Red Hat SummitRed Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the winners of its 2015 Red Hat North America Partner Awards. The winners were recognized at Red Hat’s North America Partner Conference, which concluded today in New Orleans.
“A large part of Red Hat’s success is driven through our channel partner program, and we are proud to recognize some of those partners with our Red Hat North American Partner Awards. Congratulations to this year's award recipients, and a special thank you to all of our partners for helping us deliver the innovative solutions our customers need."
The awards honor Red Hat commercial and public sector partners for developing innovative solutions to meet customer needs and business challenges. The honorees were recognized for impressive solutions in the following categories: Cloud Partner of the Year; Industry Solution Partner of the Year; Distributor of the Year; High Volume Partner of the Year; Innovation Partner of the Year; Middleware Solutions Provider Partner of the Year; Middleware Global Systems Integrator of the Year; Partner of the Year; Canadian Partner of the Year; Rising Star Partner of the Year; Catalyst Partner of the Year; and System Integrator Partner of the Year.
The winners of the 2015 Red Hat North America Partner Awards are:
Cloud Partner of the Year
Honoring a partner whose collaboration has enabled exceptional cloud adoption for Red Hat.
- Commercial: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., an IBM Company
- Public Sector: Booz Allen Hamilton
Industry Solution Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner who has significantly impacted the industry with Red Hat solutions.
- Nuage Networks from Nokia
Distributor of the Year
Honoring partners whose distributorships enabled exceptional sales growth of Red Hat solutions.
- Commercial: SYNNEX Corporation
- Public Sector: Carahsoft Technology Corp.
High Volume Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner that has demonstrated the highest level of commitment through their engagements and investment with Red Hat.
- SHI International Corp.
Innovation Partner of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner whose collaboration with Red Hat has enabled innovative opportunities over the past year.
- Accenture
Middleware Solutions Provider Partner of the Year
Honoring Red Hat partners whose collaboration has enabled exceptional middleware solutions sales growth for Red Hat.
- Commercial: Shadow-Soft LLC
- Public Sector: DLT Solutions
Middleware Global Systems Integrator of the Year
Honoring a Red Hat partner whose middleware system integrator capabilities have enabled exceptional integration of Red Hat solutions.
- Tata Consultancy Services
Partner of the Year
Honoring the Red Hat partners that have experienced the greatest growth and had the most significant impact on Red Hat’s business.
- Commercial: IBM Global Technology Services
- Public Sector: DLT Solutions
Canadian Partner of the Year
Honoring a Canadian Red Hat partner that has experienced the greatest growth and had the most significant impact on Red Hat’s business in Canada.
- HighVail Systems, Inc.
Rising Star Partner of the Year
Honoring Red Hat partners whose collaboration with Red Hat has enabled exceptional growth over the past year.
- Commercial: Forsythe Solutions Group, Inc.
- Public Sector: Fierce Software
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.
- immixGroup, Inc.
System Integrator Partner of the Year
Honoring Red Hat partners whose system integrator capabilities have enabled enterprise integration of Red Hat solutions.
- Commercial: Wipro Limited
- Public Sector: General Dynamics Corp.
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Mark Enzweiler, senior vice president, Global Channel Sales and Alliances, Red Hat
“A large part of Red Hat’s success is driven through our channel partner program, and we are proud to recognize some of those partners with our Red Hat North American Partner Awards. Congratulations to this year's award recipients, and a special thank you to all of our partners for helping us deliver the innovative solutions our customers need."
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