Commercial and public sector recipients honored for delivering
innovative open source solutions to customers
ORLANDO, Fla.--(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 American Partner
Awards. The winners were announced last night at an event held during
the Red Hat North American Partner Conference in Orlando, Fla.
The recipients were honored for their work in the commercial and public
sector channels and were chosen based on their ability to successfully
deliver innovative open source solutions to customers. Honorees were
recognized for outstanding performance in 2014 across several
categories, including Partner of the Year; Distribution Partner of the
Year; High Volume Partner of the Year; System Integrator Partner of the
Year; Cloud Partner of the Year; Catalyst Partner of the Year;
Middleware Partner of the Year; Rising Star Partner of the Year; and
Innovation Partner of the Year.
The winners of the Red Hat North American Partner Awards are:
Partner of the Year
Honoring the partner that experienced the greatest growth and had the
most significant impact on Red Hat's business.
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Commercial: IBM Global Technology Services
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Public Sector: DLT Solutions
Distribution Partner of the Year
Honoring the partner whose distributorships enabled exceptional sales
growth of Red Hat solutions.
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Commercial: Ingram Micro
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Public Sector: Carahsoft Technology Corp.
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.
System Integrator Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose system integrator capabilities have enabled
exceptional integration of Red Hat solutions.
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Commercial: Tata Consultancy Services
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Public Sector: HP Enterprise Services
Cloud Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose collaboration has enabled exceptional cloud
adoption for Red Hat.
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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Public Sector: World Wide Technology, Inc.
Middleware Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner whose collaboration has enabled
exceptional middleware growth for Red Hat.
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Commercial (Sales Achievement Category): Shadow-Soft
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Commercial (Innovator Category): Vizuri
Rising Star Partner 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: Nexus, a Dimension Data Company
Innovation Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner whose collaboration with Red Hat has
enabled innovative opportunities over the past year.
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Commercial: CA Technologies
Supporting Quotes
Mark Enzweiler, senior vice president, Global Channel Sales and
Alliances, Red Hat
"Our partners are an integral component to Red Hat's success, and we're
thrilled to be able to recognize them through our Red Hat North American
Partner Awards. We value our relationships with our channel partners,
and applaud their efforts in bringing Red Hat's products to market. We
also look forward to continuing to work with all of our partners so that
their customers can benefit from Red Hat's solutions."
D. Robert Martin, vice president, North American Partner Sales, Red Hat
"From platform to cloud solutions and beyond, our partners have proven
invaluable in selling Red Hat's open source solutions to organizations
throughout North America. They've been able to successfully adapt their
sales processes to address the ever-changing needs of IT. The Red Hat
North American Partner Awards are our way of saying ‘thank you.'"
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