2012 in the following categories: Partner of
the Year, Catalyst Partner of the Year, Rising Star of the Year,
Middleware Partner of the Year, System Integrator Partner of the Year,
System Integrator JBoss Vertical Solution Development Partner of the
Year, Public Sector Small/Medium System Integrator Partner of the Year,
Commercial Distributor of the Year, Public Sector Virtualization Partner
of the Year and Commercial High Volume Partner of the year.
Of Red Hat's extensive partner list, winning partners were selected
based on their success in delivering innovative open source solutions to
customers.
Winners of Red Hat's North American Partner Awards include:
Partner of the Year
Honoring Red Hat partners who have demonstrated the highest level of
commitment to Red Hat through their engagement and investments.
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Commercial: Sirius Computer Solutions
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Public Sector: Emergent, LLC
Catalyst Partner of the Year
Honoring Red Hat partners with the greatest success in delivering
solutions to customers through unique collaboration with Red Hat and
other ecosystem partners.
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Commercial: International Integrated Solutions, Ltd.
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Public Sector: IBM
Rising Star of the Year
Honoring Red Hat partners whose collaboration with Red Hat has
enabled exceptional growth over the past year.
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Commercial: AdvizeX Technologies, LLC
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Public Sector: GC Micro
Middleware Partner of the Year
Honoring partners whose collaboration with Red Hat has enabled
exceptional growth in the middleware ecosystem.
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Commercial: Software By Design, Inc.
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Public Sector: Vizuri
System Integrator Partner of the Year
Honoring partners whose SI capabilities have enabled exceptional
integration of Red Hat solutions.
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Commercial: Tata Consultancy Services
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Public Sector: General Dynamics C4 Systems
System Integrator JBoss Vertical Solution Development Partner of the
Year
Honoring partners whose SI capabilities have enabled exceptional
integration of Red Hat JBoss solutions.
Public Sector Small/Medium System Integrator Partner of the Year
Honoring a small/medium size partner whose SI capabilities have
enabled exceptional integration of Red Hat solutions.
Commercial Distributor of the Year
Honoring partners whose distributorships experienced exceptional
sales growth of Red Hat solutions.
Public Sector Virtualization Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner whose collaboration with Red Hat has
enabled exceptional growth in the virtualization ecosystem.
Commercial High Volume Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner with the greatest sales volume of all Red
Hat partners over the past year.
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Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Supporting Quotes
Rick Akie, vice president and general manager, North America sales,
Red Hat
"Our partners play an important role in Red Hat's business. We are
pleased to celebrate these Partners as they continue to collaborate and
deliver open source solutions for transforming the datacenter. In 2012,
we saw great performance by our partners and it's our pleasure to
recognize and thank our top performers."
Paul Smith, vice president and general manager, Public Sector, Red Hat
"The public sector can at often times be a challenging market with its
unique market and procurement requirements. Red Hat believes it's
important to recognize public sector partners who are performing above
and beyond to deliver sustained value despite the obstacles they may
face."
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