Partners honored for outstanding performance and delivery of open
source solutions
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat North America Partner Conference-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 2014
North America Partner Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Jan. 14,
2014.
Red Hat recognized its top commercial and public sector channel, system
integrator, alliance and distributor partners in North America for their
outstanding performance in 2013 in the following categories: Partner of
the Year, Catalyst Partner of the Year, Rising Star of the Year,
Middleware Partner of the Year, Cloud Partner of the Year, Small/Medium
System Integrator (SI) Partner of the Year, System Integrator (SI)
Partner of the Year, Distributor of the Year, and 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 America Partner Awards include:
Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner who has demonstrated the highest level of
commitment to Red Hat through their engagement and investments.
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Commercial and Public Sector: Shadow-Soft
Catalyst Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner with the greatest success in delivering
total solutions to customers through unique partnerships with Red Hat
and other ecosystem partners.
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Commercial: Amazon Web Services
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Public Sector: Cisco
Rising Star of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner whose collaboration with Red Hat has
enabled exceptional growth over the past year.
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Commercial: Technologent
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Public Sector: Unitiv
Middleware Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose collaboration has enabled exceptional
middleware growth for Red Hat.
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Commercial: CITYTECH, Inc.
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Public Sector: Emergent
Cloud Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose collaboration has enabled exceptional cloud
adoption for Red Hat.
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Public Sector: DLT Solutions
Small/Medium System Integrator (SI) Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose SI capabilities have enabled exceptional
integration of Red Hat solutions.
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Public Sector: Autonomic Resources
System Integrator (SI) Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose SI capabilities have enabled exceptional
integration of Red Hat solutions.
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Commercial: HP Enterprise Services
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Public Sector: Booz Allen Hamilton
Distributor of the Year
Honoring a partner whose distributorships enabled exceptional sales
growth of Red Hat solutions.
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Commercial: SYNNEX
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Public Sector: Carahsoft
High Volume Partner of the Year
Honoring the Red Hat partner that has demonstrated the highest level
of commitment through their engagement and investment with Red Hat.
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Commercial: Software House International (SHI)
Supporting Quotes
Mark Enzweiler, senior vice president, Global Channel Sales, Red Hat
"Red Hat is proud to recognize all of our Red Hat North America Partner
Conference Award winners. These partners continue to work diligently
with Red Hat to deliver the tools and solutions needed by our enterprise
customers to on-ramp to the cloud. We applaud their effort and
dedication, and congratulate them on another successful year as a Red
Hat partner."
Rick Akie, vice president and general manager, North America Sales,
Red Hat
"Red Hat believes it's important to recognize partners who are
navigating their markets and finding ways to successfully deliver Red
Hat open source solutions. As the IT landscape continues to change and
new challenges arise more rapidly, it's an honor to salute these partner
award winners and their outstanding performance in 2013."
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